Thyholm
Encyclopedia
Until January 1, 2007 Thyholm was a municipality (Danish
, kommune
) in the former Ringkjøbing County
on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy
, a part of the Jutland
peninsula
in northwest Denmark
. The municipality included the island of Jegindø
, and it covered an area of 76 km². It had a total population of 3,577 (2005). Its last mayor was Peter Gade, a member of the Conservative People's Party
(Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party
. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Hvidbjerg.
The municipality was located on Thyholm, a peninsula connected to Sydthy by a very narrow stretch of land and road, ca. 1.5 km long and .5 km wide. Except for this narrow land connection Thyholm was surrounded by the waters of the Limfjord
, which separates the island of Vendsyssel-Thy
on which Thyholm is located from the Jutland peninsula to the south. These waters defined most of the municipality's borders:
The 472 meter long Oddesund Bridge (Oddesundbro) connects the former municipality at the town of Oddesund Nord to the town of Oddesund Syd.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parish
es:
Thyholm municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged into Struer Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 248 km² and a total population of 22,752 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Midtjylland
("Mid-Jutland Region").
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
, kommune
Municipalities of Denmark
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) in the former Ringkjøbing County
Ringkjøbing County
Ringkjøbing Amt is a former county on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. It had the lowest population density of all the Danish counties. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Midtjylland Ringkjøbing Amt (English, Ringkjøbing County) is a former...
on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy
Vendsyssel-Thy
The North Jutlandic Island , Vendsyssel-Thy, or simply Jutland north of the Limfjord are lesser-used names for the northernmost part of Denmark and of Jutland. It is more common to refer to the three traditional districts Vendsyssel, Hanherred and Thy...
, a part of the Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
in northwest Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The municipality included the island of Jegindø
Jegindø
Jegindø is a Danish island in the western part of the Limfjord. The island is 6 km long and 3 km wide. Jegindø covers an area of 7,91 km² and has 507 inhabitants ....
, and it covered an area of 76 km². It had a total population of 3,577 (2005). Its last mayor was Peter Gade, a member of the Conservative People's Party
Conservative People's Party (Denmark)
The Conservative People's Party , also known as Conservatives is a Danish political party.-History:The party was founded 1915 based mostly on its predecessor, Højre , but also on the Free Conservatives and a moderate faction of Venstre , the liberals.The party has participated in several coalition...
(Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party
Politics of Denmark
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. The main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Hvidbjerg.
The municipality was located on Thyholm, a peninsula connected to Sydthy by a very narrow stretch of land and road, ca. 1.5 km long and .5 km wide. Except for this narrow land connection Thyholm was surrounded by the waters of the Limfjord
Limfjord
The Limfjord is a shallow sound in Denmark that separates the island of Vendsyssel-Thy from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula. It extends from Thyborøn Channel on the North Sea to Hals on the Kattegat. It is approximately 180 kilometres long and of an irregular shape with several bays, narrowings,...
, which separates the island of Vendsyssel-Thy
Vendsyssel-Thy
The North Jutlandic Island , Vendsyssel-Thy, or simply Jutland north of the Limfjord are lesser-used names for the northernmost part of Denmark and of Jutland. It is more common to refer to the three traditional districts Vendsyssel, Hanherred and Thy...
on which Thyholm is located from the Jutland peninsula to the south. These waters defined most of the municipality's borders:
The 472 meter long Oddesund Bridge (Oddesundbro) connects the former municipality at the town of Oddesund Nord to the town of Oddesund Syd.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
es:
- Hvidbjerg Parish
- Jegindø Parish
- Lyngs Parish
- Odby Parish
- Søndbjerg Parish
Thyholm municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged into Struer Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 248 km² and a total population of 22,752 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Midtjylland
Region Midtjylland
Central Denmark Region or Central Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...
("Mid-Jutland Region").