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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kolding

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| settlement_type = City

| image_skyline = Koldinghus.jpg

| image_caption = Jutland's last royal castle ({{lang|da|Koldinghus}}) located in the city centre of Kolding

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| image_shield = Kolding Kommune coa.svg

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Denmark

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| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Southern Denmark (Syddanmark)

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| subdivision_type4 = Municipality

| subdivision_name4 = Kolding

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| pushpin_map = Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark

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| pushpin_map_caption = Kolding (left center) in Denmark

| coordinates = {{coord|55|29|30|N|9|30|0|E|display=inline,title}}

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Knud Erik Langhoff

| established_title = First documented

| established_date = 1231{{Cite web|url=http://kolding.dk/data/0000043.asp?sid=19725&uid=19737 |title=Kolding - byens historie i korte træk |access-date=2007-06-24 |last=Bøje |first=Jens Anker |date=2007-06-19 |publisher=kolding.dk |language=da |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607013206/http://www.kolding.dk/data/0000043.asp?sid=19725&uid=19737|archive-date=2007-06-07|url-status=dead }}

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| area_urban_km2 = 38.3

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| elevation_m = 50

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| population_as_of = 2024

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| population_urban = 62444

| population_density_urban_km2 = auto

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| population_blank1_title = Gender [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark

| population_blank1 = 30854 males and 31590 females

| population_demonym = Koldingenser, Koldinger

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 6000

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| area_code = (+45) 7

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| website = {{URL|http://www.kolding.dk/}}

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Kolding ({{IPA|da|ˈkʰʌle̝ŋ}}) is a Danish seaport city located at the head of Kolding Fjord in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre and has numerous industrial companies, principally geared towards shipbuilding. The manufacturing of machinery and textiles and livestock export are other economically significant activities.

With a population of 94,932 (1 January 2024), the Kolding municipality is the eleventh most populous in Denmark. The city itself has a population of 62,444 (1 January 2024)[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark and is the eighth largest city in Denmark.

The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Fredericia and Vejle.

History

Koldinghus would be besieged and presumably occupied by Holstein in 1369.{{stack|File:Józef Brandt, Czarniecki pod Koldyngą.jpg}}

In the Battle of Kolding, fought on 25 December 1658, the allied Polish and Danish forces under hetman Stefan Czarniecki defeated the Swedish forces of Charles X Gustav of Sweden.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

A battle between German and Danish forces took place near the town on 23 April 1849 during the First War of Schleswig.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

On 9 September, 1955, Kolding was impacted by a high-end F2/T5 Tornado that displaced a car 20 meters into a yard.{{cite web | url=https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=1345212341 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212134650/https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi?lang=en_0&lastquery=1345212341 | archive-date=12 December 2022 | title=European Severe Weather Database }}

On 3 November 2004, the N. P. Johnsen's Fireworks Factory in the suburb of Seest exploded. One firefighter died, 85 people were injured, around 2,000 people were evacuated, and some of them lost their homes during this disaster.{{cn|date=March 2023}}

Overview

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File:Church in Kolding - Denmark.jpeg church in Kolding]]

Located in Kolding is the former royal castle of Koldinghus. This was built in the 13th century by King Eric Klipping and is a museum with certain parts of the castle, including its chapel and hall, being used for governmental ceremonial events. It was the last royal residence in Jutland. Another notable site is the 13th century stone Church of Saint Nicholas ({{langx|da|Sankt Nicolai}}), which is one of the oldest in Denmark.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}}

=Main sights=

The municipal museum, the Museet på Koldinghus, is located in the castle and former royal palace. It has a collection of Danish art from the late Middle Ages to the 1940s, miscellaneous artefacts of local interest, and an extensive collection of items in gold and silver.

The Trapholt art museum features many pieces primarily by Danish artists in its collections of arts from 1900 onwards and a smaller number of non-Danish exhibits. It also features a large collection of chairs.

Botanical garden Geografisk Have is a 14 hectares large park with more than 2,000 different trees, bushes, and plants organised in geographical areas.

Also Kolding houses the Danish Museum of Nurses ({{langx|da|Dansk Sygeplejemuseum}}), which is situated in the reception building of the former tuberculosis sanatorium for children. The exhibition also include this past of the buildings. The main part of the sanatorium is now a hotel, situated in a minor forest and overlooking the water. The building itself is very beautiful and built to resemble a palace.

