Ølgod is a railway town on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 3,763.[1]
Ølgod | |
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Town | |
 Ølgod railway station | |
  Ølgod Location in Denmark  Ølgod Ølgod (Region of Southern Denmark) | |
| Coordinates: 55°48′30″N 8°37′8″E / 55.80833°N 8.61889°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Municipality | Varde Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 2.94 km2 (1.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
| • Urban | 3,763 |
| • Urban density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | DK-6870 Ølgod |
Ølgod is served by Ølgod railway station, located on the Esbjerg-Struer railway line.[2][3]
Despite the town's relatively small size, Ølgod calls itself "Denmark's smallest city" due to its relatively large amount of shops, restaurants, associations, healthcare opportunities etc.[4]
Ølgod Church
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Ølgod Church is built in the Romanesque style, presumably as a manor church, around 1200. The church tower was built around 1500, while the altarpiece is from 1596.[5]
Museums
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Ølgod Museum, located in the Culture House, tells the story of Danish agriculture, from poor heath farmers to democratic modern farmers.
Hjedding Andelsmejeri, situated about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Ølgod, was the first cooperative dairy in Denmark, founded in 1882. Now it is a museum where the machines that helped to revolutionise the Danish dairy operation are on display.
Ølgod Municipality
editThe former Ølgod Municipality covered an area of 247 square kilometres (95 sq mi) and had a total population of 11,351 as of 2005. Ølgod Municipality's last mayor was Erik Buhl Nielsen.
On 1 January 2007, the municipality ceased to exist as a result of the Kommunalreformen. It was merged with Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, Helle and Varde municipalities to form a new Varde Municipality.
References in popular culture
editØlgod native Maren Madsen Christensen wrote a memoir titled Fra Jyllands Brune Heder til Landet Over Havet (Eng: From Jutland's Brown Heather to the Land Across the Sea) about her time growing up in Denmark and her later life in Yarmouth, Maine. Christensen died in 1965, aged 93.[6]
Notable people
edit- Mette Magrete Tvistman (1741–1827), the first female clockmaker in Denmark. She had her own workshop in Ølgod from 1787 to 1798.
- Jacob Stilling-Andersen (1858–1933), a dairy manager and businessman.
- Hans Vestager (born 1945), a retired Lutheran minister and former politician of The Danish Social Liberal Party.
- Margrethe Vestager (born 1968), a politician, former minister and European Commissioner. She grew up in Ølgod and is the daughter of Hans Vestager.
- Lars Møller Madsen (born 1981), a retired handball player who won the European Men's Handball Championship in 2008 with Denmark.
References
edit- ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ "Ølgod Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Ølgod Station" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Varde Kommune (2024). "Ølgod". LivetModVest. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Ølgod Church". VisitVesterhavet. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Christensen, Maren Madsen (2012-01-01). "Fra Jyllands brune heder til landet over havet". Fra Ribe Amt (in Danish): 125–168. ISSN 2445-7159.
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
External links
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