Egvad Sogn
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 Denmark
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| Region : | Syddanmark | ||||
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Municipality (since 2007) : |
Aabenraa | ||||
| Coordinates : | 55 ° 4 ′ N , 9 ° 16 ′ E | ||||
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Population : (2020) |
412 | ||||
| Area : | 30 km² | ||||
| Population density : | 14 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 6230 | ||||
 Location of Egvad Sogn in the Aabenraa municipality |
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Egvad Sogn (German Ekwatt ) is a parish municipality ( Danish : Sogn ) in North Schleswig in southern Denmark . Until 1970 she belonged to Harde Sønder Rangstrup Herred in what was then Åbenrå Amt, then to Rødekro Kommune in what was then Sønderjyllands Amt , which was merged into the "new" Aabenraa commune in the Syddanmark region as part of the local government reform on January 1, 2007 .
Municipal area
Egvad is located west of Aabenraa ( German Aabenraa ) on the here very flat Schleswig Geest . Today (January 1, 2020) the small community has 412 inhabitants on an area of almost 30 km². Settlement focuses are the four small villages Øbening ( German Öbening ), Horsbyg ( German Horsbük ), Nørre Hostrup ( German Norder-Hostrup ) and Hønkys ( German Hönkys ). Only the lonely church on the main street, which has always had a common pastor with Hellevad Sogn ( German Hellewatt ), has the toponym Egvad.
Neighboring communities are in the west Hellevad, in the northwest Agerskov Sogn ( German Aggerschau ), in the northeast Øster Løgum Sogn ( German Osterlügum ), in the east Rise Sogn ( German Ries ) and in the south Hjordkær Sogn ( German Jordkirch ).
history
In the Middle Ages Egvad belonged to the Süderrangstrup-Harde in the Duchy of Schleswig . Together with the 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, Ekwatt came to the Gottorf region almost as a single unit .
In 1864 the Duchy of Schleswig fell to Prussia . In 1869 Egvad was divided into four rural communities: in the north Horsbük (Horsbyg), in the north-west Öbening (Øbening), in the south Hönkys (Hønkys) with the church and in the east (Norder-) Hostrup. The addition "Norder" was added to distinguish Hostrup bei Felsted (Ger .: Feldstedt ), while the church village Hostrup bei Tønder (Ger .: Tondern ) and Hostrup bei Havetoft seemed far enough away to avoid confusion.
In 1920 all of North Schleswig was incorporated into Denmark. In the parish of Egvad, 348 eligible voters had voted for Denmark and only 31 for Germany. Egvad became a unified municipality in the Åbenrå office. The southern hinterland was lost due to the new border. Hellewad remained agrarian and until recently was used as a place to shop for the sparsely populated area.
Economy and Transport
The main artery is the main road running in east-west direction from Løgumkloster (German: Lügumkloster ) to Aabenraa (German: Aabenraa ). The road from Rømø (German: Röm ) to Flensburg crosses with this immediately west of the municipality.
Egvad's first rail connection was the Apenrader Kreisbahn , which operated a stop in Nørre Hostrup. The line from ( Bredebro ) Løgumkloster to Aabenraa was rebuilt to full track from 1926, but was shut down in 1936. The closest train station has since been Rødekro (German: Rothenkrug ) on the main route from Fredericia to Flensburg.
Attractions
The small, very old Romanesque church of St. Laurentius with a blunt tower, nave, choir and apse is lonely on the country road.
Personalities
- Anette Hoffmann-Møberg (born May 5, 1971 in Egvad), handball player
