Sindal is a

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on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the

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peninsula in northern

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. It has a population of 3,095 (1 January 2022) and is located in Hjørring Municipality in Region Nordjylland. Until 1 January 2007 Sindal was also the seat of Sindal Municipality which was merged with existing Hjørring, Løkken-Vrå, and

Hirtshals Hirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe. It is located in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland. The town of Hirtshals has ...

municipalities to form an enlarged Hjørring Municipality.

History

The town was originally named ''Soldalen'', meaning "Sun Valley". There is some dispute over when the city was officially founded; the earliest records of the city's existence date back to the 18th century, in which the city is described as "Sindal church near the town of Sindal with Housing for the priest, a railroad, and school". Much of the town's growth was a result the Sindal Station, which brought business to the area and was built in 1871. The town's oldest commercial building is the Sindal mill. It had originally been built in the nearby village of Fjeldsted, but was moved to Sindal in 1872 after the railway station was opened. It remained operational as a grain mill until 1947, but after its closure fell into disrepair. Major restorations managed to save the windmill and today it remains the only fully preserved stone-walled mill in Vendsyssel. In 1976, Sindal Airport opened. The Airport is property of Hjørring Municipality which oversees its operations.

Religion

The town's original church, referred to as ''Old Sindal Church'' (Danish: ''Sindal Gamle Kirke''), was first built in the 12th century. It has since been renovated and expanded several times. In 1910, Sindal City Church (Danish: ''Sindal Bykirke'') was built to accommodate the expanding town. It was designed by

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and are part of the parish of Sindal Sogn within the Diocese of Aalborg. Sindal Baptist Church (Danish: ''Sindal Baptistkirke'') was established in 1905 as a

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Notable People

* Martin Mortensen (1872 in Sindal – 1953): an American Professor and Head of the Department of Dairy Industry at Iowa State College in

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; emigrated to the US in 1893. *

Martinus Thomsen Martinus Thomsen, referred to as Martinus, (11 August 1890 – 8 March 1981) was a Danish author, philosopher and mystic. Born into a poor family and with a limited education, Martinus claimed to have had a profound spiritual experience in March ...

(1890 near Sindal – 1981): a Danish author, philosopher and mystic. * Jørgen Østergaard (1944 in Sindal): a Danish engineer and former rector at

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. *

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(1986 in Sindal): a professional bicycle mechanic in the UCI World Tour famous for performing the first disc brake bike wheel change in professional cycling. *

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(1950 in

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): author and artist, settled in Sindal in 2019.

Gallery

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References

Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Hjørring Municipality