Kerteminde

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Kerteminde
Town
Street with old houses in Kerteminde.
Street with old houses in Kerteminde.
Coat of arms of Kerteminde
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Kerteminde Haven ved Havet / The Garden by the Sea / Der Garten am Meer
Kerteminde is located in Denmark
Kerteminde
Kerteminde
Location in Denmark
Kerteminde is located in Region of Southern Denmark
Kerteminde
Kerteminde
Kerteminde (Region of Southern Denmark)
Coordinates: 55°27′N 10°40′E / 55.450°N 10.667°E / 55.450; 10.667
CountryDenmark
RegionSouthern Denmark
MunicipalityKerteminde
Area
 • Urban
3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Urban
6,044
 • Urban density1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
 • Gender [2]
2,787 males and 3,257 females
DemonymKerteminder
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
DK-5300 Kerteminde

Kerteminde (nickname: Min Amandas by, i.e. My Amanda's town), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,044 (1 January 2024).[1] It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms. Kerteminde contains a fish restaurant, Rudolf Mathis, the Viking museum Ladby, and the research and exhibition institution for fish and porpoises Fjord & Bælt.

Parish and churches

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Kerteminde is part of the Kerteminde-Drigstrup Parish, which was created on December 1, 2013 by merging the two parishes. Kerteminde Parish was quite small,[3] so in the 1920s Kerteminde grew beyond the parish boundaries and gained a suburb on Over Kærby Mark in Drigstrup Parish.

Kerteminde's parish church, Sankt Laurentii Kirke, is located in the town. The town is also home to Emmauskirken, which is owned by Kerteminde-Dalby Valgmenighed, which also has Bethlehemskirken in Dalby.

School facilities

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Kerteminde Byskole has 466 students in grades 0-9.[4] Kerteminde Efterskole is a Grundtvig-Kold school with 23 employees.[5]

The town has 4 daycare centers: Balders Hus with daycare and kindergarten for 78 children, Fjordvang kindergarten for 53 children, Nymarken kindergarten for 62 children and the private daycare and kindergarten Mølleløkken for 51 children.[6]

Kerteminde Idrætscenter consists of two sports halls at the town's stadium.

Etymology

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The town's name (1412 Kiertheminde, 1430 Kirtimynnæ) comes from the old name for Kerteminde Fjord, Kirta, followed by the Old Danish word minni, 'mynni 'mouth'.[7]

Notable people

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Painters

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Other arts

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Sport

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International relations

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark

Twin towns and sister cities

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Kerteminde is twinned with:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by urban and rural areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  3. ^ "Geodatastyrelsen: Lave målebordsblade 1901-1971". Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Kerteminde Byskole". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Kerteminde Efterskole". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  6. ^ Daginstitutioner i Kerteminde
  7. ^ Nudansk Ordbog, Politikens Forlag, 1972. Se også www.historikerportalen.dk[permanent dead link].
  8. ^ Gosse, Edmund William (1911). "Paludan-Müller, Frederik" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). p. 655.
  9. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 15 May 2020
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