Hürup

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 45 '  N , 9 ° 31'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Schleswig-Flensburg
Office :	Hürup
Height :	43 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.2 km 2
Residents:	1236 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	76 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	24975
Area code :	04634
License plate :	SL
Community key :	01 0 59 126
Office administration address:	Schulstrasse 1 24975 Hürup
Website :	www.huerup.de
Mayor :	Jan-Nils Klindt (KWG)
Location of the municipality of Hürup in the Schleswig-Flensburg district

Hürup ( Danish : Hyrup ) is a municipality near Flensburg in the Schleswig-Flensburg district in Schleswig-Holstein . The municipality has existed in its current form since 1970. It is the administrative seat of the Hürup office . Herregaardlei ( Herregaardled ), Hürupholz ( Hyrup Skov ), Kielsgaard ( Kilsgårde ), Neukrug ( Nykro ) and Weseby ( Veseby ) are in the municipality.

history

Archaeological finds show that the municipality was inhabited in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.

Hürup was first mentioned in 1352 as Hudderup . The place name, which comes from the Danish language, probably meant high-lying village or village near the burial mounds . Hy is Angel Danish (or Synnejysk) for Imperial Danish høj .

Two other places called Hürup are in the parish of Oesby to the east and in the parish of Bestoft to the west of Hadersleben .

For centuries, Hürup belonged to the Husbyharde and the Flensburg office, which was followed by the Flensburg district in 1867 .

politics

Community representation

Of the eleven seats in the municipal council, the KWG electoral community has had five seats since the 2013 local elections, while the CDU , SPD and the GL electoral community each have two seats.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In green a growing golden church tower roof covered with a green lily with a lantern and weathercock, each accompanied by a golden three-leaf clover on the right and left."

Partner municipality

• Neverin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Economy and Infrastructure

Residential use predominates in the municipality, the outskirts are still dominated by agriculture. Nevertheless, there are many shops in the village, including: a supermarket, a bakery, a building materials store, a carpet shop, and a hairdresser.

traffic

The most important trunk road is the state road that connects Flensburg with Sörup and Sterup and leads past Hürup immediately north in a west-east direction. The old village road is part of the north-south connection from Glücksburg to Großsolt .

From 1901 to 1938 Hürup had a railway connection to the Flensburg district railway . The narrow-gauge line from Flensburg to Satrup , however, was very winding (not least to connect to Hürup). The station is still preserved as a restaurant. Today the next train stations are in Flensburg and Husby .

military

• Hürup marine radio station

Culture and sights

The list of cultural monuments in Hürup includes the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

Buildings

The Marienkirche, a late Romanesque brick church, was built at the beginning of the 13th century. The west tower was built in the 16th century. Although relatively small, the church is richly endowed. The most valuable art treasure is the Passion Series from the 12th century.

Sports

In Hürup is TSV Hürup resident whose men's team in the handball league Hamburg - Schleswig-Holstein plays.

Web links

Commons : Hürup  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hürup municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Johannes Kok: Det danske folkesprog i Sønderjylland , Volume 2, København 1867, p. 174
3. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 5: Holt - Krokau . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 978-3-926055-79-8 , pp. 57 ( dnb.de [accessed on July 18, 2020]).
4. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms