Sædding is a district of

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022)

in southwest

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, Denmark, some northwest of the centre and southeast of

Hjerting Hjerting is a district of Esbjerg in southwest Jutland, Denmark, some north of the centre. As of 2011, it has 7,289 inhabitants. With a history as a fishing village going back some 700 years it is now an exclusive suburb with views over the sand ...

History

Once a village, Sædding (originally ''Sæthum'', later also ''Sæddæn'') has now become a district of Esbjerg. In the 1970s, a large

Viking Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

village was discovered in the northern part of Sædding covering . In the central area, there were six or seven farmhouses surrounding an extensive open area measuring by . The main buildings, up to in length, were accompanied by smaller structures including workshops for weavers and smiths. In all, there were 115 farmhouses, 75 workshops and seven wells. The village had existed for some 200 years until the 11th century. One of Denmark's oldest Christian crosses crafted in bronze was found at the site. In 1688, when the first data were collected under

Christian V Christian V (15 April 1646 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree ...

, there were ten farms and four houses in the village. In 1801, there were 113 inhabitants, in 1890, 171. Sædding Lighthouse came in 1872 with the development of

Esbjerg Harbour The Port of Esbjerg on the southwest coast of Jutland is a competitor to Aarhus and Hamburg for freight. Built by the State in 1868, it was once Denmark's principal fishing harbour but today has become Europe's leading port for shipping offshore ...

. Until the beginning of the 1950s, Sædding remained a small village with a few hundred inhabitants. Work on

Sædden Church Sædden Church ( da, Sædden Kirke) is a Church of Denmark church in Esbjerg in the southwest of Jutland, Denmark. Designed by Inger and Johannes Exner, the almost cube-shaped building with a tall, free-standing bell tower was completed and conse ...

began in 1977 and was completed in July 1978. In August 1978, Sædding was separated from

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as a parish in its own right with some 12,000 inhabitants.

Sædding today

Sædding has a shopping centre (''Sædding Centret'') established in 1977 which includes a library. The sandy beach (''Sædding Strand'') beside the

Men at Sea ''Men at Sea'' or ''Man meets the sea'' (Danish: ''Mennesket ved Havet'') is a 9-metre (30 feet) tall white monument of four seated males, located west of Esbjerg next to Sædding Beach on the southwest coast of Denmark. Located opposite the Fis ...

monument and the

Fisheries and Maritime Museum, Esbjerg The Fisheries and Maritime Museum ( da, Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet) is a privately owned museum in Esbjerg, Denmark. Opened to the public in 1968, it consists of a saltwater aquarium for native species and a "sealarium" (exhibit for seals) as well ...

is suitable for bathing.

References

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