Himmerland
Himmerland is a peninsula in northeastern Jutland, Denmark. It is delimited to the north and the west by the Limfjord, to the east by the Kattegat, and to the south by the Mariager Fjord. The largest city is Aalborg; smaller towns include Hobro, A ...
with a population of 649 (1 January 2022), located 20 km west of
Aalestrup
Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland Municipality with a population of 2,780 (1 January 2022) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark.
Facilities
Aalestrup School has 294 students, divided into 0.-6. Class stage, as well as the SFO Kvisten. After grade ...
, 12 km southwest of
Farsø
Farsø is a town with a population of 3,349 (1 January 2022) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark in the Vesthimmerland Municipality. Farsø was the birthplace of Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. The village of ...
and 25 km southwest of
Aars
Aars or Års, () is a Danish town with a population of 8,474 (1 January 2022)Vesthimmerland Municipality
Vesthimmerland Municipality or Vesthimmerlandøs Municipality is a municipality ( da, kommune) in the North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 768,08 km² (2013) and has a total population of 38,277 inhabitants (2008). The Munici ...
and is located in the
Region Nordjylland
The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...
.
History
Færgekroen
The first royal license to run a ferry on the sound is from 1532. Because of the strong stream the ferry was a kind of barge that was rowed by 4 men. In 1549 the king,
Christian III
Christian III (12 August 1503 – 1 January 1559) reigned as King of Denmark from 1534 and King of Norway from 1537 until his death in 1559. During his reign, Christian formed close ties between the church and the crown. He established ...
ordered the ferry to be established, and a ferry house was to be built for the travelers. On July 20, 1669, Hvalpsund Færgekro was privileged, and the innkeeper was responsible for both the ferry and the inn, as he had already done for some years. Only in 1716 was the crown a decisive body of privilege, which also gave him the right to serve food, beer and brandy for local residents.
Railway
Aars
Aars or Års, () is a Danish town with a population of 8,474 (1 January 2022)Nibe
Nibe is a town with a population of 5,433 (1 January 2022),Svenstrup Railway, opened in 1899, was extended in 1910 from Aars to Hvalpsund and changed its name to
Aalborg
Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...
-Hvalpsund Railway. As the railroad terminal, Hvalpsund received a two-track turntable with a turntable and two log houses for overnight rail and mail staff. The railway station was closed in 1969. The station building is preserved at Havnepladsen 64. The harbor also shows the bus station, the log house, which was opened in 2012 as a small railway, ferry port and fishing port. In addition, Hvalpsund Borgerforening has borrowed an old wagon of Mariager-Handest Veteran Railway.{{cite web, title=Hvalpsund, url=http://www.hvalpsund-by.dk/