Ølgod
Ølgod | |
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Town | |
 Ølgod railway station | |
  Ølgod Location in Denmark .svg) Ølgod Ølgod (Region of Southern Denmark) | |
| Coordinates: 55°48′30″N 8°37′8″E / 55.80833°N 8.61889°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Municipality | Varde Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 2.94 km2 (1.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • Urban | 3,763 |
| • Urban density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | DK-6870 Ølgod |
Ølgod is a railway town on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 3,763.[1]
Ølgod is served by Ølgod railway station, located on the Esbjerg-Struer railway line.[2][3]
Despite the town's relatively small size, Ølgod calls itself "Denmark's smallest city" due to its relatively large amount of shops, restaurants, associations, healthcare opportunities etc.[4]
Ølgod Church
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Ølgod Church is built in the Romanesque style, presumably as a manor church, around 1200. The church tower was built around 1500, while the altarpiece is from 1596.[5]
Museums
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Ølgod Museum, located in the Culture House, tells the story of Danish agriculture, from poor heath farmers to democratic modern farmers.
Hjedding Andelsmejeri, situated about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Ølgod, was the first cooperative dairy in Denmark, founded in 1882. Now it is a museum where the machines that helped to revolutionise the Danish dairy operation are on display.
Ølgod Municipality
[edit]The former Ølgod Municipality covered an area of 247 square kilometres (95 sq mi) and had a total population of 11,351 as of 2005. Ølgod Municipality's last mayor was Erik Buhl Nielsen.
On 1 January 2007, the municipality ceased to exist as a result of the Kommunalreformen. It was merged with Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, Helle and Varde municipalities to form a new Varde Municipality.
References in popular culture
[edit]Ølgod native Maren Madsen Christensen wrote a memoir titled Fra Jyllands Brune Heder til Landet Over Havet (Eng: From Jutland's Brown Heather to the Land Across the Sea) about her time growing up in Denmark and her later life in Yarmouth, Maine. Christensen died in 1965, aged 93.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Mette Magrete Tvistman (1741–1827), the first female clockmaker in Denmark. She had her own workshop in Ølgod from 1787 to 1798.
- Jacob Stilling-Andersen (1858–1933), a dairy manager and businessman.
- Hans Vestager (born 1945), a retired Lutheran minister and former politician of The Danish Social Liberal Party.
- Margrethe Vestager (born 1968), a politician, former minister and European Commissioner. She grew up in Ølgod and is the daughter of Hans Vestager.
- Lars Møller Madsen (born 1981), a retired handball player who won the European Men's Handball Championship in 2008 with Denmark.
References
[edit]- ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Ølgod Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Ølgod Station" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Varde Kommune (2024). "Ølgod". LivetModVest. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Ølgod Church". VisitVesterhavet. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Christensen, Maren Madsen (2012-01-01). "Fra Jyllands brune heder til landet over havet". Fra Ribe Amt (in Danish): 125–168. ISSN 2445-7159.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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