Smedeby

This article describes the place Smedeby in southern Denmark. For the German town of the same name, see Sieverstedt .

Smedeby ( German Schmedeby )
Smedeby
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Syddanmark
Municipality (since 2007) :	Aabenraa
Municipality / Office : (until the end of 2006)	Bov Kommune Sønderjyllands Amt
Harde / Amt: (until March 1970)	Lundtoft Herred Åbenrå-Sønderborg Amt
Sogn :	Bov Sogn
Coordinates :	54 ° 51 '  N , 9 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 54 ° 51 '  N , 9 ° 23'  E
Former Smedeby station building

Smedeby ( German  Schmedeby; earlier also: Norderschmedeby and: Danish Nørre Smedeby ) is a Danish place that belongs to the parish community ( Danish : Sogn ) Bov Sogn on the German-Danish border .

history

The place name Smedeby consists of the word component "Smede-" (or Schmede) and the ending -by and therefore obviously means " Schmiededorf ", which indicates that iron was processed on site in the past . In order to avoid confusion with Schmedeby, 30 kilometers south, the place was and is called Nørre Smedeby or Norderschmedeby, which means "northern Schmedeby". Smedeby's age is unclear. It is noted by name on a map by Franz Geerz from the middle of the 19th century. The following maps show that Smedeby was not quite as big as the neighboring village of Bau at that time, but was larger than the nearby Padborg .

The establishment of the Törsbüll – Pattburg railway line in the area probably led to an initial growth spurt at the beginning of the 20th century. Schmedeby also got a rail connection. Schmedeby came to Denmark in the course of the referendum in Schleswig (1920) and has been written in the Danish spelling Smedeby since then . As a result, customs facilities and residential buildings were built in the area. The economic trade relations in the Flensburg area changed considerably as a result of the demarcation. In 1932 the rail connection was finally closed. After the Second World War , Smedeby grew to its present size.

various

• Southeast of Smedeby is the Kruså Møllesø (Krusauer Mühlensee) ( location ).
• The station building has been preserved to this day. It is located in the area of ​​the south-western entrance to the town, on the north side of Skovbrynet street ( Lage ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Genealogy. Net Schmedeby, Smedeby, Nørre Smedeby , accessed on: January 31, 2020
2. ↑ The etymology should roughly correspond to that of Süderschmedeby. See the community of Sieverstedt. The blast furnaces of Süderschmedeby and Fernwege. Hiking in Europe. From Handewitt to Süderschmedeby , accessed on: January 31, 2020
3. ^ Franz Geerz : Alsen-Apenrade-Flensburg 1858
4. ↑ Map of Greater Flensburg from 1863 (Offenar after the German-Danish war resulting revision there ) and David Rumsey Historical Map Flensburg. Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme 1893
5. ↑ Martin Becker: Kulturlandschaft Flensburger Förde , 2006, p. 137
6. ↑ Martin Becker: Kulturlandschaft Flensburger Förde , 2006, p. 139
7. ↑ Welcome to the Krusau tunnel valley , accessed on: January 31, 2020
8. ↑ Martin Becker: Kulturlandschaft Flensburger Förde , 2006, p. 139 and picture of the train station from around 1920 , accessed on: January 31, 2020