Editing Voss (section)

==History==
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Voss kyrkje.jpg|View of [[Voss Church]]
Children's Brass Band (2), Voss.jpg|alt=Local youth perform at the Voss Kulturhus|Local youth perform at the [http://vosskulturhus.no/] Voss Kulturhus
Voss-girl-photochrom-1900.jpeg|alt=A girl with auburn hair in pigtails poses next to a rude wooden fence. She wears a white ruffled shirt and a long brown dress.|A girl of Voss, c. 1900
1940_Bombing_of_Voss,_02.jpg|alt=Fire in Voss after April 1940 bombing.|Fire in Voss after April 1940 bombing (Voss church is at far left)
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After the [[Operation Weserübung|German invasion of Norway]] on 9 April 1940, Voss was the main point of mobilisation for the [[Norwegian Army]] in the west, since the city of [[Bergen]] had already fallen on 9 April. From Bergen and the [[Hardangerfjord]], the Nazis met stiff Norwegian resistance. In Hardanger, some of the Germans climbed up the mountains from [[Ålvik]]; the rest went through [[Granvin]]. To break down this resistance, the [[Luftwaffe]] bombed Vossevangen on 23 and 24 April, and the surrounding countryside on 25 April. Nine people died in the bombing, which completely destroyed the old wood-built town centre. German forces entered the municipality of Voss on 25 April and on 26 April, German forces entered Vossevangen, which remained occupied until 8 May 1945.

In 1964, Voss was enlarged with the incorporation of the neighbouring municipalities [[Vossestrand]] and [[Evanger]], which had until then been separate municipalities within the [[Districts of Norway|traditional district]] also known as Voss.