Øster Løgum Sogn

Øster Løgum ( German Osterlügum )
Help on coat of arms Øster Løgum
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Syddanmark
Municipality (since 2007) :	Aabenraa
Coordinates :	55 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 22'  E
Population : (2020)	1.007
Area :	72 km²
Population density :	14 inhabitants per km²
Height :	97 m ö.h.
Postal code :	6230
Location of Øster Løgum Sogn in the Aabenraa municipality - still including Genner Sogn

Øster Løgum Sogn ( German: Osterlügum ) is a parish municipality ( Danish : Sogn ) in North Schleswig in southern Denmark . The addition "Øster" (German: Easter ) refers to places of the same name such as Nørre Løgum (German: Norderlügum ) or Sønder Løgum (German: Süderlügum ) and the location in relation to Løgumkloster (German: Lügumkloster ). Until 1970 the parish belonged to Harde Sønder Rangstrup Herred in what was then Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt, then to Rødekro Kommune in what was then Sønderjyllands Amt , which was merged into the "new" Aabenraa Kommune in the Syddanmark region as part of the municipal reform on January 1, 2007 . On October 1st, 2010 the former church district Genner Kirkedistrikt in Øster Løgum Sogn became an independent Sogn with the abolition of the Danish church districts as Genner Sogn.

Municipal area

Øster Løgum is north of Aabenraa (Eng .: Aabenraa ). The Schleswig Geest merges into the eastern hill country here. The relatively large community had a total of 1007 inhabitants on January 1, 2020 on an area of ​​over 72 km². Settlement focuses are the villages Øster Løgum, Genner with 771 inhabitants and Hovslund (Eng .: Haberslund ), which is divided into the old village and the station settlement Hovslund Stationsby with 302 inhabitants.

Neighboring communities are in the northwest Bevtoft (German: Beftoft ), in the north Vedsted (German: Wittstedt ) and Hoptrup , in the south Løjt (German: Loit ) and Rise (German: Ries ) and in the southwest Egvad (German: Ekwatt ).

history

In the Middle Ages, Øster Løgum belonged to the Süderrangstrup- Harde in the Duchy of Schleswig . Together with the Rise Herred (German: Ries-Harde ) and the Birk Varnæs (German: Warnitz ), it formed the Aabenraa from the 14th century . When the country was divided in 1490, 1544 and 1581, the parish came almost completely to the Gottorf part of the country.

The easily accessible community was badly hit in the wars of the 17th century.

In 1867 the Duchy of Schleswig fell to Prussia . Øster Løgum was assigned to the rural communities of Andholm (in the south), Rauberg (Rugbjerg - in the west), Norder-Jarup (Nørre Hjarup, in the northwest, to distinguish it from Ries -Jarup), Haberslund (Hovslund - in the north), Osterlügum (Øster Løgum - in the middle) and Genner (in the east).

During the First World War , some bunkers and cannon batteries were built in the south of the community as part of the expansion of the north security position . The bunkers at Andholm are very well preserved and are under monument protection, at Lerskov (German: Leerschau ) there are impressive ruins.

In 1920 Northern Schleswig was incorporated into Denmark. In the parish of Osterlügum, the northernmost in the Aabenraa district , 869 eligible voters voted for Denmark and only 181 for Germany in the referendum on February 10th. Øster Løgum became a unified municipality in the Aabenraa office . Since the administrative reform in 1970 it was part of a larger municipality , which was named after the now dominant place in the area Rødekro Kommune (German: Rothenkrug ). In 2007 this was again part of the Aabenraa municipality .

Economy and Transport

Øster Løgum is located on the north-south motorway E 45 . The next interchanges are outside the municipality, while a rest area is named after Øster Løgum. At Genner, the secondary route 170 Flensburg-Aabenraa-Haderslev-Kolding (German: Flensburg-Apenrade-Hadersleben-Kolding ) leads through the municipality.

The community received its first rail connection in 1864 on the Fredericia – Flensburg railway line , which had a train station in Hovslund ( Haberslund ). With the construction of the western stretch of the Apenrader Kreisbahn , Haberslund even became a junction. Further stations were set up in Rugbjerg (German: Rauberg ), Øster Løgum, Genner and at Knivsberg (Lyngtoft inn on the road from Haderslev (German: Hadersleben ) to Aabenraa). However, the circular line was replaced in 1926 by a straightened branch line from Løgumkloster to Rødekro (German: Rothenkrug ), whereby the northern loop leading through the municipalities of Øster Løgum and Løjt (German: Loit ) was abandoned. Since Hovslund station was closed in 1974 and the station building was demolished in 1995, Rødekro is the closest station to Øster Løgum.

Attractions

The stately Romanesque church with a mighty blunt tower, nave, choir and apse is located in the main village and is also visible from the E 45 motorway.

A small, widely visible chapel near Genner is reminiscent of the pre-Reformation Church of St. James, when Genner formed its own community. The building is based on traditional church buildings in the region.

The landscape of the eastern part of the municipality is particularly impressive. East of Genner there is a small bathing beach that merges into the beach of Süderballig (Sønderballe), which is already part of Hoptrup, and the now permanent island of Kalvø (German: Kalö ).

The highest elevation in the community (and all of Northern Schleswig) is the 97 m high Knivsberg , today the most important venue for the German ethnic group in Northern Schleswig.

Parts of the Ochsenweg have been preserved in the west . Near Hovslund is the famous Viking Age Hærulfstein , which was set up as spoils of war in Dreilinden from 1864 to 1945 . There are also numerous prehistoric burial mounds there.

In the south of the municipality, near Andholm and Lerskov, there are partially well-preserved remains of the northern security position from the First World War .

The tunnel valley of the Genner Hoel marks the southern border of the municipality and impresses with the sometimes quite deep gorge.

Æ Vold is a prehistoric defensive fortification not far from it, the preserved wall of which is one of the greatest archaeological features of northern Schleswig.

Personalities

• Peter Prahl (* 1843 in Osterlügum, † 1911 in Lübeck), German medical officer and botanist
• Jep Nissen Andersen (born September 28, 1896 in Rauberg, † April 1, 1974 in Itzehoe), German writer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so og folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
2. ↑ Bill L 27 of October 9, 2008. January 22, 2009, archived from the original on September 6, 2012 ; Retrieved March 15, 2011 (Danish). 
3. ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)