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1992 Danish Maastricht Treaty Referendum
A referendum on the Maastricht Treaty for the founding of the European Union was held in Denmark on 2 June 1992. The treaty was rejected by 50.7% of voters with a turnout of 83.1%.Eu-oplysningen.dk This meant a serious hurdle on the way in the process of further , which nevertheless did continue because all twelve member states did want to ratify. The result of the referendum, along with the "" in the French Maastricht referendum did however signal a new stadium in European integration, away from the "pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maastricht Treaty
The Treaty on European Union, commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty, is the foundation treaty of the European Union (EU). Concluded in 1992 between the then-twelve Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Communities, it announced "a new stage in the process of European integration" chiefly in provisions for a European Union citizenship, shared European citizenship, for the eventual introduction of Euro, a single currency, and (with less precision) for Common Foreign and Security Policy, common foreign and security policies, and a number of changes to the European institutions and their decision taking procedures, not least a strengthening of the powers of the European Parliament and more majority voting on the Council of the European Union, Council of Ministers. Although these were seen by many to presage a "Federalisation of the European Union, federal Europe", key areas remained inter-governmental with national governments collectively taking key dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen County
Copenhagen County () is a former county ('' amt'') on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. It covered the municipalities in the metropolitan Copenhagen area, with the exception of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Effective January 1, 2007, the county was abolished and merged into Region Hovedstaden (i.e. ''Copenhagen Capital Region''). The county was seated in Glostrup (from 1 January 1993; between 1952 and 1992 the county administration was located on Blegdamsvej in Copenhagen Municipality, which was surrounded by, but not part of the county). List of County Mayors Municipalities (1970-2006) *Albertslund *Ballerup * Brøndby *Dragør *Gentofte * Gladsaxe *Glostrup *Herlev *Hvidovre * Høje-Taastrup *Ishøj * Ledøje-Smørum * Lyngby-Taarbæk *Rødovre *Søllerød *Tårnby Tårnby () is a town in Denmark, the seat of Tårnby Municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark. It is located approximately south of central Copenhagen on the island of Amage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Jutland County
North Jutland County () is a former county (Danish: '' amt'') in northern Denmark. It was located on the eastern half of Vendsyssel-Thy and the northernmost part of the Jutland peninsula. It was the largest county in Denmark, but with a relatively low population. The county seat was Aalborg, Denmark's fourth largest city. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into North Denmark Region (). Municipalities (1970-2006) See also * Vendsyssel *North Denmark Region The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the traditional counties () an ... * Northern Jutland References Former counties of Denmark (1970–2006) North Jutland Region {{NJutlandDK-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viborg County
Viborg County () is a former county ( Danish: '' amt'') in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland The Central Denmark Region (), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid-Jutland, is an administrative Regions of Denmark, region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municip ... (i.e. ''Region Central Jutland''). A smaller portion merged into Region Nordjylland (''Region North Jutland''). List of County Mayors List of County Governors * Florian Martensen-Larsen (1970–1981) * Jørgen Hansen Koch (1981–1987) * Karl Johan Christensen (1988–1995) * Bent Klinte (1995–2004) * Erik Møller (2004–2006) Municipalities (1970–2006) References Former counties of Denmark (1970–2006) Central Denmark Region North Jutland Region {{CentralDK-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…rhus County
Aarhus County or Århus County () is a former county of Denmark ( Danish: '' amt'') on the Jutland peninsula. It was created in 1970 by a merger of three counties: Århus, Randers and Skanderborg. The county was abolished effective 1 January 2007, when almost all of it merged into Region Midtjylland (i.e. ''Region Central Jutland''). A very small portion was merged into Region Nordjylland The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the traditional counties () an ... (''Region North Jutland''). At the time of its abolishment, more than 20,000 people worked for the county. Municipalities (1970–2006) References Former counties of Denmark (1970–2006) Central Denmark Region {{NJutlandDK-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringkjøbing County .''
