Faxe or Fakse is a town on the island of

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in eastern

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. It is located in Faxe Municipality in Region Zealand. The town is most known for the Faxe Brewery,

Royal Unibrew Royal Unibrew is a brewing and beverage company headquartered in Faxe, Denmark. Its brands include Ceres, Faxe, Albani, Thor, Karlens and Royal. Royal Unibrew also has a strong presence in the Baltic region, where it owns Vilniaus Tauras, Ka ...

, a relatively large brewery producing a range of beer and soft drinks, soda, energy drinks,

Faxe Kondi Faxe Kondi is a Danish soft drink produced by Royal Unibrew. Marketed as a sports drink, as it contains both glucose and sugar. Faxe Kondi has been produced since 1971. Originally it was sold in beer bottles, because Faxe Bryggeri was a beer comp ...

and many more and so on. On the edge of town lies a big

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quarry (1 km²),

Faxe Quarry Faxe or Fakse is a town on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is located in Faxe Municipality in Region Zealand. The town is most known for the Faxe Brewery, Royal Unibrew, a relatively large brewery producing a range of beer and s ...

owned by Faxe Kalk, The

have had their own narrow track railway but it was shut down many years ago owned by Faxe Kalk. Haribo Licorice (“Haribo Lakrids A/S”) was also founded in Faxe in 1935.

History

The name ''Faxe'' is

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

and means " horse mane", probably a reference to its location on a long hill. The town is mentioned in 1280. The first church was built in 1440. For many years the letter x was considered unnatural in Danish and the Fakse spelling was enforced instead of the Old Norse Faxe. When hyphenated, the x still splits into ks (Fak-se). A narrow gauge railway line opened between the quarry and The Harbor in Faxe Ladeplads in 1865 and to The

Faxe Ladeplads Harbor Faxe or Fakse is a town on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is located in Faxe Municipality in Region Zealand. The town is most known for the Faxe Brewery, Royal Unibrew, a relatively large brewery producing a range of beer and s ...

in Faxe Ladeplads. The Østbanen railway line opened in 1879. The

have had their own narrow track railway but it was shut down many years ago. And one of The trains from narrow gauge railway line between The

to The Harbor in Faxe Ladeplads, is located in

Faxe mini by Faxe or Fakse is a town on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is located in Faxe Municipality in Region Zealand. The town is most known for the Faxe Brewery, Royal Unibrew, a relatively large brewery producing a range of beer and s ...

, that is the only and the last train between and from The narrow gauge railway line between The

Faxe Qurry Faxe or Fakse is a town on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is located in Faxe Municipality in Region Zealand. The town is most known for the Faxe Brewery, Royal Unibrew, a relatively large brewery producing a range of beer and s ...

and The Harbor in Faxe Ladeplads, Fakse Ladeplads. The Haribo Licorice A/S (“Haribo Lakrids A/S”) founded in

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart bec ...

in Faxe in

, 85 years ago.

Landmarks

Faxe Church Faxe Church ( da, Faxe Kirke) is a Danish church located in the Diocese of Roskilde, in Faxe, Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand. It was built at the end of the 15th century on a site where there had originally been a Romanesque church. ...

is from the late 15th century. The half-timbered Rasmus Svendsens Skole from 1633 is Denmark's oldest still existing village school. The Jomfruens Egede estate traces its history to 1346.

Notable people

* Joachim Neergaard (1877 in Stubberup – 1920) a Danish composer. *

Gunnar Andreasen Niels Henry Gunnar Andreasen (March 31, 1914 – February 4, 1996) was a Danish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Faxe and died in Copenhagen. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the middleweight cla ...

(1914 in Faxe – 1996) a Danish boxer, competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

Ib Nielsen Ib Nielsen (13 July 1919 – 21 November 1994) was a Danish épée fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as ...

(born 1926 in Faxe) a Danish rower, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics * Knud Nielsen (born 1936 in Faxe) a Danish rower, competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics * Jens Berendt Jensen (born 1940 in Faxe) a Danish rower, competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics *

Sven Lysholt Hansen Sven Lysholt Hansen (born 28 June 1945) is a Danish rower. He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olym ...

(born 1945 in Faxe) a Danish rower, competed in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

* Niels Olsen (born 1948 in Faxe) a Danish rower, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics * Jesper Olsen (born 1961 in Faxe) a Danish former footballer with 402 club caps and 43 for

Michael Maze Michael Maze (born 1 September 1981) is a professional table tennis player from Faxe, Denmark, in men's singles and doubles. In 2005 he was one of the top five left-handed players in the world. His strength was in his strong forehand loop and lo ...

(born 1981 in Faxe) a professional table tennis player

Gallery

Image:Faxe Kalkbrud.JPG, Faxe Kalkbrud lime quarry

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD
aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data) * Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links