Harlev is a former railway town in

Aarhus Municipality Aarhus Municipality ( da, Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality ( da, Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a municipality in Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area ...

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, with a population of 3,990 as of 1 January 2022.BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
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It is a

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only 13 kilometres west of central

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

and is located at the Danish national road 15.

History

Harlev developed as a

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in 1902 when a train station of the former Hammelbanen rail road line was built on a field between the villages of Gammel Harlev and Framlev. Harlev church is still situated 1½ kilometre out of town in the older settlement of Gammel Harlev (lit.: Old Harlev). Hammelbanen formerly connected the inland town of

Hammel Hammel is a town in central Denmark with a population of 6,854 (1 January 2022),Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

and was important for the transportation of agricultural products, but it was decommissioned in 1956. The former train station in Harlev has since been restored and is currently headquarters to a local scouting group. Because of the position between Gammel Harlev and Framlev, the citizens of Harlev is still divided between the parishes of Harlev and Framlev.

Gammel Harlev

The village of Gammel Harlev, situated at a bend of the

Aarhus River Aarhus River ( da, Århus Å) is a long river or stream, in eastern Jutland, Denmark. The river flows through the large river valley of Aarhus Ådal. The valley itself, stretches from Silkeborg to the coastal city of Aarhus, but the Aarhus River ...

1½ km from Harlev, is a much older settlement. Harlev church has been dated to around 1100 AD, and is thus among the first churches in Denmark. Harlev watermill from 1733 is no longer active as a watermill, but has been restored and repurposed as a conference center. The entire parish of Harlev was once part of the extensive Skanderborg Equestrian District (''Skanderborg Rytterdistrikt'') until 1784.Harald Nielsen: ''"Oversigt over udskiftningen i det forrige skanderborgske rytterdistrikt (o. 1770—1820)"'' (''Historie/Jyske Samlinger'', Ny række, Bind 3; 1954)

Notable people

Henrik Wann Jensen Henrik Wann Jensen (born 1969 in Harlev, Jutland, Denmark) is a Denmark, Danish computer graphics researcher. He is best known for developing the photon mapping technique as the subject of his PhD thesis, but has also done important research in sim ...

(born 1969 in Harlev) a Danish computer graphics researcher

References

Sources

Archive of local history

External links

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