Vamdrup
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| Vamdrup | |
| town | |
 Vamdrup church | |
| Country | Denmark |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Denmark (Syddanmark) |
| Municipality | Kolding |
| Coordinates | 55°25′48″N 9°17′15″E / 55.42999°N 9.28740°E |
| Population | 5,023 (2013) |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | DK-6580 Vamdrup |
  The location of Vamdrup in Denmark
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Vamdrup is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark, near Kolding in Denmark with a population of 5,023 (1 January 2013).[1]
The custom hall in the old station building when the railway station was a border railway station
History
Three oak coffins were uncovered from graves in the Bronze Age mound Guldhøj in Holt near Vamdrup in 1891, and are now on display at the National Museum (Nationalmuseet).
After the Second War of Schleswig in 1864, where Denmark lost Southern Jutland to Germany until 1920, Vamdrup became a border town, where the railway station had important function as a border railway station. Kolding Sydbaner, a railway company that existed from 1911 to 1948, also had a railway line to Vamdrup.
In connection with the industrialisation in the 1950s and 1960s Vamdrup flourished again with many new companies.
References
- ↑ BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
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