Skive

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Skive
Skive coat of arms
Skive (Denmark)
Skive
Skive
Basic data
State : DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Region : Midtjylland
Municipality
(since 2007) : 		Skive
Coordinates : 56 ° 34 '  N , 9 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 34 '  N , 9 ° 2'  E
Founded: 1231
Population :
(2020) 		20,573
Area : 230.3 km²
Population density : 89 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 7800
Website: www.skive.dk
Skive Church
Skive Church
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Skive is a city in the Central Jutland , Denmark . It has been the center of the Skive municipality since 1970 and has a population of 20,573 (as of January 1, 2020).

geography

Skive is located about 29 km west of Viborg , 36 km east of Struer and 94 km northwest of Aarhus on the Skivefjord , part of the Limfjord , in Jutland . As a municipality, the city ​​is 230.3 km² in size.

Districts

Jebjerg, Højslev, Skive, Nederby, Selde, Breum, Hald, Højslev Stationsby, Balling, Roslev, Rødding, Oddense, Lihme, Lem, Ramsing, Hem, Rønbjerg, Durup, Hvidbjerg,

Population development

Development of the population (January 1st) :

  • 1976 - 18,735
  • 1981-19,034
  • 1986-19,320
  • 1989 - 19,570
  • 1990-19,532
  • 1992-19,711
  • 1994-20.105
  • 1996 - 20,377
  • 1997 - 20,530
  • 1998 - 20,557
  • 1999 - 20,534
  • 2000 - 20,639
  • 2001 - 20,635
  • 2002 - 20,679
  • 2003 - 20,723
  • 2004 - 20,676
  • 2006 - 20,572
  • 2007 - 20,556
  • 2008 - 20,643
  • 2009 - 20,686
  • 2010 - 20,565

history

Skive was first mentioned in 1231 as Skyuæ and was crown property in the 13th century. The town privilege received Skive in the year 1326. It was 1443 by King Christoph III. approved. Since 1660 the city belonged to the official municipality Viborg Amt . In 1672 it had 569 inhabitants. City fires devastated Skive in 1715, 1725, 1748 and 1749. The February flood of 1825 created a canal between the Limfjord and the North Sea, which gave Skive access to maritime trade and a port.

As a result of industrialization - many smaller businesses in the food and textile industries emerged - the population doubled to over 6,000 in the second half of the 19th century. One of the larger companies was Skive Jærnstøberi og Maskinfabrik ( A / S Gyro ), which launched a legendary unicycle trailer in 1934. a. was used as a camping trailer.

Since the official communes were dissolved in 2007, Skive has belonged to the Midtjylland region .

traffic

Skive was connected to the railroad in 1864. The station Skive is located on the railway line Langå-Struer .

Krabbesholm

In Krabbesholm near Skive there are two 30-40 meters long, 12-15 meters wide and up to one meter thick Køkkenmøddinger at the foot of a south-facing hill. Finds were sent to the National Museum from here as early as 1831. These are the earliest known finds of a Danish Køkkenmødding. An excavation in 1889 showed that the layers at the bottom, marked by oyster shells , differed from those in the upper part with cockles . The oldest layer comes from the Ertebølle culture (4800 to 4000 BC) The upper layer comes from the subsequent funnel cup culture (TBK) 4000 to 2700 BC. Chr.

Culture and sights

New construction of the Skive Museum (2007)

The Vor Frue Kirke dates from around 1200 and was decorated with wall paintings (figures of saints) in the 16th century, which were uncovered again in the 19th century. The new church in Skive was built in 1896–98. The Skive Museum , founded in 1942, presents archaeological finds and cultural assets from all epochs and the like. a. Pictures by Per Kirkeby and Jens Søndergaard . Southwest of Skive is the Hjerl Hede open-air museum , where you can visit historic houses from the 16th to 19th centuries . To the northwest lies Spøttrup Castle . The home folk high school Krabbesholm Højskole was founded in 1886; its seat is the Krabbesholm manor, built in the 16th century .

Krabbesholm

An important music festival has been held in Skive every year since 2008. The city also has a harness racing track.

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Trivia

In 1981 the bacterial species Cafeteria roenbergensis was discovered in the Limfjord near Rønbjerg . It occurs worldwide in the oceans and feeds on bacterioplankton . It is believed to play a key role in regulating marine bacteria levels. The scientific name comes from the place name Rønbjerg.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
  2. ↑ Based on tables BEF4A (1976-2004) and BEF44 (from 2006) of the statistical banks
  3. ↑ Illustration on nimbusskive.dk
  4. ↑ Vladimir: Sister Cities
  5. ↑ Tom Fenchel, David J. Patterson: Cafeteria roenbergensis nov. ge., nov. sp., a heterotrophic microflagellate from marine plankton. In: Marine Micobial Food Webs. 3 (1), 1988, pp. 9-19.