Nykøbing Falster

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Nykøbing Falster
Coat of arms of Nykøbing Falster
Nykøbing Falster (Denmark)
Nykøbing Falster
Nykøbing Falster
Basic data
State : DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Region : Sjælland
Municipality
(since 2007) :
Guldborgsund
Municipality / Office :
(until the end of 2006)
Nykøbing Falster Kommune
Storstrøms Amt
Harde / Amt:
(until March 1970)
Falsters Sønder Herred
Maribo Office
Sogn : Nykøbing Falster Sogn
Coordinates : 54 ° 46 ′  N , 11 ° 53 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 46 ′  N , 11 ° 53 ′  E
Population :
(2020)
16,940
Postal code : 4800
Sister cities : PolandPoland Lublin Eutin
GermanyGermany 
Nykøbing Falster
Nykøbing Falster
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Nykøbing Falster is a port city in Denmark and is located on the west coast of Falster . The city forms its own parish municipality ( Danish: Sogn ) Nykøbing Falster Sogn , which belonged to Harde Falsters Sønder Herred in what was then Maribo Amt until 1970 , then to Nykøbing Falster Kommune in what was then Storstrøms Amt , the latter of which was the administrative seat of the city. As part of the local government reform on January 1, 2007 , the municipality was absorbed into Guldborgsund Municipality in the Sjælland region, whose administrative seat is in turn Nykøbing Falster.

name of the city

The origin of the place name "Nykøbing" goes back to the 13th century. Already in 1200 the town received market rights, but unlike older cities like Ribe or Viborg came Nykøbing only 1,560 new (ny) to the group of cities with market rights (Købstad) added. The appendix "Falster" is used to distinguish two other Danish cities of the same name, Nykøbing Mors and Nykøbing Sjælland . In written form, the name of the city is often given as “Nykøbing F”.

Residents

Development of the population (January 1st) :

year 1981 1986 1990 1996 2000 2004 2009 2010
Residents (commune) 25,576 25.117 25.214 25.053 25,375 25,559 - -
Inhabitants (city) 19,038 18,697 18,937 16,048 16,460 16,784 16.405 16,458
The folded up railway and road bridge Kong Frederik d. IX's Bro

economy

The city is known for its sugar factory. Agricultural trade and the machine and leather industries are also economically important .

traffic

At Nykøbing, Kong Frederik d. IX's Bro ( German : König-Frederik-d.-IX.-Brücke ), a bascule bridge for rail and road traffic over the Guldborgsund from Falster to Lolland . It is 295 m long and 33 m wide and was opened in 1963. It connects the city with the Sundby on Lolland . It is named after King Frederik IX. (1899-1972).

The Ringsted – Rødby Færge railway , which runs via Nykøbing, is part of the Vogelfluglinie . There is also the Lollandsbahn , which leads from here to Nakskov and opens up parts of the Lolland municipality . Ferry Port Gedser in 2009 abandoned leads railway line of the Danish State Railways .

The European route 55 runs through Nykøbing and the European route 47 runs about 10 km north of the city, which crosses the Guldborgsund in the Guldborgsund tunnel.

There are also numerous long-distance cycle routes through the city, including the Berlin-Copenhagen cycle route and the European EuroVelo route 7.

The Tsar's House
Monastery churches

Attractions

  • In the city there are worth seeing half-timbered houses from the 16th to 18th centuries. The so-called Tsar's House ( Czarens Hus ) has served as an inn since 1697; Tsar Peter the Great dined here during his stay at Nykøbing Castle in 1716.
  • The water tower from 1908 is 43 meters high and has a viewing platform 32 meters high.
  • Nykøbing Castle from the 15th century is only preserved as a ruin.
  • The Klosterkirken is a Gothic church from the 15th century. It was built in 1419 at the instigation of King Erik VII as a church for the Franciscan monastery there, which belonged to the Dacia order and existed until 1532, when it was dissolved as a result of the Reformation . The church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary , St. Michael and St. Consecrated Francis .
  • The Middle Ages -Park Middelaldercentret in the district of Sundby on the island of Lolland is a museum of living history (since 1989 Living History ). It shows a medieval village and other interesting things on an open-air site. Activities of the time are also shown, such as knight tournaments or handicrafts from the late 14th century. Closed in the winter months.
  • Guldborgsund Zoo and Botanical Garden is located on the eastern edge of the city .
  • Passage grave in Flintinge Byskov

Town twinning

Since 1992 there has been a partnership between Nykøbing Falster and Lublin in Poland .

There is also a partnership with Eutin ( Schleswig-Holstein ).

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
  2. Vikingetid og middel alder 700-1536. Dansk Center for Byhistorie, accessed January 24, 2013 (Danish).
  3. www.statistikbanken.dk → Befolkning og valg → Folketal → Table BEF4A (Folketal pr. January 1st, demands på byer (AFSLUTTET))
  4. Description of the bridge at trafikken.dk
  5. Tog på Gedserbanen stopper from 2010. In: Jyllandsposten. February 4, 2009, accessed August 9, 2009. (Danish)
  6. translator2: EuroVelo 7 - EuroVelo. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .

Web links

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