Egvad Parish
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Egvad Sogn ( German Ekwatt ) is a parish municipality (Danish: Sogn ) in Northern Schleswig in southern Denmark. Until 1970 it belonged to Harde Sønder Rangstrup Herred in the former Aabenraa office then to Rødekro in the former South Jutland Office, which has risen in the course of municipal reform on 1 January 2007 in the "new " Aabenraa municipality in Region Syddanmark the.
Municipality
Egvad located west of Aabenraa (German: Aabenraa ) on the very flat here Schleswig Geest. The small community today ( 1 January 2013) 410 inhabitants in an area of almost 30 km ². Settlement centers are the four small villages Øbening (German: Öbening ) Horsbyg (German: Horsbük ) Nørre Hostrup (German: Norder - Hostrup ) and Hønkys (German: Hönkys ). Only the lonely Situated on the main street church, which has always been a common pastor with Hellevad Sogn (English: Bright Watts), has lead the toponym Egvad.
Neighboring communities in the West Hellevad, in the northwest Agerskov Sogn (German: Agger show), in the northeast Øster Løgum Sogn (German: Osterlügum ), to the east Rise Sogn (German: ream) and in the south Hjordkær Sogn (German: Jordkirch ).
History
In the Middle Ages Egvad belonged to Süderrangstrup - Harde in the Duchy of Schleswig. Together with the Ries - Harde and Birk Varnæs (German: Warnitz ) it formed from the 14th century, the office of Aabenraa. In the country divisions of 1490, 1544 and 1581 respectively Ekwatt came almost closed on the Gottorfer part of the country.
1864 was the duchy of Schleswig to Prussia. Egvad in 1869 divided into four rural municipalities: to the north Horsbük ( Horsbyg ), in the northwest Öbening ( Øbening ), in the south Hönkys ( Hønkys ) with the Church and in the East ( Norder ) Hostrup. The suffix " Norder " was to distinguish Hostrup at Felsted (German: Feldstedt ), while the Kirchdorf Hostrup (German: Tønder ) at Tønder and Hostrup far enough away seemed at Havetoft to avoid confusion.
In 1920 the integration of the whole of northern Schleswig to Denmark. In the parish Egvad had 348 voters in Denmark and only 31 voted for Germany. Egvad was a single municipality in Aabenraa office. The new border the southern hinterland was lost. Hellewad remained agrarian and served until the recent time than shopping spot for the thinly populated countryside.
Economy and Transport
Main thoroughfare is running east -west main street of Løgumkloster (German: Løgumkloster ) to Aabenraa (German: Aabenraa ). The road from Romo (German: Rom ) to Flensburg crosses immediately to the west of the community with this.
The first railway connection was Egvad with the Apenrader circular path that ran a breakpoint in Nørre Hostrup. The route from ( Bredebro ) Løgumkloster to Aabenraa was from 1926 vollspurig rebuilt, but in 1936 closed down. Nearest railway station has since Rødekro (German: Roth pitcher) on the main line Fredericia -Flensburg.
Attractions
The small, very old Romanesque Church of St. Lawrence with a blunt tower, nave, chancel and apse is lonely on the road.