Eskilstrup

Eskilstrup
Eskilstrup
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Sjælland
Municipality (since 2007) :	Guldborgsund
Municipality / Office : (until the end of 2006)	Nørre Alslev Kommune Storstrøms Amt
Harde / Amt: (until March 1970)	Falsters Nørre Herred Maribo Office
Sogn :	Eskilstrup Sogn
Coordinates :	54 ° 51 '  N , 11 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 51 '  N , 11 ° 53'  E
Population : (2020)	1,070
Postal code :	4863
Water tower in Eskilstrup

Eskilstrup is a small railway town with 1070 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) on the Danish island of Falster , about 10 km north of Nykøbing Falster . It forms its own parish municipality ( Danish : Sogn ) Eskilstrup Sogn . Until 1970 this belonged to Harde Falsters Nørre Herred in what was then Maribo Amt , then to Nørre Alslev Kommune in Storstrøms Amt , which was merged into Guldborgsund Municipality in the Sjælland region on January 1, 2007 as part of the municipal reform .

Attractions

Eskilstrup Kirke

In Eskilstrup there is Danmarks Traktormuseum (“Denmarks Tractor Museum” - formerly: “Lolland-Falsters Tractor Museum”), an exhibition of old tractors and engines.

Close to the city is the Krokodille Zoo , a crocodile zoo that shows Europe's largest collection of living crocodiles .

The Eskilstruper mill, a Dutch windmill , was built in 1882 and was in operation until 1960. In 1995 the local miller's guild was founded, which has since milled once a day. The mill is currently being renovated and is not in operation.

traffic

Level crossing at the train station

In the municipality there is a train station on the Ringsted – Rødby Færge railway line .

At Sydmotorvejen (Danish for “Südautobahn”) there is an exit number 44 a few kilometers north of the city, called “Eskilstrup”. This is where the European route 47 ( Vogelfluglinie ) coming from Rødbyhavn (with the local ferry station to Puttgarden ) from the west and the European route 55 coming from Gedser (with the local ferry station to Rostock ) meet to cross the Farøbroerne to Sjælland and there Copenhagen to Helsingør and the ferry to Helsingborg .

history

Around 1870, the standard work Statistisk-topografisk Beskrivelse af Kongeriget Danmark (“Statistical-topographical description of the Kingdom of Denmark”) , founded by Jens Peter Trap , describes the city as follows: “ Eskildstrup med Kirke og Skole, Jernbanestation ” (“Eskildstrup [sic! ] with church and school, railway station ”).

At the turn of the 20th century the entry reads: " Eskildstrup med Kirke, Skole, teknisk Skole (opr. 1885), Forsamlingshus (opr. 1889), Jærnbanestation, Telegraf- og Telefonstation, Fællesmejeri, Kro og Lægebolig " ("Eskildstrup [ sic!] with church, school, technical school (built in 1885), meeting house (built in 1889), railway station, telegraph and telephone station, dairy, restaurant and doctor's house ”).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
2. ^ Website of Danmarks Traktormuseum (Danish), accessed on April 9, 2020
3. ^ Website of the Krokodille Zoo (Danish), accessed on April 9, 2020
4. ↑ Crocodile Zoo at VisitLolland-Falster.dk (Danish), accessed on April 9, 2020
5. ↑ Krokodille Zoo at www.sologstrand.com (English), accessed on April 9, 2020
6. ^ Page of the mill on Møller på Lolland-Falster ("Mühlen auf Lolland / Falster") (Danish), accessed on April 9, 2020
7. ↑ JP Trap: Kongeriget Danmark ; 2. Udgave 4. Deel. Amterne Odense, Svendborg og Mariebo; Kjøbenhavn 1873; s. 461 (Danish), accessed April 9, 2020
8. ↑ JP Trap: Kongeriget Danmark ; 3. Udgave 3. Bind: Bornholms, Maribo, Odense and Svendborg Amter; Kjøbenhavn 1899; s. 282 (Danish), accessed April 9, 2020