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which was the seat of the former Nordborg municipality (

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Sønderborg Municipality Sønderborg Municipality (german: Sonderburg), is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region of Southern Denmark partially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south Denmark, at the border with Germany. The municipali ...

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off the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. Within the town is

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, a historic castle whose premises are currently used as a boarding school. The town has been greatly influenced by the presence of Danfoss, a global producer of components for refrigeration and

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, heating and motion control applications, headquartered in the town and founded in 1933.

Nordborg Municipality

The former Nordborg Municipality covered an area of 125 km², and had a total population of 13,956 (2005). Its last mayor was Jan Prokopek Jensen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes: * Egen Parish * Havnbjerg Parish * Nordborg Parish * Oksbøl Parish * Svenstrup Parish Over the years the presence of Danfoss has made the former Nordborg Municipality, the site of one of the largest industrial workplaces in Denmark. In later years, the municipality saw the rise of another major industrial company, Linak, a global producer of electric linear actuator systems. Albeit much smaller than Danfoss (Linak global employment of approx. 1600 people compared to Danfoss 23,000 ), Linak is still a large local employer. On January 1, 2007 Nordborg Municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Augustenborg,

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, and Sønderborg municipalities to form the new Sønderborg Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 499 km² and a total population of 49,886 (2005).

Notable people

* Joachim Otto Voigt (1798 in Nordborg – 1843 in London) a Danish and German botanist and surgeon specializing in seed plants and pteridophytes * Theodor Brorsen (1819 in Nordborg – 1895) a Danish astronomer, discovered five comets *

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(1873 in Nordborg – 1953) rector of Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium (1909-1943), founder of the first Scout patrol for boys in Denmark * Arnold Burmeister (1899 in Nordborg – 1988) a decorated German general during World War II *

Bo Storm Bo Storm (born 3 February 1987 in Nordborg) is a retired Danish footballer, who currently is the assistant manager of Danish 1st Division club FC Roskilde. Career He has played several games for the Danish youth national teams (U-16, U-17, U-18 ...

(born 1987 in Nordborg) a retired Danish footballer, currently the assistant manager of FC Roskilde *

Mads Clausen Mads Clausen (21 October 1905 – 27 August 1966) born in Elsmark, parish of Havnbjerg, municipality of Nordborg in Denmark, was a Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss in 1933. He died in transit from Elsmark to Sønderborg. He married ...

(1905 in Elsmark, parish of Havnbjerg – 1966) a Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss

References

* Municipal statistics
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Eniro new municipalities map

External links

The new Sønderborg municipality's official website (Danish only)
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