Falster

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Falster
Location map Falster.svg
Waters Baltic Sea
Geographical location 54 ° 50 ′  N , 11 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 50 ′  N , 11 ° 58 ′  E
Falster (Sjælland)
Falster
surface 513.76 km²
Highest elevation Bavnehøj
44  m
Residents 43,530 (January 1st, 2009)
85 inhabitants / km²
main place Nykøbing Falster
Map of Lolland, Falster and Møn
Map of Lolland , Falster and Møn

Falster [ ˈfælˀstɐ ] is a 513.76 km² island belonging to Denmark with 42,451 inhabitants (January 1, 2020). Over a third of the population live in Nykøbing Falster . Falster and the neighboring island of Lolland are closely linked in terms of infrastructure and only separated by the narrow Guldborgsund .

Communities

The largest towns are Nykøbing Falster , Stubbekøbing and Nørre Alslev . With the municipal reform in Denmark on January 1, 2007 , the former four municipalities on Falster were merged with two former municipalities in eastern Lolland to form the new Guldborgsund municipality in the Sjælland region . The new municipality extends over an area of ​​900.60 km² and is inhabited by 60,722 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The former municipalities on Falster were called: Nykøbing Falster , Nørre Alslev , Stubbekøbing and Sydfalster . The former municipalities on Lolland were Nysted and Sakskøbing .

history

The tangible history begins in the Stone Age , which left behind some monuments (e.g. Bondekirkerne ) and settlement remains such as those of Radbjerg and Skelby. Swedish and Slavic- Wendish place names, for which the suffixes “by” and “itse” stand, indicate some connections. The Virket , a large Viking Age earthwork (excavation start in 2020) in the center of the island, dates from this time . With the centralization of Danish power in the kingship, resistance to the infiltrated Wends increased from 1000 AD.

geology

The island surface with moraines , dead ponds and ridges was shaped by the Ice Age. The south owes its current image to the dike projects that King Christian II created from 1522 with the help of Dutch experts. In the 19th century, more dikes were added, which were interrupted by the storm surge of 1872 .

The highest point is in the north of the island of Bavnehøj with 44 meters.

Attractions

Nørre Alslev Church

traffic

Falster is connected to the northern island of Zealand by the Storstrømbrücke , a combined road and rail bridge ( Vogelfluglinie ) over the small island of Masnedø . There is also a road bridge over the small island of Farø , the Farø Bridge, on the E 47 from Hamburg to Copenhagen . On Farø, a road branches off to the islands of Bogø and Møn .

With Lolland Falster is connected by tunnels and bridges: The Guldborgsundtunnelen (German: Guldborgsund tunnel ) at Ønslev (Falster) in the course of E47 ( Vogelfluglinie ); the Kong Frederik d. IX's Bro (German: König-Frederik-d.-IX.-Brücke ), a railway and road bridge in Nykøbing; the Guldborgsundbroen , a road bridge in Guldborg .

Several long-distance cycle paths lead over Falster, u. a. the Baltic Sea Cycle Route , which as the European EuroVelo route 10 leads once around the Baltic Sea.

There is an approximately 20 km long sandy beach in the southeast of the island of Falster. This is very child-friendly because it slopes flat into the water. Well-known seaside resorts / holiday home areas in Südfalster include Gedesby and Marielyst / Bøtø.

Famous residents

Born or resident on the island.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Danmarks Statistics : Statistical Yearbook 2009 - Geography and climate, Table 3 Area and population. Regions and inhabited islands (English; PDF; 39 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BEF4: Folketal pr. January 1st demands på øer (Danish)
  3. ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
  4. ↑ Lars Bjarke Christensen: Ørnehøj. In: 1001 fortællinger om Danmark . Retrieved July 7, 2017 .
  5. ↑ admin: Denmark - EuroVelo. Retrieved May 18, 2017 .

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