Vamdrup

Town in Denmark

55°25′48″N 9°17′15″E / 55.42999°N 9.28740°E / 55.42999; 9.28740CountryDenmarkRegionSouthern Denmark (Syddanmark)MunicipalityKoldingArea

• Urban

4.44 km² (1.71 sq mi)Population

(2023)

• Urban

4,836 • Urban density1,100/km² (2,800/sq mi) • Gender ^[1]

2,436 males and 2,400 femalesTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

DK-6580 Vamdrup

Vamdrup is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark, near Kolding in Denmark with a population of 4,836 (1 January 2023).^[2]

History

Three oak coffins were uncovered from graves in the Bronze Age mound Guldhøj in Holt near Vamdrup in 1891, and are now on display at the National Museum (Nationalmuseet).

After the Second War of Schleswig in 1864, where Denmark lost Southern Jutland to Germany until 1920, Vamdrup became a border town, where the railway station had important function as a border railway station. Kolding Sydbaner, a railway company that existed from 1911 to 1948, also had a railway line to Vamdrup.

In connection with the industrialisation in the 1950s and 1960s Vamdrup flourished again with many new companies.

Economy

Danish Air Transport has its head office in the town.^[3]

Notable people

Johannes Bjerg (1886 in Ødis near Kolding – 1955), Danish sculptor; worked in the El Greco-style
Lasse Boesen (born 1979 in Vamdrup), retired Danish team handball player

References

^ BY1: Population 1st January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
^ BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
^ "Contact DAT Archived 20 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine." Danish Air Transport. Retrieved on 23 April 2014. "Danish Air Transport A/S Lufthavnsvej 7A DK-6580 Vamdrup"