Hjørring

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Hjørring
Hjørring coat of arms
Hjørring (Denmark)
Hjørring
Hjørring
Basic data
State : DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Region : North Jylland
Region : North Jylland
Municipality
(since 2007) : 		Hjørring
Coordinates : 57 ° 29 ′  N , 10 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 57 ° 29 ′  N , 10 ° 0 ′  E
Founded: before 1243
Population :
(2020) 		25,780
Postal code : 9800
Website: www.hjoerring.dk
Springvandspladsen in Hjørring
Springvandspladsen in Hjørring
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Store Kirkestræde with Katharinenkirche from the north

Hjørring [ ˈjøʀeŋ ] is a Danish city in the Nordjylland region . It forms the center of the Hjørring municipality formed on January 1, 2007 .

history

Erik IV (Denmark) granted Hjørring town charter in 1243. Three churches from the Romanesque period bear witness to the importance of the city for the clergy ; influential citizens built a guild hall .

Until April 1, 1970, the city was the official seat of Hjørring Amt , then the Hjørring Municipality (1970-2006) was formed. For the 750th anniversary of the city in 1993, an extensive urban renewal took place. Numerous sculptures by Danish artists were set up.

Development of the population of the city of Hjørring (January 1st) :

  • 1981 - 23,669
  • 1986 - 23,813
  • 1990-24,045
  • 1996 - 24,729
  • 1999 - 24,974
  • 2000 - 24,829
  • 2003 - 24,724
  • 2004 - 24,789
  • 2006 - 24,813
  • 2007 - 24,729
  • 2008 - 24,815
  • 2009 - 24,963
  • 2010 - 24,892

Culture and sights

  • Catherine's Church, which is essentially late Romanesque, has been supplemented several times and redesigned in baroque style. A new nave was last added in 1926 . With the extensions, the choir was moved from east to south. In 1829 the St. Anna Chapel received its classicist south portal. In the cemetery the bowl stone called “Børsen” .
  • Iron Age graves (1st to 4th centuries) in the main cemetery
  • Saint Hans Kirke. In the Johanniskirche wall paintings (around 1350) show Christophorus with the baby Jesus. Altar and pulpit from the early 17th century.
  • Vendsyssel Historiske Museum. Historical regional museum for Vendsyssel (Stone Age to the present)
  • Hjørring Art Museum. 20th century art and contemporary art from North Jutland
  • Churches in Hjørring

  • St. Catherine Church

  • St. Hans Church

  • St. Olai Church

sons and daughters of the town

Town twinning

Hjørring lists five twin cities :

city country
Kerava FinlandFinland Finland
Kristiansand NorwayNorway Norway
Reykjanesbær IcelandIceland Iceland
Runavík DenmarkDenmark Faroe Islands, Denmark
Trollhättan SwedenSweden Sweden
Werder (Havel) , since 1993 GermanyGermany Germany

literature

  • Hans Klüche: Danish North Sea coast . 1st edition. DuMont travel paperback, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7701-5313-8 .
  • Ingrid Falktoft Andersen: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . Wormianum, Højbjerg 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 . P. 200
  • Peter Vilhelm Glob : prehistoric monuments of Denmark. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968, p. 148

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
  2. ↑ www.statistikbanken.dk → Befolkning og valg → Folketal → BEF4A: Folketal pr. January 1st demands på byer (AFSLUTTET)
  3. ↑ Venskabsbyer - Hjørring municipality portal . Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved on August 10, 2015.
  4. ^ Werder (Havel) - twin cities . Retrieved December 25, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Hjørring  - album with pictures, videos and audio files