Ringkjøbing County () is a former county ( Danish: '' amt'') on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population density of all the Danish counties. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Midtjylland (i.e. ''Region Central Jutland''). ''Note of terminology: A modern Danish spelling of the name would be Ringkøbing Amt, but the county officially used an older, traditional spelling, as opposed to the municipality of Ringkøbing Ringkøbing (older spelling ''Ringkjøbing'') is a town in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Central Denmark Region, Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. It has a population of 9,830 (1 January 2025). List of County Mayors Municipalities (1970-2006) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vejle County
Vejle County () is a former county ( Danish: '' amt'') on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it was divided between Region Midtjylland (i.e. ''Region Central Jutland'') and Region of Southern Denmark. Vejle became the seat of the latter region. List of County Mayors Municipalities (1970-2006) * Brædstrup municipality * Børkop municipality * Egtved municipality * Fredericia municipality * Gedved municipality *Give municipality * Hedensted municipality * Horsens municipality * Jelling municipality * Juelsminde municipality * Kolding municipality * Lunderskov municipality * Nørre-Snede municipality * Tørring-Uldum municipality * Vamdrup municipality * Vejle municipality Notable sites The Jelling stones are archaeological treasures erected by Harald Bluetooth to honour his parents. ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' considers the runic inscriptions the best known in Denmark. The Haraldskær W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribe County
Ribe County () is a former county ( Danish: '' amt'') on the Jutland peninsula of southwest Denmark. It included Denmark's fifth largest city, Esbjerg. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark (i.e. ''Region South Denmark''). It was often considered coterminous with South West Jutland (Danish: Sydvestjylland). List of County Mayors Municipalities (1970-2006) * Billund *Blaabjerg * Blåvandshuk * Bramming * Brørup *Esbjerg * Fanø * Grindsted * Helle * Holsted *Ribe *Varde *Vejen *Ølgod Ølgod is a railway town on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. As of 1 January 2025, it had a population of 3,713.Former counties of Denmark ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Jutland County
South Jutland County (Danish language, Danish: ''Sønderjyllands Amt'') is a former counties of Denmark, county (Danish language, Danish: ''Amt (subnational entity), 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 Aabenraa County, Aabenraa (E), Haderslev County, Haderslev (N), Sønderborg County, Sønderborg (SE), and Tønder County, Tønder (SW). The county was abolished effective 1 January 2007, when the Region of Southern Denmark was formed. Following the reunification of the region with Denmark, the Church of Denmark elevated Haderslev to a diocese in 1923 and divided the region between the dioceses of Diocese of Ribe, Ribe (W) and Diocese of Haderslev, Haderslev (E). This arrangement remains in effect. History South Jutland county is also known as Northern Schleswig (Danish language, Danish: ''Nordslesvig'', German language, German: ''Nordschleswig''). The name refers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyn County
Funen County () is a former county (Danish: '' amt'') in central Denmark, comprising the islands of Funen, Langeland, Tåsinge, Ærø, and approximately 90 other islands, of which only 25 are inhabited. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Odense and Svendborg. The county was abolished from 1 January 2007, when it merged into Region of Southern Denmark (''Region Syddanmark''). The county employed around 20,000 people working in more than 160 institutions located all over Funen. Insignia Funen County's coat of arms showed three connected gold hop leaves on a field of red, representing three former counties of Odense, Svendborg and Assens. The choice of hop leaves comes from Funen native Hans Christian Andersen's song "''I Danmark er jeg født''" ("In Denmark I was born"), where he refers to Funen as "''Æblegård og humlehave''" (Apple farm and hop garden). For common daily usage, a more modern and IT-friendly version was used. In this versi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bornholm County
Bornholm County () is a former county ( Danish: '' amt'') on the island of Bornholm in easternmost Denmark. Short history The county was established in 1662, replacing the former Hammershus Len. It was the only county unchanged by the administrative reforms of 1793 and 1970 consequently occupying the same territory from 1662 until 2002. Before the reform in 1970 there were 21 municipalities on the island, of which 6 market city municipalities (Danish: ''købstadskommuner'') and 15 parish municipalities (''sognekommuner''). The 6 market city municipalities were supervised by the county, differing from the situation in the rest of Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ... where the market city municipalities were supervised by the Interior ministry. This distincti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storstrøm County
Storstrøm County () is a former county ( Danish: '' amt'') on the islands of Zealand (''Sjælland''), Møn, Falster, Lolland and some minor islands in southeast Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Maribo and Præstø. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sjælland (i.e. ''Region Zealand''). The county was a somewhat artificial construction as the islands of Lolland and Falster did not traditionally share any institutions with Zealand, but rather with Funen. Locally, the adjectives ''nordenstrøms'' and ''søndenstrøms'', i.e. "north" and "south of the Stream" were used to designate the Zealand-Møn and Lolland-Falster parts respectively, as they were separated by the strait Storstrømmen ("The Great Stream") from which the county derived its name. Insignia The official coat of arms featured in chief a goose representing the Goose Tower on Vordingborg Castle in the former Præstø County. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
