Fredericia

Coordinates: 55°34′N 9°45′E / 55.567°N 9.750°E / 55.567; 9.750
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Fredericia
Town
The statue Landsoldaten ("The Foot Soldier") in Fredericia, Denmark
The statue Landsoldaten ("The Foot Soldier") in Fredericia, Denmark
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
DK-7000 Fredericia
Area code(+45) 72
Websitewww.fredericia.dk

Fredericia (Danish pronunciation:

Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in 1650 by Frederick III
, after whom it was named.

The city itself has a population of 41,243 (1 January 2023)[1] and the Fredericia Municipality has a population of 52,173 (2023).

History

Plan of Fredericia in 1900

After the devastation caused by the

Thirty Years War in a largely unfortified Jutland, King Christian IV
realized the necessity of building a strong fortress in Jutland, and decided that this project could be combined with his plans for building a large town in Jutland.

A fortified encampment was built on a point of land called Lyngs Odde, near the current location of Fredericia, with a rampart stretching to either side of the point, thus protecting the encampment from attacks. However, the fortifications were not perfect, and when

Lennart Torstenson invaded Jutland, he was able to break through the ramparts. It was Frederick III who was finally able to complete the plans for the fortification, also adding a flank fortification on nearby Bers Odde as suggested by Danish Marshal of the Realm Anders Bille
.

On 15 December 1650, the King signed the document giving the town its first privileges, and work on the new fortifications could begin. In 1651, the town was named Frederiksodde (Frederick's Point) after the king, and on 22 April 1664, it was given the new

Latinized name
of Fredericia.

Every 6 July, the town of Fredericia holds a festival to commemorate the 1849

First War of Schleswig, in which Danish troops won a victory over the Schleswig-Holstein rebels who were laying siege to the town. Fredericia's landmark, Landsoldaten, was unveiled on 6 July 1858.[4]

Present

The municipality today is part of the East Jutland metropolitan area with 1.2M inhabitants,[5] and is the site of Fredericia municipality's municipal council.

The town is a major

Telegrafregimentet
), which is located at Rye's Barracks (Ryes Kaserne) and Bülow's Barracks (Bülows Kaserne).

Transportation

The town is one of Denmark's largest traffic

hubs
.

Rail

Fredericia railway station
in 2013.

railway company DSB.[6] It offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus, Aalborg, Struer, Esbjerg, Sønderborg, Flensburg and Hamburg
.

Air

The nearest airport with scheduled national and international flights is Billund Airport c. 45 km west of Fredericia.

Sport

Speedway

The

Fredericia Speedway Center (the old Fredericia Stadion) and the Frederikslyst Motorbane.[9]

Notable people

Vilhelm Buhl, pre-1954

The Arts

Svend Melsing, 1921
  • Carit Etlar (1816 in Fredericia – 1900), Danish author of Gjøngehøvdingen in 1853
  • Magdalene Thoresen (1819 in Fredericia – 1903) a Norwegian poet, novelist and playwright
  • Nobel Prize for Literature
  • Svend Rathsack (1885 in Fredericia – 1941) a Danish sculptor
  • Svend Melsing (1888 in Fredericia – 1946), actor, theatre director and playwright [10]
  • Ellen Krause (1905 in Fredericia — 1990) a Danish artist, joined the Odsherred Painters
  • Else Holmelund Minarik (1920 in Fredericia – 2012) an American author of children's books
  • Tage Skou-Hansen (1925 in Fredericia – 2015) a Danish writer, editor and scholar
  • Cecil Bødker (born 1927 in Fredericia - 2020) a writer of young adult fiction and a poet
  • Erik Moseholm (1930 in Fredericia – 2012) a jazz composer, bandleader of the DR Big Band
  • Harvey Martin
    (1942 - 2014), sculptor
  • Kristian Blak (born 1947 in Fredericia) a composer and musician in the Faroe Islands
  • Martin Zandvliet (born 1971 in Fredericia) a Danish film director and screenwriter [11]
  • Christian Holten Bonke (born 1973 in Fredericia) a documentary filmmaker and screenwriter [12]
  • Søren Andersen (born 1973 in Fredericia), Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Producer.
  • Matias Saabye Køedt (Galimatias), (born 1991 in Fredericia) an electronic music artist best known for his 2015 EP Urban Flora with American singer-songwriter Alina Baraz.

Sport

Annette Jensen, 2016
  • Jesper Bank (born 1957 in Fredericia) a sailor, twice Olympic gold medallist in 1992 and 2000
  • Peter Kjær (born 1965 in Fredericia) a Danish former footballer with 459 club caps
  • Thomas Sørensen (born 1976 in Fredericia), football goalkeeper, 497 club caps and 101 for Denmark
  • Patrick Hougaard (born 1989 in Fredericia) a Danish motorcycle speedway rider
  • Annette Jensen (born 1991 in Fredericia) a Danish handball player
  • Sara Thygesen (born 1991 in Fredericia) a badminton player, specializing in doubles play.
  • Katrine Veje (born 1991 in Fredericia) a footballer, over 200 club caps and 119 for Denmark women

Twin towns

See also

  • Fredericia municipality

References

  1. ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  3. ^ Erik Hansen: SprogbrevetDR nr. 72, sproget.dk (in Danish)
  4. ^ "Kulturcentret Assistens". Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 14 July 2006.
  5. ^ Vision Østjylland (PDF) (in Danish). Styregruppen for projekt Byudvikling i Østjylland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Fredericia Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b Fredericia Banegård on Danske Jernbaner
  8. ^ "Official home page". Fredericia Motor Klub. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  9. ^ "FREDERICIA VEJLBY". Speedway Life. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  10. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 7 May 2020 [unreliable source?]
  11. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 7 May 2020 [unreliable source?]
  12. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 7 May 2020 [unreliable source?]

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