Hedensted is a

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town in

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and the seat of Hedensted Municipality. Its population, including its northern neighbouring town Løsning, is 12,220.BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark The municipality as a whole has a population of 47,099 (1 January 2022).

History

The oldest and one of the most important buildings in the town is the local church (''Hedensted Kirke''), built around 1175. It is especially noted for its early

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s showing Christ, St. Peter, and St. Paul. Hedensted had the benefits of a

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from

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until it was closed down in 1974. However, in 2006 the station was reopened on roughly the same spot. Like many other Danish towns, Hedensted was expanded with large

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s around the original town centre. Later,

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s followed south and west of the town.

Geography

Hedensted is located midway between the larger towns of

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and

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and th ...

. East of Hedensted, by the coast, lies the town of Juelsminde which in 2007 became a part of the municipality of Hedensted.

Notable people

* Jens Jensen-Egeberg (1848 in Hedensted – 1922) a Danish painter of portraits, landscapes and genre scenes. He also worked in pastels. * Johannes Carl Andersen (1873 in Klakring – 1962) a New Zealand clerk, poet, ethnologist, librarian, editor and historian * Jens Jacob Bregnø (1877 in Hedensted – 1946) a Danish sculptor and ceramics designer * Margrethe Hald (1897 in Neder Vrigsted – 1982) a Danish textile historian and a curator at the

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* Paul Hüttel (born 1935 in Hedensted) a Danish actor, appearing in over 50 films and TV shows since 1960 IMDb Database
retrieved 24 May 2020

Sport

* Henrik Lundgaard (born 1969 in Hedensted) a Danish rally driver * Sarah Paulsen (born 1987 in Hedensted) a Danish handball player who plays for Viborg HK * Christian Lundgaard (born 2001 in Hedensted) a Danish racing driver

References

External links

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