Aabenraa County ( da, Åbenrå Amt, former spelling: Aabenraa Amt) is a former

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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, located on the east-central region of

Southern Jutland Southern Jutland ( da, Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called da, Nørr ...

. Aabenraa County was established in 1920 following the reunification of Denmark and South Jutland following the

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. It was dissolved in 1970 when it merged with three other counties to form

South Jutland County South Jutland County (Danish: ''Sønderjyllands Amt'') is a former county (Danish: ''amt'') on the south-central portion of the Jutland Peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Aaben ...

. Aabenraa County corresponded geographically to the former

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Kreis Apenrade combined with the larger part of Bov Parish and Frøslev municipality (

Handewitt Handewitt ( da, Hanved) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the border with Denmark, approx. 7 km west of Flensburg. Handball The Handball-Bundesliga team SG Flen ...

/ Hanved Parish). Both were transferred from Kreis

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

with the establishment of the current Danish-German border. Aabenraa County and

Sønderborg County Sønderborg County ( da, Sønderborg Amt) is a former province in Denmark, located on the island of Als and the easternmost part of Southern Jutland. Sønderborg County was established in 1920 following the reunification of Denmark and South Jutl ...

merged in 1932, forming Aabenraa-Sønderborg County.

1970 administrative reform

Aabenraa-Sønderborg County was dissolved in the 1970 administrative reform and the former Aabenraa County became seven new municipalities belonging to South Jutland County: * Bov *

Gråsten Gråsten (; german: Gravenstein) is a town with a population of 4,274 (1 January 2022)Lundtoft Until 1 January 2007 Lundtoft was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in South Jutland County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 137 km2, and had a total population of 6,184 (200 ...

Løgumkloster Løgumkloster (german: Lügumkloster; both mean 'Løgum monastery'), is a town in Tønder Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark with a population of 3,480 (1 January 2022).Rødekro Rødekro (german: Rothenkrug) is a railway town with a population of 5,950 (1 January 2022),Tinglev Tinglev (german: Tingleff) is a town with a population of 2,731 (1 January 2022)Aabenraa Aabenraa (; , ; Sønderjysk: ''Affenråe'') is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, north of the Denmark–Germany border and north of German town of Flensburg. It was the seat of Sønder ...