German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
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: ''Sundewitt'') is a peninsula on the east coast of the
Jutland
Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...
peninsula in south
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 ...
. It lies between
Åbenrå Fjord
Aabenraa (; , ; South Jutlandic: ''Affenråe'', also known as Åbenrå) 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 ...
Alssund
The Alssund is the narrow strait between Als island and the mainland of Jutland, in Denmark.
See also
*Geography of Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located in Northern Europe. It consists of the Jutland, Jutland Pe ...
to the east and Flensborg Fjord to the south. The westernmost part of the city of
Sønderborg
(; ) is a Denmark, Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 28,333 (1 January 2025),Als
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.
Geography
History
Sundeved Municipality
Until 2007, Sundeved () was also the name of a municipality in the former
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 municipality covered an area of 69 km2, and had a total population of 5,298 (2005). Its last mayor was John Solkær Pedersen. Towns in the municipality included Avnbøl, Ballebro, Blans,
Stenderup
Sundeved (German language, German: ''Sundewitt'') is a peninsula on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. It lies between Åbenrå Fjord and Als Fjord to the north, Alssund to the east and Flensborg Fjord to the south. The wes ...
Vester Sottrup
Vester Sottrup () is a small town, with a population of 1,452 (1 January 2025),Øster Sottrup.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result a ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
Broager
Broager (; ) is a town with a population of 3,227 (1 January 2025)Gråsten
Gråsten (; ) is a town with a population of 4,298 (1 January 2025) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark by the Nybøl Nor at an inlet of the Flensburg Fjord. It belongs to the Sønderborg municipality in Region of Souther ...
,
Nordborg
Nordborg (), is a town with a population of 5,680 (1 January 2025),Sydals Until 1 January 2007 Sydals () was a municipality (Danish language, Danish, ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'') in South Jutland County on the southern part of the island of Als Island, Als off the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south De ...
, and
Sønderborg
(; ) is a Denmark, Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 28,333 (1 January 2025),Sønderborg Municipality
Sønderborg Municipality (, ), is a '' kommune'' in the Region of Southern Denmark partially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south Denmark, at the border with Germany. The municipality covers an area of , and has a po ...
. This created a municipality with an area of 499 km2 and a total population of over 70,000 people (2005). The new municipality belongs to the new
Region of Southern Denmark
The Region of Southern Denmark (, ; , ; ) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regions ...
.
Notable people
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Johannes Gelert
Johannes Sophus Gelert (1852–1923) was a Danish-born sculptor, who came to the United States in 1887 and during a span of more than thirty years produced numerous works of civic art in the Midwest and on the East Coast.''New Jersey's Fir ...
(1852 in
Nybøl
Nybøl () is a small town, with a population of 1,117 (1 January 2024),Otto Gelert (1862 in
Nybøl
Nybøl () is a small town, with a population of 1,117 (1 January 2024),Sønderborg municipality's official website (Danish only)