Statistics Denmark
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Falster
Falster () is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010.
in south
Denmark
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. Ferry service connects the town of Stubbekøbing over the ''Grønsund'' to Bogø at the town of Nyby.
To the northeast is the island of
Møn
Møn () is an island in south-eastern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg Municipality, Vordingborg, after merging with the former municipalities of Langeb ...
, which is separated from Stubbekøbing by the waters of ''Grønsund'', the
strait
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which separates Møn and the island of Bogø from Falster. To the east and southeast is the
Baltic Sea
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Renaissance
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altarpiece and an elaborately carved pulpit as well as a variety of old
fresco
Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting become ...
s and wall decorations (1300–1500). "Stubbekøbing kirke" Nordens kirke. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
Until 1 January 2007 Stubbekøbing was also a municipality covering an area of 156 km², and with a total population of 6,786 (2005). Stubbekøbing municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with
Nykøbing Falster
Nykøbing Falster (; originally named Nykøbing) is a city on the island of Falster in southern Denmark. It has a population of 16,682 (1 January 2025). Including the satellite town Sundby (Lolland), Sundby on the Lolland side, with a populatio ...
Sakskøbing
Sakskøbing (), previously spelled Sakskjøbing, is a town on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. It has a population of 4,514 (1 January 2025).Sydfalster municipalities to form the new Guldborgsund municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 907 km² and a total population of 63,533 (2005).
Famous residents of Stubbekøbing
People who are born, or have lived in Stubbekøbing include:
* Lucas Debes (1623–1675), priest, topographer and writer
* Marie Grubbe (1643–1718), noble woman
*
Hans Egede
Hans Poulsen Egede (31 January 1686 – 5 November 1758) was a Denmark–Norway, Danish-Norwegian Lutheran missionary priest who launched mission efforts to Greenland, which led him to be styled the Apostle of Greenland. He established a succes ...
(1686-1758), Lutheran missionary, the ''Apostle of Greenland''
* Clara Wæver (1855–1930), embroiderer
* Evald Nielsen (1879-1958), silversmith
* Frederik Magle (born 1977), composer, concert organist and pianist