Lobbæk is a village in the south of the

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

island of Bornholm, east of

Rønne Rønne ( sv, Rönne) is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,807 (1 January 2022). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county ( Danish: ''Born ...

and west of Aakirkeby. It is mainly residential but has a few small firms. As of 2023, it has a population of 314.BY3: Population 1. January, by urban areas
The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark"405 - Lobbæk"
Bornholms Regionskommune. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

Description

The residential area on either side of Lobbæk Hovedgade is located north of the main road to

and south of the old Rønne–Nexø railway, now a cycle track. On the west side of the village on Rønnevej there are a few small businesses including a building contractor, a farm machinery dealership and a car repair shop. Strangely, as a result of borders defined in 1616, the village belongs to two different parishes, the southwestern side to

Nylars Nylars is a village in the southwest of the Danish island of Bornholm, 8 km east of Rønne and 8 km west of Aakirkeby. In January 2023 it had a population of 207. It is best known for Nylars Church, the island's second largest round c ...

and the northeastern side to

Vestermarie Vestermarie is a village midway between Rønne and Aakirkeby on the Danish island of Bornholm. As of 2022, it has a population of 240. History The village takes its name from the original Vestermarie Church which was dedicated to the Virgin Mar ...

History

Lobbæk takes its name from the stream which ran through an area called Lobberne. Old maps show that in the 1860s, there was a windmill called Myremøllen as well as a blacksmith. The Lobbæk Andelsmejeri dairy was founded in 1887 and operated until 1969. When the railway from

Nexø Nexø, sometimes spelled Neksø ( sv, Nexö), is a town on the east coast of the Baltic Baltic may refer to: Peoples and languages *Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Pruss ...

opened in 1900, Lobbæk Station attracted businesses and residents until the railway was closed in 1968. The old track has been converted into a cycle track which runs through the village."Lobbæk"
''På 367 ture i Bornholms natur''. Retrieved 8 November 2012.

References

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