Mørdrup
Mørdrup is a former village and current neighbourhood in the Espergærde district of southern Helsingør, Denmark. Mørdrup has a halt on the Little North railway between Hillerød and Helsingør by way of Fredensborg.
History
Mørdrup is first mentioned in 1466 as Myrdrup and in 1497 as Myrthorp. The name means the "place by a bog established by people from another village". In 1631, the village consisted of nine farms and four houses without land. Its land was divided into three sections: Bybjerg Vang, Mellemvang and Strandvang. The nine farms were Ærtebjerggaard, Bybjerggaard, Højagergaard (later Søbækgaard), Kjærsgaard, Toftegaard, Rolighed, Grødemosegaard and Lerbjerggaard. The village later grew with four smallholdings as well as new houses. In 1791, Rolighed, Grødemosegaard and Lerbjerggaard moved out of the village and closer to their fields. Busserupgaard, and Søbæk Mølle (Søbækhuset) became part of Mørdrup's owners' guild in the 1800s.
The village was originally crown land and, unlike many other villages, has never belonged to
All the farms became owned by the farmers in about 1805. The new
Mørdrup had a windmill located on the eastern outskirts of the village. A smaller windmill, Bybjerg Windmill, stood next to Bybjerggaard.[2] Several cooperative initiatives were taken in the late 18th and early 20th century. A community centre (forsamlingshus) opened in 1893 and a cooperative waterworks in 1929. A private school, Mørdrup Friskole, was also established. Mørdrup was also affected by the rapid growth of neighboring Espergærde.
Today
Remains of the original village can still be seen around the old village pond.
References
- ^ "Da Mørdrup og Tibberups bønder slap for hoveriet" (in Danish). tikobkommune.dk. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Vindmøllerne I Mørdrup" (in Danish). tikobkommune.dk. Retrieved 21 September 2016.