Until 1 January 2007 Langeskov municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in
Funen 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, com ...
near the northeast coast of the island of
Funen
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in central
Denmark
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. The municipality covered an area of 43 km2, and had a total population of 6,365 (2005). Its last mayor was Ejvind Høyer Nielsen, a member of the Conservative People's Party (''Det Konservative Folkeparti'')
political party
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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of
Langeskov
Langeskov is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 4,456 (1 January 2025),Nordøstfyns Avis (''The North-East Funen Paper'').
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a ("Municipality Reform") that merged three
parish
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es: Birkende parish, Marslev parish, and Rønninge parish. The two former formed Marslev-Birkende municipality, while Rønninge was an independent municipality. The founders of Langeskov municipality had originally hoped that more parishes would join the new municipality, but Kølstrup chose Kerteminde municipality instead and Rolfsted joined
Årslev municipality
Årslev municipality () is a former municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in the island of Funen in central Denmark. It merged into Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality on 1 January 2007. The former municipality covered an area of , and had a total populat ...
Kerteminde
Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,128 (1 January 2025).
and
Munkebo
Munkebo is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality in the Region of Southern Denmark on the island of Funen. It was also the site of the municipal council of the abolished Munkebo Municipality. The town had a population of ...
municipalities to form an enlarged Kerteminde municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 203 km2 and a total population of 23,071 (2005). The municipality belongs to
Region of Southern Denmark
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.
Famous residents of the municipality
The best known citizen of the municipality was
Hans Tausen
Hans Tausen (Tavsen) (1494 – 11 November 1561) nicknamed the “Danish Luther” was the leading Lutheran theologian of the Danish Reformation in Denmark. He served as Bishop of Ribe and published the first translation of the Pentateuch in ...
, who in the sixteenth century was one of the leading figures in Denmark's
Lutheran Reformation
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