Børkop is a

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Vejle Municipality Vejle Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southeast Denmark. The municipality covers an area of (2013), and has a population of 122,433 (1. January 2025). Its mayor is Jens Ejner Christ ...

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. It is located at the

railroad Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

between the cities of

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality (''Municipalities of De ...

and

Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region Denmark, Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vej ...

and is served by Børkop railway station. It has a population of 6,314 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from

Statistics Denmark Statistics Denmark () is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, reporting to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating statistics on the Danish society ...

Børkop was the municipal seat of the former Børkop Municipality, until 1 January 2007. Børkov Watermill is a fully-functioning

timber framed Timber framing () and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs. If the struc ...

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, dating back to the sixteenth century, located at a small stream in the southeastern part of the town. By exploring the area around the watermill it is possible to find one of the wooden trolls, called "Ene Øjesten", made by the artist

Thomas Dambo Thomas Dambo is a Danish "recycle art activist" who is known for his installations of giant monumental wooden sculptures called trolls, made entirely out of recycled materials. The trolls are installed in various locations in 17 countries. Some o ...

. Børkop Højskole, a danish

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and a part of Indre Mission in Denmark, is located just north of the railway station.List of all folk high schools in Denmark
from The Association of Folk High Schools in Denmark

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/nowiki>; 2nd edition) 6. Deel. Amterne Aarhus, Vejle, Ringkjøbing, Ribe og Færøerne. Sted-Register og Supplement 272] * Danmarks Statistik: Statistisk Tabelværk Femte Række, Litra A Nr. 20: Folketællingen i Kongeriget Danmark den 5. november 1930; København 1935; p. 143 * Statistiske Undersøgelser Nr. 10: Folketal, areal og klima 1901-60; Det Statistiske Departement, København 1964; p. 185 * Statistiske Meddelelser 1968: 3. Folkemængden 27. september 1965 og Danmarks administrative inddeling; Danmarks Statistik, København 1968; p. 17 Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Railway towns Vejle Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub