Horsens municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the east coast of the

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

peninsula in central

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

. The municipality includes the island of Endelave, and covers an area of 524.21 km². It has a population of 90,370 (1 April 2019). Its mayor is Peter Sørensen, a member of the

Social Democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so ...

party A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion. A party will often featu ...

. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Horsens.

History

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a ("Municipal Reform") that combined the city of Horsens with a number of existing

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

es: On 1 January 2007 Horsens Municipality was, as the result of the Municipal Reform of 2007, merged with existing

Brædstrup Brædstrup is a former railway town in Jutland, Denmark at the railway between Horsens and Silkeborg which was closed in 1968. Until 1 January 2007 it was the municipal seat of the former Brædstrup Municipality and today, with a population of 3 ...

(except for Voerladegård Parish) and

Gedved Gedved is a small town with a population of 2,430 (1 January 2023),Business Region Aarhus East Jutland metropolitan area ( da, Byregion Østjylland) is a potential metropolitan area in Jutland and Funen, Denmark. Aarhus is the most populated city in the region. The National Planning Report of 2006, published by the Danish Enviro ...

and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.

Geography

In the northern part of Horsens municipality near the town of Yding, the ''second'' highest natural point of terrain in

, namely

Yding Skovhøj Yding Skovhøj in Horsens municipality, Jutland is one of Denmark's highest points. Features Its height is 172.54 m above sea level when the height of one of the Bronze Age burial mounds built on the top of the hill is included. If these ...

at 170.77 metres (560.27 ft), is situated, immediately west of the highest and third-highest points of natural terrain in

Skanderborg municipality Skanderborg Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark, just southwest of Aarhus. It has an area of 429.17 km², and has a population of 61,974 (1 January 2019). ...

Locations

Politics

Municipal council

Horsens' municipal council consists of 27 members, elected every four years. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Notable people

Peder Skram Peder Skram (died 11 July 1581) was a Danish Admiral and naval hero. Biography Skram born between 1491 and 1503, on his father's estate at Urup near Horsens in Jutland, Denmark. He participated in military service during the Swedish War of L ...

(ca.1503 in Urup - 1581) a Danish Admiral and naval hero * Søren Frich (1827 in Nim Parish, Bolund manor – 1901) a Danish engineer, factory owner and city Councillor who built the

Frichs Frichs is a Danish company based in Horsens, founded in 1854 in Aarhus. Frichs today produce ship engines but started out in the 19th century producing a long range of farm and industry equipment, ships, church bells, cranes and later through th ...

company in Aarhus * Mary Westenholz (1857 in Mattrup – 1947) an influential Danish Unitarian, women's rights activist, writer and editor * Anders Christian Jensen-Haarup (1863 in Nim – 1934) a Danish

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as ara ...

who specialised in

Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typic ...

References

Sources

*Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
*Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map
*Printable/searchable municipal maps
Krak mapsearch
outline visible but doesn't print out!)

External links

*
Municipality's official website
¨ {{Authority control Municipalities of the Central Denmark Region Municipalities of Denmark Populated places established in 2007