Nørresundby
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 Denmark
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| Region : | North Jylland | ||||
| Region : | North Jylland | ||||
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Municipality (since 2007) : |
Aalborg | ||||
| Coordinates : | 57 ° 4 ' N , 9 ° 55' E | ||||
| Founded: | 1900 (city law) | ||||
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Population : (2020) |
23,546 | ||||
| Area : | 3 km² | ||||
| Population density : | 7,849 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 9400 Nørresundby | ||||
 Nørresundby - here to the right of the Limfjord |
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Nørresundby is a town on the northern side of the Limfjord in Vendsyssel with 22,859 inhabitants (2018). It belongs to the municipality of Aalborg, which was formed in 2007 .
Previously the main town of the municipality of Nørresundby samlingskommune , Nørresundby was incorporated into the municipality of Aalborg with the municipal reform in 1970 . The official Danish statistics showed the place from 1981 to 2006 as part of Aalborg .
Surname
The place was originally called Sundby ("Place on the Sund "). The prefix Nørre- ("North-") distinguished Nørresundby from Øster Sundby ("East Sundby") on the other side of the Limfjord.
history
Cremation graves and stone setting on the " Lindholm-Höhe " (Lindholm Høje) testify to a settlement in the 6th century and the Viking Age .
At the beginning of the 13th century, Waldemar II gave Sundby as a gift to Vitskøl monastery . The monastery had a stately church that was first mentioned in 1219 and is now known as Nørresundby Kirke . The building indicates the importance of the place as a crossing point between Vendsyssel and Aalborg. At that time the population lived from farming and fishing in the Limfjord.
Throughout history Sundby has always been considered Aalborg's “little brother”. For example, when the place received permission to operate two ferries across the Limfjord in 1591, Aalborg got the right to operate four ferries. Ferry traffic played a particularly important role in the 16th and 17th centuries. In some cases, illegal trade was carried out at the ferry terminal and illegal pubs were built in the vicinity, which is why Sundby was a thorn in the side of the Aalborg people. The unease grew with the illegal trade in the 18th century.
In 1772 a manufacturer was given the privilege to set up a pipe factory in Nørresundby. In 1825 Nørresundby, as the place was now called, was allowed to hold markets several times a year, which resulted in considerable growth. New factories were established and better road connections boosted industrial development in the second half of the 19th century. From 1865 onwards , a pontoon bridge replaced ferry traffic across the sound. With the trade regulations of 1858, the place became a legal trading center.
From 1871 the Vendsysselbanen railway line ran from Hjørring to Nørresundby and from there from 1879 over a fixed railway bridge to Aalborg. In addition, the port was modernized in 1874 and later expanded several times. Nørresundby thus retained its position as an important traffic junction to and from Vendsyssel.
From 1900 onwards, Nørresundby was finally allowed to call itself Købstad ("town with market rights"). During that time, many large industrial companies settled here, including the Gabrielsværk machine factory with 60 employees . Other companies included a pig slaughterhouse that existed until 2004, two cement factories, which have now been closed, and a sulfuric acid and superphosphate factory founded in 1913 , which has been called Kemira since 1987 and which replaced Gabrielsværk as the city's largest company.
Just like its big brother in the south, Aalborg, the city developed into a bustling industrial city in the 20th century and industrialization resulted in a strong increase in the population. From 1890 to 1900 the population doubled from 1800 to 3500. The number also doubled from 1916 to 1925 - from 6000 to 12,500. In the 1950s the number rose again from 17,000 to 22,500.
In 1933 the Limfjord Bridge (Limfjordsbroen) , a four-lane road bridge today, was inaugurated and a few years later the railway bridge was renewed. Aalborg Airport, which opened on September 4, 1936, is located in the west of Nørresundby. In 1969 the Limfjord Tunnel was completed, which leads a six-lane motorway under the Limfjord. The tunnel goes along with the “North Jutian Motorway” (Nordjyske Motorvej) from Nørresundby to Søften near Aarhus , which is part of the European route 45 . With better traffic connections across the Limfjord, Nørresundby was increasingly integrated into Aalborg until the two municipalities were merged in 1970. After the municipal reform, the place stagnated and Nørresundby is now primarily a residential area within Stor-Aalborgs ("Greater Aalborg").
Cityscape and landmarks
A comprehensive urban redevelopment should improve the quality of life in the center and preserve the character of a merchant town as well as remnants of the medieval street pattern. In fact, only a few older buildings have survived, as major fires (last in 1865) destroyed the city center. Several distinctive buildings were erected by the Second World War , including the Hotel Royal , the Town Hall, Brogården Farm and Den Hedegaardske Stiftelse Abbey .
The "Sundby collections" (Sundbysamlingerne) are located in the listed Bryggergården from 1791 in Gammel Østergade. Paintings and furniture from the history of the place are kept there. The museum also has a collection of clay pipes from the JA Rømers factory .
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the then independent city:
- Henry Nielsen (1910–1958), middle and long distance runner
- Henning Jensen (1949-2017), football player
- Tine Lindhardt (* 1957), Lutheran bishop
- Ole Bornedal (* 1959), film director, actor and producer
Web links
- Nørresundby Byhistorie History of Nørresundby (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
- ↑ a b c d e f Den Store Danske : Nørresundby , accessed on October 18, 2010 (Danish)
- ↑ a b c d Søren Olsen: Nørresundby . In: Danmarks Købstæder . Politics Forlag A / S, Copenhagen 2000, ISBN 87-567-6203-8 , p. 57 (Danish).
- ↑ a b c d e f Dansk Center for Byhistorie: Danmarks Købstæder: Nørresundby , accessed on October 18, 2010 (Danish)