Thisted
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 Denmark
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| Region : | North Jylland | ||||
| Region : | North Jylland | ||||
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Municipality (since 2007) : |
Thisted | ||||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 57 ' N , 8 ° 41' E | ||||
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Population : (2020) |
13,536 | ||||
| Postal code : | 7700 | ||||
| Website: | www.thisted.dk | ||||
 The church in Thisted |
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Thisted is the capital of the eponymous Danish municipality Thisted on the north bank of the Limfjord . 13,536 inhabitants live in the village (as of January 1, 2020). The theophoric naming refers to the Germanic god Tyr .
Significant is the trade with agricultural products . Thisted is the middle center for the Thy area . The railway connection to Struer ends at the station .
photos
View from Storegade to the market square
Pedestrian zone
Kino 1-2-3 with a reminiscence of the Olsen Gang on the occasion of a fan meeting in 2006
Local government
City map around 1900
sons and daughters of the town
- Axel Bendixsen (1884–1965), civil engineer
- Thomas Bruhn (* 1981), handball player
- Conrad Malte-Brun (1775–1826), geographer
- Jesper Grønkjær (* 1977), football player
- Bent Haller , writer
- Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847–1885), writer
- Heine Jensen (* 1977), handball trainer
- Christen Kold (1816–1870), educator, founder of the folk high school movement
- Bent Larsen (1935–2010), chess grandmaster
- Jesper Mortensen and Jeppe Breum Laursen, Popduo Junior Senior
- Helmer Rosting (1893–1945), diplomat
- Jørn Sloth (* 1944), correspondence chess world champion
- Johan Skjoldborg (1861–1936), poet, writer
- Hans Christian Sonne , Provost , founder of the first Danish consumer association ( Brugsforening )
Megaliths
The Thisted Langdysser are located on Langdyssevej near the water tower.
Web links
Commons : Thisted - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Thisted - travel guide
- Official website of Thisted Commune (Danish)
- Tourist information of the municipality of Thisted
- The Olsenbanden Jutland Event 2006 in Thisted (German, Danish, English)