Sønderborg
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Sønderborg
Sonderburg (German) | |
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UTC+2 | |
Postal code | DK-6400 Sønderborg |
Area code | (+45) 88 |
Website | www.sonderborg.dk/ |
Sønderborg (Danish pronunciation:
Overview
The town of Sønderborg is home to
The old part of Sønderborg is on the island of
History
Prior to the
Geography
The town of Sønderborg lies on both sides of Alssund; the narrow strait between these two sides is called Als Strait (Alssund). Two road bridges connect the city across the strait: the 682-meter-long (2,238 ft) Als Strait Bridge (Alssundbro), built in 1978–1981; and the 331-meter (1,086 ft) King Christian X's Bridge (Kong Christian Xs Bro), built in 1925–1930.
Climate data for Sønderborg (2011-2021) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
4.3 (39.7) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.6 (43.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
2.2 (36.0) |
4.1 (39.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
1.6 (34.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
6.9 (44.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −11.8 (10.8) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
5.2 (41.4) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
Source: Danish Meteorological Institute (humidity 1978–1997)[4][5] |
Education
Higher education
Sønderborg hosts several institutions of higher education. the
Secondary education
The technical school EUC Syd has a campus in Sønderborg, and offers a variety of trades programs, as well as the HTX high school diploma and the International Baccalaureate Diploma program.
Economy
Sønderborg is an economic hub in the region of
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Skyways technics, an aircraft service and repair company is headquartered at Sønderborg Airport and has 150 employees in Sønderborg and Billund.[11] Saab AB also has offices in the town, mainly focused on sales and engineering.
Transportation
Rail
Sønderborg is served by
Air
The city is served by Sønderborg Airport. The airline, Alsie Express provides flights directly to Copenhagen and seasonal flights to destinations such as Bornholm and Naples[citation needed].
Ferry
Molslinjen operates daily ferry services from Fynshav to Bøjden on the island of Funen, with roads connecting the town to Odense and further to Zealand and Copenhagen.
Notable natives
The Arts
- Christian August Lorentzen (1749 in Sønderborg – 1828) a Danish painter and instructor of Martinus Rørbye
- Herman Bang (1857 in Asserballe – 1912) an author, of the Modern Breakthrough[13]
- Kamma Svensson (1908 in Sønderborg – 1998) a Danish illustrator, contributed to Politiken
- K.R.H. Sonderborg (1923 in Sønderborg – 2008) a new media artist and musician.
- neo-impressionistic Odsherred painter
- Per Nielsen (born 1954 in Sønderborg) a popular Danish trumpet player
- Søren Solkær (born 1969 in Sønderborg) a Danish photographer
- Sune Rose Wagner (born 1973 in Sønderborg) a songwriter, guitarist and vocalist, playing in the rock group The Raveonettes
Public thinking and public service
- Baron Otto Grote zu Schauen (1636/1637 in Sønderborg – 1693) an Hanoverian statesman
- Lars Frodesen (1889 in Sønderborg – 1921) a writer and philosopher, heavily inspired by Blaise Pascal
- Frode Kristoffersen (1931–2016), journalist and politician
- Else Roesdahl (born 1942 in Sønderborg) a historian, educator and archaeologist
- Vibeke Vasbo (born 1944 in Tandslet) a writer and women's rights activist
- Ralf Pittelkow (born 1948 in Sønderborg) a commentator on both radio and TV
- Tom Buk-Swienty (born 1966) a historian, journalist and author, raised in Sønderborg
- Socialistisk Folkeparti
Science and business
- Westye Egeberg (1770 in Sønderborg – 1830) a Danish-Norwegian timber and lumber businessman
- Jakob Nielsen (1890 in Mjels – 1959) a mathematician, worked on automorphisms of surfaces
- palaeoecologist
- Peder Moos (1906 in Sønderborg – 1991) a Danish furniture designer and cabinetmaker
- Jørgen Mads Clausen (born 1948 in Elsmark) Chairman of the board of Danfoss
- Lothar Göttsche (born 1961 in Sønderborg) a German mathematician, works on algebraic geometry
- Niels Christiansen (born 1966 in Sønderborg) a Danish businessman, CEO of Lego
- Jens Martin Skibsted (born 1970 in Sønderborg) a Danish designer, entrepreneur and author
- Thorsten Mauritsen (born 1977 in Sønderborg) a Danish climate scientist
Sport
- Ludvig Drescher (1881 in Sønderborg – 1917) an amateur football goalkeeper, team silver medallist at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Verner Blaudzun (born 1946 in Sønderborg) a former cyclist, team bronze medalist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Palle Jensen (born 1953 in Sønderborg) former handball player, competed in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics
- Michael Søgaard (born 1969 in Sønderborg) a Danish badminton player
- Anders Hansen (born 1970 in Sønderborg) a semi-retired Danish professional golfer.
- Lars Christiansen (born 1972 in Sønderborg) a former team handball player, played 338 games for the Denmark men's national handball team
- Simon Poulsen (born 1984 in Sønderborg) a footballer, 31 caps with the Denmark national football team
- Nicki Thiim (born 1989 in Sønderborg) a professional Danish race-car driver
- Sara Keçeci (born 1994 in Sønderborg) a Turkish-Danish female handball goalkeeper
- Daniel Bachmann Andersen (born in 1990 in Sønderborg) a Danish equestrian athlete
Other
The formerly ruling family of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg married into Kings and Queens
Panoramic view
Culture
Musical institutions
Sønderborg is home to the South Jutland Symphony Orchestra Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester.
Attractions
Sønderborg Castle is today a museum about the history of Southern Denmark. The science park Universe (earlier known as Danfoss univers) is located just north of Sønderborg.
In literature
In Chapter 4 of Erskine Childers’ 1903 novel The Riddle of the Sands, the protagonists, two English yachtsmen, visit Sonderburg, then under German rule: "Fascinating Sonderburg, with its broad-eaved houses of carved woodwork, each fresh with cleansing, yet reverend with age; its fair-haired Viking-like men and rosy, plain-faced women, with their bullet foreheads and large mouths; Sonderburg still Danish to the core under its Teuton veneer. Crossing the bridge I climbed the Dybbol – dotted with memorials of that heroic defence – and thence could see the wee form and gossamer rigging of our yacht on the silver ribbon of the Sound. (...) In the old quarter I bargained over eggs and bread with a dear old lady, pink as a debutante, who made a patriotic pretence of not understanding German."
References
- ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ BY1: Population by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Deutsches Historisches Museum: Fehler2". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "Danish Climatological Normals 1971–2000 for selected stations" (PDF). Danish Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Observed Air Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Cloud Cover and Weather in Denmark with Climatological Standard Normals, 1961–90" (PDF). Danish Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Danfoss: Medarbejderne skruer ned for lønkravet | SønderborgNYT".
- ^ "Home". linak.com.
- ^ "Hjem".
- ^ "Key facts". 31 August 2017.
- ^ "TDC outsourcer 800 ansatte i Danmark". 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Company".
- ^ "Sønderborg Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 03 (11th ed.). 1911. .
- ^ Members of the Danish Parliament Archived 26 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 26 March 2018
External links
- Media related to Sønderborg at Wikimedia Commons
- Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. .