Tinglev (german: Tingleff) is a

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with a population of 2,731 (1 January 2022)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from

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in Aabenraa Municipality in

Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which ab ...

on 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 south

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. Tinglev is a base for German minority institutions in Southern Jutland, the minority

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receiving 18.0% of the town's vote in the municipal elections of 2021.Kmdvalg.dk. ''Kommunalvalg 2021; Afstemningsområde Tinglev''
/ref> From 1866 until 1920, Tinglev was part of the

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, and formed a part of

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. Notable figures born there include

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, a liberal economist who introduced a wide variety of schemes in

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before and during

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in order to tackle the effects that the

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had on that country, and was a key player in

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's economic steps towards re-armament.

Tinglev Municipality

Until 1 January 2007, Tinglev was also a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in the former

South Jutland County South Jutland County ( Danish: ''Sønderjyllands Amt'') is a former county ( Danish: ''amt'') on the south-central portion of the Jutland Peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of A ...

. The municipality covered an area of , and has a total population of 10,148 (2005). Its last mayor was Susanne Beier, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party)

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. The

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was created in 1970 due to a ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing

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es: * Bjolderup Parish * Burkal Parish * Bylderup Parish * Ravsted Parish * Tinglev Parish * Uge Parish
Tinglev

ceased to exist as the result of the ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bov,

Lundtoft Until 1 January 2007 Lundtoft was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in South Jutland County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 137 km2, and had a total population of 6,184 (200 ...

, Rødekro, and

Aabenraa Aabenraa (; , ; Sønderjysk: ''Affenråe'') is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, north of the Denmark–Germany border and north of German town of Flensburg. It was the seat of Sønderjyl ...

municipalities to form the new Aabenraa Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of and a total population of 60,151 (2005).

Notable people

(1877 in Tingleff – 1970) a German economist, banker and German politician * Jane Schumacher (born 1988 in Tinglev) a Danish team handball player *

Line Vedel Hansen Line Vedel Hansen (born 4 March 1989) is a Danish professional golfer. Amateur career Vedel Hansen started playing golf at Haderslev Golfklub as a nine year old, as her parents had a house adjoining the golf course. She was girl club champion 2 ...

(born 1989) a Danish professional golfer, lives in Tinglev

References

External links

Aabenraa municipality's official website -

Aabenraa tourist offic -

Municipal statistics - NetBorger Kommunefakta -

Municipal statistics - KMD aka Kommunedata

Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
Former municipalities of Denmark Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Aabenraa Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub