Skørping
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Skørping is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County in the geographic region of the Jutland peninsula known as Himmerland in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 238 km², and has a total population of 9,835 (2005). Its mayor is Børge Olsen of Rebild-Listen, previously a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
The site of its municipal council is the town of Terndrup. Skørping is the largest town in the municipality. Other towns in the municipality are Blenstrup, Bælum, Fræer, Hellum, Rebild, and St. Brøndum.
Neighboring municipalities are Sejlflod to the northeast, Aalborg to the north, Støvring to the west, Arden to the south, and Hadsund to the southeast.
By January 1, 2007 Skørping municipality will cease to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It will be merged with existing Nørager and Støvring municipalities to form the new Rebild municipality. This will create a municipality with an area of 628 km² and a total population of 28,457 (2005). The new municipality will belong to the new Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").
Skorping is also a new popular term to describe the transformation of an image using photoshop software. These creations have been done by a person nicknamed Skorp who can be found on MySpace.
[edit] Attractions
The area is in the middle of the Rold Forest (Rold Skov), Denmark's largest forest area, and Lake Madum (Madum Sø) and Large Oks Lake (Store Okssø) lie south of the town of Skørping.
Rebild Bakker ("Rebild Hills") is a national park consisting of heather-covered hills, which is located in the municipality near the village of Rebild. The area was purchased in 1911 by a group of Americans with Danish background, and in 1912 the park was given to the Danish state as a present with three conditions:
- That the area should remain in a natural state
- That it would be open to the public
- That Danish-Americans could celebrate American holidays at the park.
The Rebild National Park Society Inc. is an American non-profit company, whose purpose is to arrange an annual Independence Day (4th of July) festival at the park. The first Rebild Festival took place in 1912, when King Christian X spoke to a crowd of 10.000. The day has been celebrated every single year since then, with the exception of the periods during World War I and World War II. It is the largest 4th of July celebration outside the United States, and features speeches by American and Danish politicians, and entertainment.
The park is visited by 400,000 people each year, making it one of Denmark's major tourist attractions. It has many hiking trails, and sheep wander loose in the hilly terrain. There is also a full-size reproduction of Abraham Lincoln's log cabin and a totem pole in the park.
[edit] External links
kommune/ The new Rebild municipality's official website (Danish only)] -->
Skorp's Myspace page
[edit] References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
