Rødekro

	Rødekro
	Rødekro
	Rødekro
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Syddanmark
Municipality ; (since 2007) :	Aabenraa
Coordinates :	55 ° 0 ′ N , 9 ° 8 ′ E Coordinates: 55 ° 0 ′ N , 9 ° 8 ′ E
Population : ; (2020)	6,026
Postal code :	6230 Rødekro
	; Gasthaus Roter Krug

Rødekro ( German: Rothenkrug ) is a small Danish town with 6026 inhabitants in the Aabenraa municipality , Syddanmark region .

traffic

The city is on the European route 45 , the primary route 24 leads from Aabenraa to Esbjerg .

Trains on the Flensburg – Fredericia line , including Eurocity and Intercity trains, stop at the station, providing direct connections with Aarhus , Copenhagen and Hamburg , among other things . The branch line to Bredebro and Løgumkloster disappeared as early as 1936, the branch line to Aabenraa was closed for passenger traffic in 1971 and has not been allowed to use since 2004. Rødekro acts as a station for a wide area including the 21,000-inhabitant city of Aabenraa.

The bus connection is above average. The Esbjerg- Sønderborg express bus stops at the station . The bus routes from Aabenraa to Løgumkloster, Skærbæk , Rømø and Ripen all run via Rødekro and are reinforced by a shuttle line between the train station and Aabenraa.

Culture

The Aabenraa municipal library has a branch library here.

history

The wheel grave from Hjordkær was moved to Rødekro. The name of the place comes from an inn ( Roter Krug ), where the Ries harde court was held at times . The place Rødekro, however, only emerged after the railway from Flensburg to Fredericia was completed in 1864 and a branch line was built in 1869 to the port city of Aabenraa, six kilometers away. Especially at the expense of the latter, Rødekro developed into a classic train station location. In the 20th century, the importance grew, especially since more and more traffic was shifted to the street and numerous businesses settled in the inexpensive and easily accessible area of the village. This function was reinforced by the construction of the E 45, which made the town even more of a traffic junction.

However, Rødekro has not yet formed an independent municipality. From 1871 to 1920 the settlement was divided between the rural communities of Lunderup and Brunde. After these were united to the rural community Rise in 1920, the place continued to grow and partially crossed the border to the neighboring church Hjordkær. Only the local reform in 1970 brought Rødekro uniform administrative structures. The place was the economic center of the new, from five rural communities formed Rødekro municipality .

In 2007 the municipalities of Rødekro, Lundtoft , Bov , Tinglev and Aabenraa merged to form the new municipality of Aabenraa. The traditional port city now forms the center of the municipality; However, in 2005, Rødekro's mayor Tove Larsen ( Social Democrats ) was elected first mayor .

Sons and daughters

Maja Alm (* 1988), orienteer
Sophie Countess von Brockdorff (1848–1906), theosophist

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : Rødekro - collection of images, videos and audio files

[BEF44-1] Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)

[2] Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)