Thisted

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Pedestrian Street Thisted

The main church of Thisted

Coat of arms

Thisted is a town in Thisted municipality of Region Nordjylland, in Denmark. It has a population of 13,067 (1 January 2013)^[1] and is located in Thy, in northwestern Jutland.

The town name derives from the Germanic deity Tyr and could be translated into Tyr's Stead.

Market town status was given to Thisted in the year 1500.

People from Thisted

J.P. Jacobsen, Jesper Grønkjær, Bent Larsen, Yutte Stensgaard, Christen Mikkelsen Kold, and the pop duo Junior Senior and disc jockey Kato are some notable people from Thisted. Grethe Rask, a medical doctor who worked in Africa in the 1970s is also from Thisted. Working in primitive conditions, Rask was the first known confirmed case of AIDS to be discovered by the western medical community^{[citation needed]}

Education

There are several educational institutions in Thisted. There are three schools, Østre skole, Rolighedskolen, and Tingstrup skole. There's also a gymnasium, Higher Preparatory Examination, Higher Commercial Examination Programme and Higher Technical Examination Programme.

Soccer

Thisted has a football team Thisted FC in the Danish 2nd Division West.

Cityscape

Brewery

Thisted is also home of the Brewery Thisted Bryghus known for its high quality organic beer.

Burial mound

Main article: Langdos (burial mound)

Langdos, the largest bronze age burial mound in Denmark, is located in Thisted. The burial mound is 175 meters long and was built between 1800 and 1000 BC.

Thisted Church

Thisted features a church Gothic-style church, the exterior of which contains a stone with Runic inscriptions.

History

During the Jutland Peasant rebellion of 1441, Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, approached the rebel camp at Husby Hole near St Jorgen's Hill in northern Jutland and sent word that anyone who left the camp and went home would not be punished for rebellion. The men from Thisted as well as those of Mors left, for which they were afterwards called cowards and traitors.

External links

Website of Thisted Municipality.

References

↑ BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark

Coordinates: 56°57′N 8°42′E / 56.950°N 8.700°E / 56.950; 8.700

v t e Municipal seats of Denmark

Hovedstaden	Albertslund Ballerup Brøndbyvester Buddinge Charlottenlund Copenhagen Dragør and Store Magleby Frederiksberg Frederikssund Frederiksværk Glostrup Helsinge Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Holte Hørsholm Hvidovre Ishøj Kokkedal Kongens Lyngby Lillerød Rønne Rødovre Stenløse Taastrup Tårnby Værløse Vallensbæk

Midtjylland	Aarhus Grenå Herning Hadsten, Hinnerup, Hammel and Hvorslev Hedensted Holstebro Horsens Ikast Lemvig Odder Randers Ringkøbing and Skjern Rønde Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Tranebjerg Viborg

Nordjylland	Aabybro Aalborg Aars Brønderslev Byrum Frederikshavn Hjørring Hobro and Hadsund Nykøbing Mors Støvring Thisted

Sjælland	Greve Strand Haslev Højby Holbæk Hvalsø Kalundborg Køge Maribo Næstved Nykøbing Falster Ringsted Roskilde Slagelse Solrød Strand Sorø Hårlev and Store Heddinge Vordingborg

Syddanmark	Aabenraa Assens Bogense Esbjerg Fredericia Grindsted Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Marstal Middelfart Nyborg Nordby Odense Ringe Rudkøbing Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle

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