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in Denmark. "J" is for

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to distinguish this place from a similarly named place on

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, and is not used in daily parlance.

History

Tranbjerg was formerly a small rural village but is now a suburb of Aarhus about 10 kilometers south of the city center. Tranbjerg Church is a typical old Danish village church, built in the later part of the 1100s, but with several later adjustments and additions. It is dedicated to

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and the eleven thousand handmaidens. In 1737, King Christian VI gave charter to the Tranbjerg parish for the public school of Tranbjerg Skole. The school was placed right next to the church, but newer and larger schoolbuildings were erected elsewhere in the 1970s. In 2013, Tranbjerg Skole and Grønløkkeskolen - another local public school - merged to form the Tranbjergskolen public school. Tranbjerg has a relatively extant center known as Center Syd (Center South). It developed in the later part of the 1800s, after Tranbjerg railway station opened in 1884. The train station transformed the village to a

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, attracting industry and improving the trade options for local farmers. Tranbjerg Kro was built in 1885. The train station was rebuilt and modernised in 1993. Tranbjerg Brugsforening, a local

cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned a ...

retailer, opened in 1918 as the cooperative idea flourished and took hold in Denmark.

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Tranbjerg is built on the site of the former Tranbjerg Brugsforening headquarters. The local sports association of AIA-Tranbjerg was also initiated in 1918 as a local department of the larger AIA (Arbejdernes Idrætsklub, Aarhus). Football has played a prominent role in the history of AIA-Tranbjerg. In 1970, Tranbjerg became part of

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Sources

* * * Jens Mikkelsen: "''Tranbjerg - før og nu: en uhøjtidelig beretning om folk og fæ gennem tiderne i - og omkring Tranbjerg''", Tranbjergs Historie (1984) * Jens Mikkelsen og Niels Johansen: "
Tranbjerg - før og nu
'", Eget Forlag (1984)

References

External links

* Neighbourhoods in Aarhus {{CentralDK-stub