Ry () is a town with a population of 7,536 (1 January 2025)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from

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in central Denmark, located 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 covers an area of 462.45 km2, with a population of 65,760 (1. January 2025) ...

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

. The town sprouted up around a

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5 km east of the older town of Rye which is now much smaller than Ry.

History

In 1879, the town was described as follows: "Ry with a church,

parsonage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, pa ...

, school, and

inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accomm ...

." Around the turn of the century, it was described as: "''Rye'' (1401: ''Rydhæ'', 1486: ''Ryde'', 1495: ''Ryæ'') with a church, parsonage, school, temperance home with assembly hall (built in 1899), savings bank (established in 1876; as of 31 March 1900, deposits totaled 33,948 kr. at 4% interest, reserve fund of 2,611 kr., and 323 accounts), inn, and telephone station." Likely compare the archaic Swedish word ''ryd'', meaning "clearing", also the name of a few villages in Sweden.

Geography

Ry is located along the

Gudenå The Gudenå or Gudenåen (), is Denmark's longest river and runs through the central parts of the Jutlandic peninsula. An anglicized version of the name often seen is 'The River Guden'. The Gudenåen has its spring in Tinnet Krat, Vejle Municip ...

(''River Guden'') between the lakes ''Gudensø'', ''Birkesø'', ''Vessø'', ''Lillesø'', ''Rye Møllesø'' and ''Knudsø''. Ry is known for

Himmelbjerget Himmelbjerget ("The Sky Mountain" or "The Mountain of Heaven") is a hill located between Ry and Silkeborg, Denmark in the area known as Søhøjlandet. With an elevation of 147 m (482 ft), Himmelbjerget is one of the highest natural po ...

one of the highest natural points in the Danish landscape. It is 147 m (482 ft) high.

Education

continuation school A continuation high school is an alternative to a comprehensive high school. In some countries it is primarily for students who are considered at risk of not graduating at the normal pace. The requirements to graduate are the same, but the sch ...

has won the girls school football tournament in Denmark 2005 and 2006. In 2006 Gudenå School, Ry held Smallschool Festival with more than 1,500 participants.

Notable people

* Pauline Thomsen (1858 – 1931 in Ry) a Danish painter and art teacher; lived in Ry * Maria Jacobsen (1882 in Siim near Ry – 1960) a Danish missionary and a key witness to the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...

* Anna Klindt Sørensen (1899 in Ry – 1985) a Danish painter and illustrator, a strong, self-assured women who practised French Expressionism *

Ebbe Nielsen Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen (7 June 1950 – 7 March 2001) was a Danish entomologist influential in systematics and Lepidoptera research, and an early proponent of biodiversity informatics. The journal ''Invertebrate Systematics'' was established with si ...

(1950 in Ry – 2001) a Danish entomologist, influential in

systematics Systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: phylogenetic trees, phylogenies). Phy ...

and

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

research * Peter Sommer (born 1974) a Danish singer and songwriter, lives in Ry * Jette Hansen (born 1987 in Ry) a female former Danish handball player * Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards (active years 2000–2005) an American street punk band, Lars Frederiksen lives in Ry * Carsten Pedersen (Former cricket player) a male former cricket player for The Danish national team, lives in Ry

References

External links

Official municipality Website
Cities and towns in the Central Denmark Region Skanderborg Municipality {{CentralDK-stub