Guderup
Guderup | ||||
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Denmark | |||
Region : | Syddanmark | |||
Municipality (since 2007) : |
Sønderborg | |||
Municipality / Office : (until the end of 2006) |
Nordborg Kommune Sønderjyllands Amt |
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Harde / Amt: (until March 1970) |
As Nørre Herred Sønderborg Amt |
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Sogn : | Egen Sogn | |||
Coordinates : | 54 ° 59 ′ N , 9 ° 52 ′ E | |||
Population : (2020) |
2,408 | |||
Postal code : | 6430 | |||
Website: | www.guderup.dk | |||
Egen Kirke in Guderup |
Guderup ( Sønderjysk or Alsisk : Gurop ) is the capital of the parish municipality ( Danish sogn ) Egen Sogn on the Danish island of Als .
history
The place is mentioned for the first time in 1196 as a church village belonging to the St. Michaelskloster in Schleswig . Between 1903 and 1916 Emil Nolde and his wife Ada lived in a fisherman's house a little north in Sjellerupskov during the summer.
Until the local government reform in 1970 , Guderup belonged to Harde Als Nørre Herred in what was then Sønderborg Amt , then to Nordborg Kommune in Sønderjyllands Amt , which was merged into Sønderborg Municipality in the Syddanmark region with the 2007 municipal reform .
Worth seeing
On the southern outskirts of Guderup is the highest sundial in Europe at 12 meters . The system is 28 meters in diameter and shows the time with an accuracy of 2 minutes.
economy
The most important local employer is the Linak company , which has its headquarters here.
Personalities
- Hans Hansen Kaad (1891–1964), veterinarian
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
- ↑ Kirsten Jüngling: Emil Nolde. The colors are my grades . Berlin 2013.