Herning

	Herning
	Herning
	Herning
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Midtjylland
Municipality ; (since 2007) :	Herning
Coordinates :	56 ° 8 ′ N , 8 ° 58 ′ E Coordinates: 56 ° 8 ′ N , 8 ° 58 ′ E
Population : ; (2020)	50,332
Postal code :	7400 Herning
Website:	www.herning.dk
	; Møller-Jensen / Arnfred skyscraper (1962)

Herning [ ˈhɛʀneŋ ] is a city in central Jutland , Denmark . It is the administrative seat of the municipality of Herning in the Midtjylland region and an exhibition center with national importance.

history

The first documented place name Hørningh is derived from hørn (protruding hill). The suffix -ing indicates the Iron Age (500 BC to 850 AD).

The Herningsholm manor was built in 1579 on Ochsenweg between Jelling and Holstebro . Around 1840, Herning only had around 200 inhabitants, but developed into a trading center for the surrounding area , when its extensive heather areas were reclaimed in the 19th century. The starting point for the development was atypically the court and a pharmacy. The heath provided the basis for sheep farming, from which wool production developed. A whole branch of industry developed from home work, with a focus on Herning, Ikast and Brande. In 1876 a steam-powered wool spinning mill opened, which was expanded into a clothing factory in 1896. In 1877, Herning was connected to the railway network. In 1901 the population had risen to 3,700. During this early period, the Hede-og Diskontobank was also established in 1872 , the bank of which was built on the market square in 1912 and is now one of the most beautiful buildings in the city.

In 1913, Herning was granted city rights. In the 20th century, the metal and furniture industries also developed. Herning received a high school, a central hospital, a teachers' college and a theater. The Herning Højskole existed from 1961 to 2007 , whose striking 16-storey high-rise, designed by the architects Møller-Jensen and Arnfred, can be seen in the east of the city.

In 1995 a business and engineering college was founded, which today is attached to the University of Aarhus as the Institute for Forretningsudvikling og Teknologi .

From 1970 to 2006, Herning belonged to the smaller Herning municipality (1970-2006) with 541.6 km². With the local government reform on January 1, 2007, the area to which the city belongs grew to 1,321.1 km².

art

Herning Museum of Contemporary Art , designed by Steven Holl (2005)

In 1976, the city founded the Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelts Museum to make the extensive donation by the artist couple Else Alfelt and Carl-Henning Pedersen accessible to the public. In special exhibitions, preferably pictures of the CoBrA group to which the couple belonged are shown.

The Herning Museum of Contemporary Art - HEART is right next door . The grandiose exhibition building, based on the shape of spread shirt sleeves, was built between 2005 and 2009 according to designs by the American architect Steven Holl . The museum began in 1977 in the Angligaard shirt factory owned by entrepreneur and patron of the arts Aage Damgaard (1917–1991).

Ingvar Cronhammar's sculpture "Elia" (2001), an 11 m high steel dome with a small circle measuring 60 m in diameter , rises next to the art museum . A gas burner flames a 1 m wide column of fire over 8 m into the sky at irregular intervals for 25 seconds; the time of discharge is randomly determined by a computer.

The Danish Photo Museum shows the technical and artistic development of photography since 1839.

Sports

societies

Herning Blue Fox - ice hockey club founded in 1947 , which is currently the Danish record champions . The home stadium is the KVIK Hockey Arena .
FC Midtjylland - football club , plays in the super league . The home stadium is the MCH Arena .

Sporting events

In 1987 the Gymnaestrada was held in Herning. From July 6th to 12th, 1997 the XI. International Fire Brigade Competitions of the CTIF (Fire Brigade Olympics ) carried out. The program included Traditional International Fire Brigade Competitions, International Fire Brigade Sports Competitions and International Youth Fire Brigade Competitions.

After 1996 , the European Badminton Championships also took place here in 2008 . From 21 to 27 September 2009 at were Messecenter the World Wrestling Championships held. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship , the largest Danish indoor arena Jyske Bank Kasten in Herning was the venue for the first main round group and all final games. The Giro d'Italia 2012 started on May 5th with an individual time trial in Herning, on the following day there was a flat stage with the start and finish point in Herning. In 2013, the European dressage and show jumping championships were held in Herning . In 2003 and 2015 the place hosted the Icelandic Horse World Championship.

On the last weekend in July, an annual Euro-Cup run in tractor pulling takes place in Herning. In addition, the European Tractor Pulling Championship was held in Herning in 1993, 2000 and 2007.

In January 2014, Jyske Bank Kasten was one of four venues for the men's 2014 European handball championship . Among other things, the preliminary round matches of the Danish team as well as the semi-finals and finals took place there. In January 2019 the hall will be the venue for the men's handball world championship . In addition to the preliminary round games of Group C and those of Main Group II, each with the Danish team, the game for third place and the final were also played in Jyske Bank Kasten.

At the 2018 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship , Herning was one of the two venues alongside Copenhagen .

climate

Despite Jutland's location between two seas, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, the annual rainfall is moderate with 700 to 800 mm in the west. The temperatures are also balanced. In winter, the moderating influence of the Gulf Stream or its offshoot, the North Atlantic Current, becomes noticeable.

Climate diagram Studsgård near Herning

sons and daughters of the town

Frits Nielsen (* 1953), ice hockey player and coach
Jan Linnebjerg (* 1960), actor
Bjarne Riis (* 1964), racing cyclist
Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis (* 1965), actress and director
Søren Pind (* 1969), politician and member of the Folketing
Michael Blaudzun (* 1973), racing cyclist
Kenneth Jonassen (* 1974), badminton player
Peter Lodahl (* 1974), opera singer
René Jørgensen (* 1975), racing cyclist
Nicki Sørensen (* 1975), racing cyclist
Thomas Bredahl (* 1980), musician
Christoffer Kjærgaard (* 1980), ice hockey player
Jesper Brian Nøddesbo (* 1980), handball player
Ellen Trane Nørby (* 1980), politician
Lisbeth Østergaard (* 1980), radio and television presenter
Brian Vandborg (* 1981), racing cyclist
Frans Nielsen (* 1984), ice hockey player
Linda Villumsen (* 1985), racing cyclist
Peter Regin (* 1986), ice hockey player
Mads Christensen (* 1987), ice hockey player
Matias Helt Jepsen (* 1988), handball player
Frederik Andersen (* 1989), ice hockey goalkeeper
Patrick Bjorkstrand (* 1992), ice hockey player
Cecilie Woller (* 1992), handball player
Fie Woller (* 1992), handball player
Oliver Bjorkstrand (* 1995), ice hockey player

gallery

Bredgade pedestrian zone

The tower of the Johanniskirche (1955) also serves as a water tower .

Carl Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelts Museum in the Birk district

The Blichermuseet in the Herningsholm manor is dedicated to Steen Steensen Blicher .
Gjellerup Kirke (1140) is Scandinavia's oldest dated building.