Hørsholm Municipality

Hørsholm Kommune [ hœʀshɔlʔm ] is a Danish municipality in the Capital Region. Seat of administration is the city of Hørsholm, whose settlement area extends now into the local Fredensborg and Rudersdal.

Situated at the Øresund municipality is accessed both by the railway line from Copenhagen to Helsingør and by the almost parallel highway. The municipality extends life ( as at 1 January 2013 ) over an area of ​​31.30 km ², on the 24 543 inhabitants.

Villages in the municipality

The area contains the following parish communities (Danish: Sogn ) and villages with over 200 inhabitants ( byer as defined by the Danish Bureau of Statistics ). The suburb Trørød, the largest part of the settlement area is located in the municipality Rudersdal was statistically summarized on 1 January 2010 with the city .. This Hørsholm Hørsholm the city extends out over the same municipality also via the Rudersdal municipality and the Fredensborg municipality.

Population

Development of Population (1 January ):

Economy

The company VKR Holding A / S with the Velux brand has its headquarters in Hørsholm.

Castle Hirschholm

The place had been in the 15th century a small castle, the King Christian VI. in 1721 inherited from his mother, Louise of Mecklenburg. He and his wife, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg- Kulmbach who turned it off and on and moved into the new Hirschholm Castle (Danish: Hirschholm slot) in 1739.

After Sophie Magdalene's death (1770 ) lived there from 1770 to 1771, her grandson, Christian VII and his wife Caroline Mathilde and her German personal physician Johann Friedrich Struensee. After the birth of Louise Auguste of Denmark, the departure of the royal couple and the affair Struensee the castle was not inhabited and was demolished in 1810.

Twinning

Daughters and sons

  • Louise Auguste of Denmark (* 1771, † 1843), daughter of Christian VII of Denmark and his wife Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
  • Holger Werfel Scheuermann (* 1877, † 1960), orthopedic surgeon and radiologist
  • Louise Hansen ( born 1975 ), football player
  • Kristine Roug ( born 1975 ), sailor, Olympic champion and world champion
  • Peter Lovenkrands ( b. 1980 ), football player
  • Morten Green ( born 1981 ), ice hockey player
  • Lotte Friis (* 1988), swimmer
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