Sigersted Sogn

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Sigersted (Denmark)
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Basic data
State : DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Region : Sjælland
Municipality
(since 1970) : 		Ringsted
Office (until the end of 2006) : Vestsjællands Amt
Harde / Amt:
(until March 1970) 		Ringsted Herred
Sorø Office
Coordinates : 55 ° 26 '  N , 11 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 55 ° 26 '  N , 11 ° 44'  E
Population :
(2020) 		448
Postal code : 4100 Ringsted
Location of the Sigersted Sogn in the Ringsted municipality
Location of the Sigersted Sogn in the Ringsted municipality
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Sigersted Sogn is a parish municipality ( Danish : Sogn ) on the island of Sjælland in southern Denmark . Until 1970 it belonged to Harde Ringsted Herred in what was then Sorø Amt , then to Ringsted Kommune in Vestsjællands Amt , which became part of the Sjælland region on January 1, 2007 as part of local government reform .

The parish has 448 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The church "Sigersted Kirke" is located in the parish.

Neighboring municipalities are in the north Bringstrup Sogn , in the east Ringsted Sogn and in the southwest Høm Sogn and Vetterslev Sogn , further in the south neighboring Næstved municipality Vrangstrup Sogn and in the western neighboring Sorø municipality Alsted Sogn (Sorø Kommune) and Fjenneslev Sogn .

history

The village, named after the mythical Kong Siger, owes its fame to the story of Hagbard and Signe. The king of an empire on Zealand lived a few hundred years before the Viking Age (800–1050 AD). The memory of the story is kept by Hagbards Høj, southwest of the place.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so og folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)

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