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Præstø

Coordinates: 55°07′N 12°03′E / 55.117°N 12.050°E / 55.117; 12.050
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This article is about the town in Denmark. For the island in the Åland Islands, see Prästö, Åland.
Præstø
Præstø Church - seen from west
Præstø Church - seen from west
Official seal of Præstø
Seal
Coat of arms of Præstø
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Gøngernes By
Præstø is located in Denmark
Præstø
Præstø
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 55°11′N 12°05′E / 55.183°N 12.083°E / 55.183; 12.083
CountryDenmark
RegionZealand (sjælland)
MunicipalityVordingborg
Population
 (2015)
 • Total3,821
 • Municipal
45,295
 • Municipal density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Præstøer
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central Europe Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2
Postal codes
4720
Area code(+45) 9

Præstø is a town with a population of 3,821 (1 January 2015)[1] and a former municipality (Danish, kommune) in Vordingborg Municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) near its southwestern tip in south Denmark. The former Præstø municipality included the islands of Maderne, Storeholm, and Lilleholm which lie in Præstø Fjord. The former municipality covered an area of 107 km², and had a total population of 7,608 (2005). Its last mayor was Ole Møller Madsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

The islands of Maderne, Storeholm and Lilleholm are part of the Præstø Fjord Wildlife reserves (Præstø Fjord Vildtreservat).

As of January 1, 2007, Præstø municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Langebæk, Møn, and Vordingborg municipalities to form an enlarged Vordingborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 615 km² and a total population of 46,307 (2005). The municipality belongs to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").

Education

Bosei Sports High School, a folk high school, is located in Præstø, in the former Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark campus.[2] The Tokai school was a Japanese boarding school.[3]

Notable people

  • N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872) a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. In 1821 he was granted the country living of Præstø and stayed a year.
  • Pauline Worm (1825–1883) a Danish writer, poet, schoolteacher and feminist. From 1847 she worked as a private tutor in Præstø.
  • Henry Johnson (1854 in Amendrup near Præstø – 1941) an American farmer, logger, businessman and politician, emigrated 1873.
  • Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857 in Roholte vicarage at Præstø – 1919) a Danish poet and novelist, shared the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917.
  • Knud Olsen (1919 in Præstø – 2010) a Danish builder and designer of boats, who designed the OK Dinghy.
  • Poul Thomsen (1922 in Præstø – 1988) a Danish film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1944 and 1985.

See also

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Præstø.

References

  1. ^ BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ "English." Bosei Sports High School. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark (Senior High Divisions)" (Archive). Tokai University. Retrieved on March 1, 2015. "Address: Evensoe lundvej5,4720 Praestoe, DANMARK"

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