Aakirkeby

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Aakirkeby
Aakirkeby Coat of Arms
Aakirkeby (Denmark)
Aakirkeby
Aakirkeby
Basic data
State : DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Region : Hovedstaden
Municipality
(since 2007) : 		Bornholm's regional commune
Coordinates : 55 ° 4 ′  N , 14 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 4 ′  N , 14 ° 55 ′  E
Population :
(2020) 		2,108
Postal code : 3720
Website: www.aakirkeby.info
Map around 1900
Map around 1900
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Aakirkeby is the only major city inland on the Danish island of Bornholm . The place has 2108 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) and is located south of Bornholm's largest forest, Almindingen, on the road connecting Rønne and Nexø , the two largest towns on Bornholm.

history

Aakirkeby, A: church, B: bell tower, C: hospital, D: Kannike Gaarden

Strøby's building stones date from the Stone Age .

In the Middle Ages Aakirkeby was the most important town on the island, seat of the church administration and later also the meeting place of the Landsting and the spiritual convent.

Its landmark is the local church Aa Kirke from the year 1150, which also gave the city its name ( city ​​near the Aa church ). Inside, among others, the grave stone for Schweder Kettingk, 1556-1573 is lübischer Vogt of Bornholm. In the Three Crowns War (1563–1570) against Sweden he had entrenchments built for defense. They have been preserved to this day. The tombstone shows Kettingk and his two wives, both born in Bornholm.

From 1900 a 36.6 kilometer long railway line ( De Bornholmske Jernbaner ) was put into operation between the capital Rønne and the port city of Nexø , to which - about halfway - Aakirkeby was connected with its own train station. The railway line remained in operation until 1968 when it was shut down again due to increasing car traffic.

Development of the population of Aakirkeby

year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Number of inhabitants 2169 2178 2123 2093 2090 2100 2108 2060

City sights

  • Aa Kirke with an imposing double tower, baptismal font from Gotland master Sigraf from the 12th century, gravestone for Schweder Kettingk and two rune stones in the entrance hall and on the outside.
  • The Naturbornholm Museum, opened in 2000, presents the history and nature of Bornholm.
  • Bornholms Automobilmuseum on the southern edge of Aakirkeby shows historic cars and trucks, motorcycles, agricultural machinery, fire engines and engines.
  • The bronze geese by the sculptor Paul Ranslet on the market square of Aakirkeby are now a symbol of the city.
  • The town hall, built between 1867 and 1868, is also worth seeing on the market square ( Torvet ).
  • In the south of the city, on an area where a mill already stood in the 16th century, the Valsemøllen windmill, built in 1867, was in operation until 1950 and was rebuilt after a fire in 1976. Grain is still ground in the buildings that surround the mill today.
  • Aakirkeby has the only Catholic church on Bornholm, the Rosenkranzkirche ( Rosenkranskirke ) , built from bricks in 1932, with a 27 m high steeple, which is considered to be one of the most beautiful Catholic churches in Denmark.
  • The Sanct Jørgen Gård Foundation was founded in Aakirkeby around 1200 to look after lepers in a hospital . The hospital was originally located on the Spidlegård farm by the Læså stream, about a kilometer outside the city, and was moved to downtown Aakirkeby in 1680. Here they moved into a building opposite the church. The hospital in its present form was built on this site in 1856.

  • Aa Kirke

  • Gravestone of "Schweder Ketting"

  • Aakirkeby market square with its bronze geese

  • Museum NaturBornholm

  • Bornholms Automobilmuseum

  • Valsemøllen Mill

  • town hall

  • Catholic Church

  • Former hospital

Surroundings

The Almindingen forest area extends just a few kilometers north of Aakirkeby . a. is known for the castles Gamleborg and Lilleborg as well as the Ekkodalen valley .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
  2. ↑ Bent rying: Bornholm. Gestalt, history, culture , Neumünster 1981, p. 189.
  3. ↑ Bent rying, Bornholm , S. 127th
  4. ↑ NaturBornholm . bornholm.info. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ Bornholms Automobilmuseum ( German ) bornholmsautomobilmuseum.dk. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Præsentation ( Danish ) paulranslet.dk. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  7. ^ Aakirkeby - city in the center of Bornholm
  8. ↑ Jürgen E. Rohde: Bornholm , p. 27. Munich 1990
  9. ↑ Søren Olsen: Oplev Bornholm og Christiansø , p. 119. Gjern 2015
  10. ↑ Jürgen E. Rohde: Bornholm , p. 28. Munich 1990
  11. ↑ Jürgen E. Rohde: Bornholm , p. 28. Munich 1990

Web links

Commons : Aakirkeby  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Aakirkeby  - travel guide