Rårup is a village in

Hedensted Municipality Hedensted Kommune is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland formed out of three former municipalities, one of which with the same name, 1 January 2007 on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. Its seat and main town is Hede ...

in the

Mid Jutland Region The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish mun ...

of Denmark. With 423 inhabitants (2022), Rårup is located in Rårup Parish (''sogn'') 13 km northwest of the town of

Juelsminde Juelsminde is a town in Hedensted Municipality, Denmark. Notable people * Gunnar Berg (1909–1989) a Swiss-born Danish composer and leading exponent of serialism. Between 1965 and 1976 he lived at the old school at Lindved between Horsens and ...

, 14 km southeast of the city of Horsens and 16 km east of the town of

Hedensted Hedensted is a Danish town in Region Midtjylland and the seat of Hedensted Municipality. Its population, including its northern neighbouring town Løsning, is 12,220.

. Rårup Church is located in the village. Rårup Hal is located in the village. In the village's church named Sct. Anna is Frederik Rantzau (1677 – 1726) buried, in the Rantzauian Chapel (''Det Rantzauske Kapel''). Rårup School lies at Kirkedalsvej 64.

Notable people

Hother A. Paludan Hother A. Paludan (9 October 1871 – 2 August 1956) was a Danish architect and civil servant. Biography Born in Rårup, his parents were the chaplain (later the vicar) Otto Frederik Paludan and Sophie Frederikke Worm. Paludan attended the Techn ...

(1871–1956), architect and civil servant Mikkel Bjørn (b. 1995), current member of the Danish Parliament

References

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