Korsør is a town on Zealand,

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. It is located in

Slagelse Municipality Slagelse Municipality is a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in Region Zealand on the west coast of the island of Zealand (Danish: ''Sjælland'') in Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 571 km². The municipality borders Kalundborg ...

. Until 2007 Korsør was the seat of

Korsør Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Korsør Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former West Zealand County, on the southwestern coast of the island of Zealand, in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 74.25 km2, and h ...

. The town is located west of

Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Kalundborg and 14 km ...

, north-west of

Skælskør Skælskør () is a town in Zealand, Denmark. It is located in Slagelse Municipality. Until 2007 Skælskør was the seat of Skælskør Municipality. The town is located 17 km southwest of Slagelse and 12 km southeast of Korsør. Skæls ...

and connects to Nyborg through the Great Belt Bridge. Formerly the main ferry port from Zealand to

Funen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...

, the town of Korsør is divided into two halves by the Korsør Nor inlet, with the northern part named Halsskov. Most of the historical southern part of Korsør (Korsør proper) is low-lying and prone to flooding.

Culture

The Korsør Biograf Teater, which opened in August , is the world's oldest

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in continuous use that is still operating.

Sights

Korsør Mini Town (Danish: ''Korsør Miniby'') is a miniature model of the town of Korsør as it looked in 1875. It is built in 1:10 scale and has existed since 2001. Tårnborg 1895

Tårnborg Tårnborg (or Taarnborg), from 1671 until 1841 known as Dyrehavegaard, is a former manor house in Korsør, Slagelse Municipality, Denmark. The buildings are now part of Hotel Comwell Grand Park. The Neoclassical main building from 1803 and the m ...

is a manor located in Halsskov in Korsør. Tårnborg was originally a village, in which a castle was built in the 1100s. It was referred to as Korsør Castle and later came under the name of Dyrehovedgaard. It was renamed to Tårnborg in 1846. The manor owns 334 acres.

Korsør Fortification

Korsør Fortification (Danish: ''Korsør Fæstning'') is a set of fortifications located centrally in Korsør. It was built in the 1100s. Today there are five buildings on the fortifications, though all are built at different times and only the tower originates from the castle that was located on the fortification. The tower is from the 1200s. Korsør City and Strait Crossing Museum (Danish: ''Korsør By og Overfartsmuseum'') is a museum located in Korsør. The museum was founded in 1983, and is focussed on the strait crossing from Korsør to Nyborg. The museum is located in a building on Korsør Fortification.

Notable residents

Public thought and politics

Pia Adelsteen Pia Adelsteen (born 11 September 1963 in Korsør) is a Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing from 2007 to 2019. She was first elected into parliament at the 2007 Danish general election. Political career Adelsteen was a member of ...

(born 1963), politician and member of parliament *

Hedevig Johanne Bagger Hedevig Johanne Bagger (November 1740- May 4, 1822) was a Danish inn-keeper and postmaster. Biography She was born the port of Korsør in Sorø, Denmark. She was the daughter of merchant Rasmus Langeland (1712–80) and Anne Marie Jensdatter (1714 ...

(1740–1822), inn-keeper and postmaster * Aage Friis (1870–1949), historian * Hans A. Hansen (1877–1949), sailor for the

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Hedda Lundh Hedda Lundh (1921–2012) was a Danish journalist and schoolteacher who, under the German occupation of Denmark in World War II, was a Danish resistance fighter. Based at the time in Aarhus, she is remembered as a railway saboteur, explosives expe ...

(1921–2012), resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark in

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John Dyrby Paulsen John Dyrby Paulsen (born 12 July 1963) is a Danish politician. He is a member of the party Social Democrats, and is the current mayor of Slagelse Municipality. He was elected mayor after the 2017 Danish local elections, though has been in the mun ...

(born 1963), politician and mayor of the municipality *

Morten Storm Morten Storm (born January 2, 1976 in Korsør), alias Murad Storm and Murad Storm Al-Denmarki, is a Danish people, Danish, former convert to Islam and a former Islamic radical, who became disenchanted with Islamism after 10 years and went to work as ...

(born 1976), former PET agent *

Lis Tribler Lis Tribler (born 1 January 1952) is a Danish politician. She is a member of the Social Democrats. She was the mayor of Slagelse Municipality from 1998 and until 2007, where the municipality was merged with Korsør Municipality, Skælskør Munici ...

(born 1952), politician and former mayor

Art

Jens Baggesen Jens Immanuel Baggesen (15 February 1764 – 3 October 1826) was a major Danish poet, librettist, critic, and comic writer. Life Baggesen was born at Korsør on the Danish island of Zealand on February 15, 1764. His parents were very poo ...

(1764–1826), poet. * Urban Gad (1879–1947), film director * Aage Giødesen (1863–1939), painter *

Pia Juul Pia Juul (; 30 May 196230 September 2020) was a Danish poet, prose writer, and translator. She received several prizes and was a member of the Danish Academy. She also taught at the writing school ''Forfatterskolen'' in Copenhagen. Biography ...

(born 1962), poet and translator

Sport

* Casper Henningsen (born 1985), former football player * Jim Larsen (born 1985), former football player * Brian Nielsen (born 1965), former boxer

External links

Slagelse municipality website
(In Danish)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Korsor Cities and towns in Region Zealand Slagelse Municipality