Sakskøbing
Sakskøbing is a town with a population of 4,519 (1 January 2015)[1] and a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland on the northeast coast of the island of Lolland in south Denmark. The former Sakskøbing municipality, including the small island of Vigsø, covered an area of 176 km², and had a total population of 9,299 (2005). Its last mayor was Kaj Petersen a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Sakskøbing. To the north is Tår's Cove (Tårs Vig) and beyond that Rågø Strait (Rågø Sund), the waterway which separates Lolland from Zealand. A finger of Rågø Strait cuts into the former municipality forming Sakskøbing Fjord and then Sakskøbing River (Sakskøbing å)
which meanders through the former municipality, as well as through Nykøbing Falster and Nysted until it terminates near the town of Bregninge.
On 1 January 2007 Sakskøbing municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Nykøbing Falster, Nysted, Nørre Alslev, Stubbekøbing, and Sydfalster municipalities to form the new Guldborgsund municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 907 km² and a total population of 63,533 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").
Notable people
- Christopher II of Denmark (1276–1332) King of Denmark 1320-1326 and again 1329 until his death, was given a simple house at Sakskøbing shortly before his death
- Peter Ilsted (1861 in Sakskøbing – 1933) a leading Danish artist and printmaker
- Carl Andersen (1879–1967) a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and a neo-baroque architect.
- Jon Iversen (1889 in Sakskøbing – 1964) a Danish stage and film actor and film director
- Philip R. Rosendahl (1893-1974) journalist and acting governor of North Greenland 1925 to 1928 and the governor, 1929 to 1939
- Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945 in Sakskøbing) a Danish politician, he was Tax Minister 2001 to 2004
- Berit Kristensen (born 1983 in Sakskøbing) a Danish team handball player, plays for Randers HK and for the Denmark women's national handball team
- René Holten Poulsen (born 1988) a Danish sprint canoeist, silver medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Jens Stryger Larsen (born 1991) a Danish footballer who currently plays for Udinese.
References
- ↑ BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Sakskøbing. |