Tønder
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Tønder (German: Tondern) is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 185 km², and has a total population of 12,462 (2005). Its mayor is Hans L. Hansen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Tønder.
Neighboring municipalities are Tinglev to the east, Løgumkloster and Bredebro to the north, and Højer to the west. To the south is Germany.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
- Abild Parish
- Hostrup Parish
- Møgeltønder Parish
- Tønder Parish
- Ubjerg Parish
History
From 1864 it was part of Prussia, and as such part of the North German Confederation, and from 1871 onwards, part of the German Empire. In the 1920 Schleswig Plebiscite that brought Northern Schleswig to Denmark, 76.5 % of Tønder's inhabitants voted for remaining part of Germany and 23.5 % voted for the cession to Denmark. [link]
Attractions
Every August, Tønder festival takes place, offering the visitor a wide variety of traditional and modern folk music.
External links
- [Municipality's official website]
- [The new Tønder municipality's official website (Danish only)]
- Tønder Festival: [link]
References
- Municipal statistics: [NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: [Eniro new municipalities map]
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