Thyborøn

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Thyborøn is a small community in the Danish municipality Lemvig in the Region Midtjylland. It lies on the largely designated as a bird sanctuary Harboør algae, on the southern shore of Thyborøn Canal, which connects the Nissum Bredning the western part of the Limfjord to the North Sea. The town has 2165 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013), total municipality Thyborøn - Harboøre had before the municipal reform in 2007 4690 inhabitants ( January 2005). With the local government reform, the municipality Thyborøn - Harboøre was part of the new municipality Lemvig.

On April 9, 1940, the place under the company Weserübung, the German occupation of Denmark, of the so-called war ship group 11 ( 4 Minensuchflottille and 3 Räumbootflottille ) was occupied, the army, landed troops there.

The town lives on fishing and tourism, was in World War II of some importance in the context of the Atlantic Wall, and has one of the bunkers from that time expanded into a museum which can be visited in Kystcentret. There are also other attractions such as the Jyllands Akvariet (aquarium ) and the Sneglehuset, a house that is fully decorated with snail and mussel shells.

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Thyborøn is the terminus of the railway line to Vemb ( Lemvigbanen ). From the harbor, a ferry to Agger Tange.