Office (Denmark)

Amt ( Dan. , Pl. Amter , dt. Circle , office district ) formed from 1662 to 2007, the average level of the administrative divisions of Denmark between central office ( "state"), and local authorities . Their geographical division has been changed several times.

In 1970, the Danish counties by municipal authorities , official communities , replaced: They received a number of additional tasks, particularly in the field of welfare services. In 2007, the parliament dissolved the official communes. They were replaced by five regions , which, however, are not comparable in terms of function and competencies.

absolutism

Denmark's administrative districts 1662–1793

After the introduction of absolutism , King Friedrich III. Divide Denmark into 44 administrative districts in 1662.

No.	District	No.	District	No.	District
1	Åstrup, Sejlstrup, B ?? ørglum Amt	16	Koldinghus Office	31	Ringsted Office
2	Dueholm, Ørum, Vestervig Amt	17th	Stjernholm Office	32	Korsør Office
3	Ålborghus Office	18th	Hindsgavl Office	33	Antvorskov Office
4th	Skivehus Office	19th	Assen's office	34	Sorø Office
5	Mariager Monastery Office	20th	Rugård Office	35	Sæbygård Office
6th	Hald office	21st	Odensegård Office	36	Kalundborg Office
7th	Dronningborg Office	22nd	Nyborg Office	37	Holbæk Office
8th	Bøvling Office	23	Tranekær Office	38	Dragsholm Office
9	Lundenæs Office	24	Halsted Klosters Office	39	Jægerspris office
10	Silkeborg Office	25th	Ålholm Office	40	Kronborg Office
11	Kalø Office	26th	Nykøbing Office	41	Frederiksborg Office
12	Skanderborg Office	27	Møn Amt	42	Hørsholm Office
13	Havreballegård Office	28	Vordingborg Office	43	København's office
14th	Åkær Office	29	Tryggevælde Office	44	Bornholm's office
15th	Riberhus Office	30th	Roskilde Office

Tryggevælde Amt and Vordingborg Amt were merged into Præstø Amt in 1750, to which Møn Amt was added in 1803.

For the Duchy of Schleswig, which has been in personal union since 1720, see the article Ämter und Harden in Schleswig .

Danish state, from 1793

After the formation of the entire Danish state , the districts were enlarged and re-cut in 1793. This structure was essentially retained in the kingdom until 1970. After the First World War and the referendum in Schleswig , North Schleswig returned to Denmark with the offices of Haderslev Amt , Nordborg Amt , Tønder Amt , Sønderborg Amt and Aabenraa Amt . The temporarily German part of Nordborg Amt was added to Sønderborg Amt, while Ærø remained with Svendborg.

No.	District	No.	District	No.	District
01	Hjørring Office	09	Skanderborg Office (from 1824)	17th	Holbæk Office
02	Thisted office	10	Vejle Office	18th	Frederiksborg Office
03	Ålborg Office	11	-	19th	København's office
04th	Viborg Office	12	-	20th	( Roskilde Amt , 1808 to No. 19)
05	Rander's office	13	-	21st	Sorø Office
06th	Ringkøbing Office	14th	-	22nd	Præstø Amt (from 1803)
07th	Ribe office	15th	Odense Office	23	Maribo Office
08th	Aarhus Office	16	Svendborg Office	24	Bornholm's office

The Duchy of Schleswig was annexed by Prussia in 1867 . For its administrative district structure see the article Ämter und Harden in Schleswig .

Districts 1920

Denmark's administrative districts. Snapshot 1925

No.	District	No.	District	No.	District
01	Hjørring Office	09	Skanderborg Office	17th	Holbæk Office
02	Thisted office	10	Vejle Office	18th	Frederiksborg Office
03	Ålborg Office	11	Tønder Office 1	19th	København's office
04th	Viborg Office	12	Haderslev Office 1	20th	(to K ?? øbenhavn's office)
05	Rander's office	13	Aabenraa Office 1,2	21st	Sorø Office
06th	Ringkøbing Office	14th	Sønderborg Amt 1,2	22nd	Præstø Office
07th	Ribe office	15th	Odense Office	23	Maribo Office
08th	Aarhus Office	16	Svendborg Office	24	Bornholm's office

¹ The establishment of these administrative districts in 1920 followed the cession of North Schleswig to Denmark.

² Sønderborg Amt and Aabenraa Amt were partially merged in 1932 to form the Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt .

Cities with market rights (Danish: Købstæder ) were not subordinate to the administrative districts in the administrative hierarchy , but were directly responsible to the state central administration.

Official municipalities from 1970

On April 1, 1970, the 23 districts were replaced by 14 official municipalities. The municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg exercised the relevant competencies themselves because of their special requirements ( metropolitan area ).

At the same time, this reform reduced the number of municipalities. The number of municipalities had peaked in 1965 with 1,345 (1,257 rural municipalities and 88 cities). With the municipal reform in 1970, rural communities such as cities ( Købstad ) were abolished as a municipal form. The number of now uniformly organized municipalities decreased from 1,098 to 277. In 1974 Sengeløse Kommune and Høje-Taastrup Kommune and Store Magleby Kommune and Dragør were merged to form Dragør Kommune . The number of municipalities was thus 275.

List of Danish municipalities 1970–2006

coat of arms	Surname	serial no. (map)	Administrative headquarters	status	Geographical location	Population (2006)	Area in km²	Inhabitants per km²
	Københavns Municipality Free city	1	Copenhagen	Commune	East Zealand	501.158	91.3	5,489.1
	Frederiksbergs Kommune Official City	2	Frederiksberg	Commune	Enclave in Københavns Municipality	91,855	8.7	10,560.5
	København's office	3	Glostrup	Office	Outskirts of Copenhagen	618,529	526	1,175.9
	Frederiksborg Office	4th	Hillerød	Office	North Zealand	378.686	1,347	281.1
	Roskilde Office	5	Roskilde	Office	Central Zealand	241,523	891	271
	Vestsjællands Amt	6th	Soro	Office	West Zealand	307.207	2,984	103
	Storstrom's Office	7th	Nykøbing	Office	South Zealand , Lolland , Falster , Møn	262,781	3,398	77.3
	Fyn's office	8th	Odense	Office	Funen , Langeland , Ærø	478,347	3,485	137.2
	Sønderjyllands Amt	9	Aabenraa	Office	South Jutland , Rømø , Alsen	252,433	3,939	64.1
	Ribe office	10	Ribe	Office	South West Jutland	224.261	3.132	71.6
	Vejle Office	11	Vejle	Office	Southeast Jutland	360.921	2,997	120.4
	Ringkjøbing Office 3	12	Ringkøbing	Office	West Jutland	275.065	4,854	56.7
	Viborg Office	13	Viborg	Office	Northwest Jutland	234,896	4.122	57
	Nordjyllands Amt	14th	Ålborg	Office	North Jutland	495.090	6,173	80.2
	Aarhus Office	15th	Aarhus	Office	Northeast Jutland	661,370	4,561	145
	Bornholm's office from Jan. 1, 2003 regional commune	16	Rønne	Office	Bornholm Island	43,245	587	73.6
	total					5,427,459	43.093	125.9

³ Ringkjøbing Amt was officially spelled differently from its administrative seat Ringkøbing .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Munksgaard Dansk tysk ordbog , Copenhagen 1991, p. 42.
2. ↑ Grethe Jensen, Benito Scocozza: Politics bog om danskerne og verden. Hvem Hvad Hvornår i 50 år. Politics Forlag, Copenhagen 1996. ISBN 87-567-5697-6 .