File:The Kolding School of Design - Designskolen Kolding. Denmark.JPG

Education

A branch of University College South ({{langx|da|University College Syd}}) can be found in Kolding.

A branch campus of University of Southern Denmark ({{langx|da|Syddansk Universitet}}) is located in the former hospital which was closed in 1975. The new Campus Kolding opened downtown in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sdu.dk/en/om_sdu/byerne/kolding/studieliv|title = Campus Kolding}} The new building of University of Southern Denmark will be built further to the east at Grønborggrunden in central Kolding.{{Cite web |url=http://da.henninglarsen.com/projekter/0900-0999/0942-syddansk-universitet,-kolding-campus.aspx |title=Syddansk Universitet |access-date=16 December 2012 |archive-date=12 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412114903/http://da.henninglarsen.com/projekter/0900-0999/0942-syddansk-universitet,-kolding-campus.aspx |url-status=dead }}

Kolding is also home to Design School Kolding (Designskolen Kolding), a university design school, which was established in 1967 to provide undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the areas of fashion, graphic design and textiles.{{cite web|title=Design School Kolding|url=http://www.cumulusassociation.org/component/members/view/53|publisher=Cumulus|access-date=19 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320040801/http://www.cumulusassociation.org/component/members/view/53|archive-date=20 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}

Sister cities

Kolding is twinned with the following towns.{{Cite web|url=http://kolding.dk/data/0021803.asp?sid=19734&uid=21803|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610221648/http://www.kolding.dk/data/0021803.asp?sid=19734&uid=21803|url-status=dead|title=Venskabsbyer|archivedate=10 June 2007}}

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| 1997

20px Delmenhorst

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| {{flag|Germany}}

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20px Drammen

| 20px Buskerud

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| 1946

20px Huéscar

| 20px Granada

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| 1982

20px Lappeenranta

| 20px South Karelia

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| 1947

Nanortalik

| 20px Kujalleq

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| 2007

20px Örebro

| 20px Närke

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| 1946

20px Panevėžys

| 24px Panevėžys County

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20px Pisa

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20px Stykkishólmur

| {{flagicon|Iceland}} Western Region

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| 1979

20px Szombathely

| 24px Vas County

| {{flag|Hungary}}

| 1991

Transportation

=Rail=

File:Banegaarden Trainstation Kolding Denmark 2008 100.jpg]]

Kolding is served by Kolding railway station. It is located on the Fredericia-Flensburg railway line and offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Hamburg, Sønderborg, Aarhus and Esbjerg as well as regional train services to Fredericia and Esbjerg.{{cite web|url=https://www.dsb.dk/kundeservice/stationer/kolding/|title=Kolding Station|publisher=DSB|language=da|accessdate=11 January 2023}}

Notable people

= Public service and public thinking =

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= Arts and entertainment =

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  • Catharine Wernicke (1789 in Kolding – 1862) a Danish pianist, the first Danish woman to perform publicly as a pianist
  • Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863 in South Stenderup, near Kolding – 1945) a Danish sculptor
  • Thorkild Roose (1874 in Kolding – 1961) a Danish actor and theatre director [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740463/ IMDb Database] retrieved 5 May 2020
  • Christian Daugaard (1901 in Kolding – 1993) was a Danish painter
  • Karl Gustav Hansen (1914–2002), silversmith{{Cite book |last=Byars |first=Mel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lI5UAAAAMAAJ |title=The Design Encyclopedia |date=2004 |publisher=L. King Pub. |isbn=978-0-87070-012-5 |pages=307 |language=en}}
  • Lars Bo (1924 in Kolding – 1999), artist and author
  • Erik Paaske (1933 in Kolding – 1992), actor and singer [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654994/ IMDb Database] retrieved 5 May 2020
  • Bent Faurby (born 1937 in Kolding) an author of children's literature and schoolteacher
  • Ole Søltoft (1941 in Kolding – 1999) a Danish actor [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845637/ IMDb Database] retrieved 5 May 2020
  • Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947 in Kolding) a composer and writer.
  • Merete Van Kamp (born 1961 in Kolding) a model turned actress and singer [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0887272/ IMDb Database] retrieved 5 May 2020
  • Charlotte Eskildsen (born 1975 in Kolding) a Danish fashion designer.
  • Susanne Georgi (born 1976 in Sjølund) a Danish singer, lives and works in Andorra

= Sport =

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See also

References

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External links

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