Guderup

Guderup
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Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Syddanmark
Municipality (since 2007) :	Sønderborg
Municipality / Office : (until the end of 2006)	Nordborg Kommune Sønderjyllands Amt
Harde / Amt: (until March 1970)	As Nørre Herred Sønderborg Amt
Sogn :	Egen Sogn
Coordinates :	54 ° 59 ′  N , 9 ° 52 ′  E 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

1. ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
2. ↑ Johannes Diederichsen: Alsiske stednavne . Ed .: Alsingergilden (=  Alsingergildets skrifter . Volume 13 ). 1994, ISBN 87-85174-32-7 (Danish).
3. ↑ Kirsten Jüngling: Emil Nolde. The colors are my grades . Berlin 2013.