Tønder
Tønder
Tondern (German) | |
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Postal code | DK-6270 Tønder |
Tønder (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰønˀɐ]; German: Tondern [ˈtɔndɐn]) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a population of 7,574 (as of 1 January 2023),[2] it is the main town and the administrative seat of the Tønder Municipality.
History
The first mention of Tønder might have been in the mid-12th century, when the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi mentioned the landmark Tu(r)ndira, which might have been a reference to either Tønder, or the nearby town of Møgeltønder.
Tønder was granted port privileges by the Hanseatic League in 1243, making it Denmark's oldest privileged market town. In 1532 it was hit by severe floods, with water levels reaching 1.8 m in St Laurent's church. In the 1550s, Tønder's port lost direct access to the sea due to dykes being built to the west of town at the direction of Duke Hans the Elder of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev, the son of Frederick I of Denmark.
The town centre is dominated by houses from the late 17th and early 18th century, when the town experienced rapid growth as a result of its
During
After the First World War, Tønder was detached from Germany, in spite of the majority of its population casting a pro-German vote in the
After the end of the
Attractions
Every August, the Tønder Festival offers visitors a wide variety of traditional and modern folk music. The Scouts of Tønder are twinned with Hemyock, in Devon, England, and make exchange trips between the countries every few years.
Marriage
As Tønder is the first town over the border in Denmark from Germany, the town has been a particularly popular place to
Transport
Tønder is served by
Notable people from Tønder
Public Service, Science & Business
- Islamic numismatics
- arthropods: insects, arachnids and crustaceans.[10]
- Georg Zoëga (1755 in Daler–1809) a scientist, archaeologist, numismatist and anthropologist
- Stortinget
- Peter Andreas Hansen (1795 in Tønder–1874) a Danish-born German astronomer[11]
- Julius Bahnsen (1830–1881) a German philosopher, originator of characterology
- Gustav Adolf Neuber (1850–1932) a German surgeon
- Bernhard M. Jacobsen (1862–1936) emigrated 1876, became a U.S. Representative from Iowa
- Captain Max Valentiner (1883–1949) a German U-boat commander during World War I
- Poul Schlüter (1929–2021) a Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark 1982–1993
- Jan Beyer Schmidt-Sørensen (born 1958) a Danish economist and former Director of Business Development at Aarhus Municipality
The Arts
- Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737–1823) a German poet[12] and critic.
- Conrad Christian Bøhndel (1779 in Hostrup–1847) a Danish painter and lithographer
- Gretelise Holm (born 1948), journalist, non-fiction and fiction writer
- Hansigne Lorenzen (1870–1952), writer and lace expert
- Siegfried Saloman (1816 in Tønder–1899) a Danish violinist and composer
- Geskel Saloman (1821–1902) a Danish–Swedish portrait and genre painter
- Hans Wegner (1914–2017) Danish furniture designer
Sport
- Henning Munk Jensen (born 1947) a Danish former association football player, played 392 games for AaB and 62 matches for Denmark 1966-1978, 24 of these as team captain
- Jakob Michelsen (born 1980) a Danish unattached football manager.
See also
- Concerning the Friary in Tønder
- Tønder case
References
- ^ BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- Deutsches Historisches Museum. Archived from the originalon 4 February 2012.
- ^ "The Zeppelin base in Tønder". Zeppelin and Garrison Museum Tønder. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "03c04-Oestergade63.html". Museum-sonderjylland.dk. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ Saeed, Saim. "Love me Tønder: Europe's quickie wedding destination". Politico Europe. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ Zankel, Sara (22 April 2008). "Tønder er Europas Las Vegas". avisen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Tønder Station" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Tønder Nord Station" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 119. .
- ^ Clerke, Agnes Mary (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). p. 931.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 907. .
External links
Media related to Tønder at Wikimedia Commons
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1911. .