Vemb is a little town in west

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with a population of 1,245 (1 January 2024).BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
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The town is close to

Nissum Fjord Nissum Fjord is an inlet located in West Jutland, west of Vemb and is demarcated from the North Sea by a 1.3 km wide isthmus, Bøvling Klit, and passes through a lock in Thorsminde. The inlet has a water area of 70 km2 or 7,000 ha. bu ...

and Storå. Vemb also has a

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on the railway line between

Ringkøbing Ringkøbing (older spelling ''Ringkjøbing'') is a town in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Central Denmark Region, Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. It has a population of 9,830 (1 January 2025).

and

Holstebro Holstebro is the main town in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. The town, bisected by Storå, Denmark, ''Storåen'' ("The Large Creek") and has a population of 37,487 (1 January 2025).Nørre Vosborg Nørre Vosborg is a manor house located near Vemb, west of Holstebro in the west of Jutland, Denmark. The original building dates from c. 1532 with additions in 1640, 1750 and the mid-19th century. In 1946, restoration of the complex began unde ...

, a manor house surrounded by ramparts, is located 2 kilometers south of the town. It is one of

's oldest manor houses and was mentioned as early as 1299. Vemb lies in Vemb Parish, which belongs to

Holstebro Municipality Holstebro Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 59,201 (1. January 2025). Its mayor is H. C. Østerby ...

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History

The town's name has been known from 1325 and throughout the years up until 1844 has been spelled in 8–9 different ways: *1325 ''Weæm'' *1347 ''Weom'' *1350 ''Wæm'' *1360 ''Wææm'' *1500 ''Wern'' *1553 ''Weem'' *1561 ''Vem'' *1599 ''Wimb'' *1612 ''Vem Kirke'' > ''Vemb Kirke'' *1844 ''Vemb'' The first time the town was named, it was called ''Weæm''. The ending letter ''b'' emerged around the year 1600, disappeared, then finally appeared again in 1844 in the present spelling form ''Vemb''. The meaning of ''Vemb'' is not known, but could possibly mean "vi" (Danish for "we"). The oldest building in the current city boundary is ''Vemb kirke'' (Vemb church), which has undergone few changes since it was built around 1200. Just east of the church lies ''Den Gamle Skole'' ("The Old School"), now privately owned, that was the town and area's first school. It is said that in the late 1800s three women met on 1 April in the little school with one classroom. These three women would all reach the age of 100. In 1908 the current school was inaugurated near Burvej, called

Vemb Skole Vemb is a little town in west Jutland, Denmark with a population of 1,245 (1 January 2024). ''Vemb Kirke'' *1844 ''Vemb'' The first time the town was named, it was called ''Weæm''. The ending letter ''b'' emerged around the year 1600, disappea ...

(Vemb School): an entirely different school with central heating, a gymnasium (which later became a library) and a workshop. Vemb School has just had its 100-year anniversary jubilee, with 1000 former students in attendance.Vemb Skole – 100 år
/ref> Only when DSB opened the railway line from

Holstebro Holstebro is the main town in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. The town, bisected by Storå, Denmark, ''Storåen'' ("The Large Creek") and has a population of 37,487 (1 January 2025).Ringkjøbing in 1875, was there passage through Vemb as a town, and when the Vemb-Lemvig railway line ( VLTJ) arrived in 1879, Vemb suddenly became a railway hub. This provided the basis so that ''Gæstgivergaarden'' (travellers' inn) could be built, after which the town grew fairly quickly into a typical

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References

External links

Ulfborg-Vemb Tourist Bureau (Danish)
{{Authority control Cities and towns in the Central Denmark Region