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Ølgod

Coordinates: 55°48′30″N 8°37′8″E / 55.80833°N 8.61889°E / 55.80833; 8.61889
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Ølgod
Town
Ølgod railway station
Ølgod railway station
Ølgod is located in Denmark
Ølgod
Ølgod
Location in Denmark
Ølgod is located in Region of Southern Denmark
Ølgod
Ølgod
Ølgod (Region of Southern Denmark)
Coordinates: 55°48′30″N 8°37′8″E / 55.80833°N 8.61889°E / 55.80833; 8.61889
CountryDenmark
RegionSouthern Denmark
MunicipalityVarde Municipality
Area
 • Urban
2.94 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Urban
3,763
 • Urban density1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
DK-6870 Ølgod

Ølgod is a railway town on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 3,763.[1]

Ølgod is served by Ølgod railway station, located on the Esbjerg-Struer railway line.[2][3]

Despite the town's relatively small size, Ølgod calls itself "Denmark's smallest city" due to its relatively large amount of shops, restaurants, associations, healthcare opportunities etc.[4]

Ølgod Church

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Ølgod Church

Ølgod Church is built in the Romanesque style, presumably as a manor church, around 1200. The church tower was built around 1500, while the altarpiece is from 1596.[5]

Museums

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the entrance of Ølgod Museum and the Culture House

Ølgod Museum, located in the Culture House, tells the story of Danish agriculture, from poor heath farmers to democratic modern farmers.

Hjedding Andelsmejeri - the dairy museum

Hjedding Andelsmejeri, situated about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Ølgod, was the first cooperative dairy in Denmark, founded in 1882. Now it is a museum where the machines that helped to revolutionise the Danish dairy operation are on display.

Ølgod Municipality

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The former Ølgod Municipality covered an area of 247 square kilometres (95 sq mi) and had a total population of 11,351 as of 2005. Ølgod Municipality's last mayor was Erik Buhl Nielsen.

The former townhall of Ølgod Municipality

On 1 January 2007, the municipality ceased to exist as a result of the Kommunalreformen. It was merged with Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, Helle and Varde municipalities to form a new Varde Municipality.

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Ølgod native Maren Madsen Christensen wrote a memoir titled Fra Jyllands Brune Heder til Landet Over Havet (Eng: From Jutland's Brown Heather to the Land Across the Sea) about her time growing up in Denmark and her later life in Yarmouth, Maine. Christensen died in 1965, aged 93.[6]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ "Ølgod Station" (in Danish). DSB. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Ølgod Station" (in Danish). Arriva. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  4. ^ Varde Kommune (2024). "Ølgod". LivetModVest. Retrieved 31 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Ølgod Church". VisitVesterhavet. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  6. ^ Christensen, Maren Madsen (2012-01-01). "Fra Jyllands brune heder til landet over havet". Fra Ribe Amt (in Danish): 125–168. ISSN 2445-7159.
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