Møgeltønder Sogn
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Møgeltønder Sogn ( German Mögeltondern ) |
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 Denmark
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| Region : | Syddanmark | ||||
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Municipality (since 2007) : |
Tønder | ||||
| Coordinates : | 54 ° 57 ' N , 8 ° 48' E | ||||
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Population : (2020) |
1,119 | ||||
| Area : | 34.8 km² | ||||
| Population density : | 32 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Height : | 14 m ö.h. | ||||
| Postal code : | 6270 Møgeltønder | ||||
 Location of the parish |
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Møgeltønder Sogn ( German : Mögeltondern ) is a parish land municipality ( Danish Sogn ) in Sønderjylland ( Northern Schleswig ), seven kilometers west of the city of Tønder . The southern border of the parish is also the German-Danish state border. It belonged to 1970 the Harde Tønder, Højer og Lø Herred in the former Tønder Amt , then to Tønder in the then Sønderjyllands Amt that in the course of municipal reform on 1 January 2007 in the "new" Tønder in South Denmark has risen.
Municipal area
The area around Møgeltønder is very flat, the highest point is only 14 meters. It consists to a large extent of marshland , namely the Koog in the south of the parish , which was only gained through dykes in the 16th century . In the north, the soils are light and sandy, as this part is part of the Schleswig Geest .
The parish of Møgeltønder has 1119 inhabitants on an area of 34.76 km², 835 of them in the parish. It contains the following places, which for the sake of clarity are listed according to the six rural communities that existed between 1867 and 1920:
- Bønderby ( German Bönderby ) with the residential areas Brink, Kannikhuus, Markhedegaard, Pugwerf or Pokkebølgaard and Trægaard
- Stokkebro with the residential areas Nørtoft, Søndertoft and Toghale
- Gallehus ( German Gallehuus ) with the residential areas Frifelt, Nordfeld, Nyvang and Rosengaard
- the church village Møgeltønder with the residential areas Lindskov, Midtfeld, Östergaard and Roi (Råde)
- Sønderby ( German Sönderby ) with the residential area Villegaard
- Sydfelt ( German Südfeld ) with the residential areas Emmerlykke, Gammeldige, Kjergaardshof (Kærgaardshof), Sødam, Supskog, Wester Anflod and Westerfeld
Neighboring communities in the west are Højer ( German Hoyer ), in the north Daler ( German Dahler ), in the east Abild ( German Abel ), Tønder Sogn and Ubjerg ( German Uberg ), and in the south - across the border - Aventoft.
history
Møgeltønder is a very old place, and the name (mögel = large; cf. Mecklenburg) refers to a higher age compared to the neighboring town of (Klein) Tondern. In contrast to this, however, it remained a simple church village. In the 13th century the Bishop of Ripen owned a fortified courtyard, which also became the administrative center for a number of episcopal properties in the surrounding area. Since the bishop belonged to the Kingdom of Denmark and not to the Duchy of Schleswig , his possessions were not transferred to the rule of the latter after the peace agreement between the Danish king and the Count of Holstein in 1435. Møgeltønder was an exclave of the kingdom on the territory of the Duchy of Schleswig for more than four centuries. However, some possessions belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig.
After the Reformation, the main farm in Møgeltønder was continued as an estate. In 1661 the entire property was transferred to the merited general Hans Schack from Unewatt , who was raised to the rank of count a few years later . He built Schackenborg Castle in place of the dilapidated castle . The county temporarily included almost all enclaves of the kingdom in Schleswig. The place remained the seat of a lower court. After the end of aristocratic jurisdiction, it was merged with the neighboring Ballum district in 1810 . Møgeltønder developed into a very important church village.
In 1639 and 1734 the famous gold horns were found near Gallehus , which contain one of the oldest Germanic runic scripts. Copies of the originals destroyed in 1802 are in the National Museum in Copenhagen .
Since the place did not belong to the Duchy of Schleswig, the German influence remained low. The German-Danish War of 1864 led to the cession of the West Schleswig royal enclaves to Prussia, while some North Schleswig parishes came to round off the border in return for Denmark. The place remained characterized by rural crafts and agriculture.
In 1867 the parish came to the newly formed Tondern district . It was divided into six rural parishes. The lower police authority was initially the Hardesvogtei Wiesby . In 1889 this was replaced by smaller administrative districts. The administrative district Mögeltondern corresponded exactly to the parish.
The place received a railway connection in 1892.
In the referendum of 1920 , the vast majority of the residents voted for Denmark in contrast to the neighboring towns of Højer and Tønder (712: 113). After unification, Møgeltønder and its neighboring villages formed a parish until it was placed in the municipality of Tondern in the course of the local reform in 1970 .
In 1990 the last Count Schack transferred his property to the Danish royal family. Until 2014, Schackenborg Castle with the associated buildings and lands was owned by Prince Joachim , the younger son of the Danish Queen Margrethe II. The change of ownership has further strengthened tourism in its importance for the place with the beautifully preserved town center.
On May 24th, 2008, Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier tied the knot in Møgeltønder Church .
Attractions
- Schackenborg Castle , owned by the Schackenborg Foundation (Danish Schackenborg Fund ), guided tours in the castle are possible by prior arrangement
- Schlossstrasse, the town's main street, an extraordinarily well-preserved, closed ensemble of Frisian-style thatched-roof houses, lime tree avenue
- Møgeltønder Kirke, stately Romanesque-Gothic building, worth seeing v. a. Altar and frescoes
- Lindskov Mølle, water mill near Mögeltondern with buildings from the 18th century
- some old stately courtyards; Kjergaardshof is particularly well preserved
- Memorial stones for the finds of the gold horns in Gallehus, at the same place listed thatched roof houses
traffic
Mögeltondern is connected to Tondern and Hoyer by a well-developed country road . Another connection leads south across the German-Danish border at Aventoft . The Tønder – Højer Sluse railway line was dismantled in 1965. In Tondern to the east there is a rail connection to Esbjerg and, for a few years now, back to Niebüll via the Marschbahn . Because of the border, Mögeltondern is relatively remote today.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so og folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
- ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
Web links
- Tønder municipality
- Møgeltønder station in the border route cycling guide Rudbøl ↔ Lydersholm with a map