Vamdrup is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark, near Kolding in Denmark with a population of 4,809 (1 January 2022).

History

Three oak coffins were uncovered from graves in the Bronze Age mound Guldhøj in Holt near Vamdrup in 1891, and are now on display at the National Museum (Nationalmuseet). After the

Second War of Schleswig The Second Schleswig War ( da, Krigen i 1864; german: Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg) also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War was the second military conflict over the Schleswig-Holstein Question of the nineteenth century. T ...

in 1864, where Denmark lost Southern Jutland to Germany until 1920, Vamdrup became a border town, where the railway station had important function as a border railway station. Kolding Sydbaner, a railway company that existed from 1911 to 1948, also had a railway line to Vamdrup. In connection with the

industrialisation Industrialisation ( alternatively spelled industrialization) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. This involves an extensive re-organisation of an econo ...

in the 1950s and 1960s Vamdrup flourished again with many new companies.

Economy

Danish Air Transport has its head office in the town.Contact DAT
." Danish Air Transport. Retrieved on 23 April 2014. "Danish Air Transport A/S Lufthavnsvej 7A DK-6580 Vamdrup"

Notable people

* Johannes Bjerg (1886 in Ødis near Kolding – 1955), Danish sculptor; worked in the El Greco-style *

Lasse Boesen Lasse Boesen (born 18 September 1979) is a retired Danish team handball player. He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (8th tournament) was held in Nor ...

(born 1979 in Vamdrup), retired Danish team handball player

References

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Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Kolding Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub