Vojens commune

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Basic data
surface 298.45 km² (2005)
Residents 16,792 (2005)
Internet http://www.vojens.dk/

Vojens Kommune (German: Kommune Woyens ) was a municipality in the Sønderjyllands Amt ( North Schleswig ) in southwestern Denmark .

Vojens train station

history

The large commune was created in 1970 through the merger of the municipalities Hammelev (German: Hammeleff ), Jegerup (German: Jägerup ), Maugstrup (German: Magstrup ), Nustrup (German: Nübel ), Oksenvad (German: Oxenwatt ), Skrydstrup , Sommersted (German: Sommerstedt ), Vedsted (German: Wittstedt ) and Vojens (German: Woyens ), which was only separated from Jegerup in 1920 . Together with the municipalities of Gram and Haderslev (German: Hadersleben ) and the municipalities of Bevtoft (German: Beftoft ), Hjerndrup , Bjerning and Fjelstrup , the municipality of Vojens was absorbed into the new large municipality of Haderslev with over 60,000 inhabitants on January 1, 2007 .

Attractions

South of Vojens and north of Over Jerstal are the megalithic sites of Over Jerstal . There are two passage graves and two dolmens .

traffic

Vojens is on the Fredericia – Flensburg railway line , the former branch line to Haderslev was closed in 2004 and has been used by museum trains again since 2011 .

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Coordinates: 55 ° 15 '  N , 9 ° 18'  E