Rødding
Rødding (German: Rödding) is a town with a population of 2,666 (1 January 2014)[1] and a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Vejen municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The former Rødding municipality covered an area of 273 km2, and had a total population of 10,915 (2005). Its last mayor was Tage Sørensen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
- Hjerting Parish
- Jels Parish
- Lintrup Parish
- Rødding Parish
- Skodborg (German: Schottburg), Parish
- Skrave Parish
- Sønder Hygum da:Sønder Hygum(German: Hügum), Parish
- Øster Lindet (German: Osterlinnet), Parish
On 1 January 2007, Rødding municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Brørup, Holsted, and Vejen municipalities to form the new Vejen municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 817 km2 and a total population of 41,350 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark ("South Denmark Region").
Rødding is the home of the oldest folk high school in the world, Rødding Højskole.
Notable people
- Jakob Knudsen (1858–1917) a Danish author, educator and clergyman
- Lauritz Petersen Aakjær (1883-1959 ) a Danish architect, exponent of the Heimatschutz style, an independent architect and master builder in Rødding from 1909 where the majority of his works are
- Carl Holst (born 1970 in Rødding) a Danish politician, the first Region Mayor of Region of Southern Denmark since 2007.
External links
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map