Holsted
Holsted is a railway town in Vejen Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is situated at the stream of Holsted Å, 8 km west of Brørup. The seat of Holsted Municipality until 1 January 2007.
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Overview
Overview
Holsted consist of two districts, the original village of Holsted on the north at Holsted Å and Holsted Stationsby on the south at the railway station. Now the two districts have merged making Holsted an elongated town with a distance of 4 km from north to south.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Holsted • Settlement Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Denmark • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Region of Southern Denmark • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Subdivision Name2 — Vejen Municipality • Leader Title — Mayor • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Urban Km2 — 2.9 • Population Urban — 3034 • Population As Of — 2026 • Population Density Urban Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — DK-6670 Holsted
Churches
Churches
There are two churches in Holsted. • Illustration — Holsted Church Holsted Church is located to the north in the original village of Holsted just north of Holsted Å. The old church of Holsted was located where the churchyard is placed today. • Illustration — Sct. Peders Church Sct. Peders Church, built in the years 1927–28, is located to the south in Holsted Stationsby.
Transportation
Transportation
• Illustration — Holsted railway station. Holsted is near the Esbjerg Motorway, a part of the European route E20, 34 km from Esbjerg and 39 km from Kolding. It is served by Holsted railway station, on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line.
Sport
Sport
Holsted Speedway Klub known as the Holsted Tigers race in the Danish Super League and are based at the Holsted Speedway Center, south of Holsted at Hedevejen 1, 6670. The Center opened on 4 June 1989, replacing the old Holsted Gørklint speedway track, which was located next to the Holsted Å at.
Notable people
Notable people
• Kræsten Iversen (1886 in the parish of Holsted - 1955) a Danish artist of paintings and painted glass windows; a member of the Bornholm school of painters and a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. • Martha Christensen (1926 in Holsted – 1995) a Danish writer. • Trine Jepsen (born 1977 in Holsted) a Danish singer, actress and TV presenter, sang in a duo at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999.
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Centralhotellet in Holsted VisitVejen
- 2.BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- 3.Holsted Å VisitVejen
- 4.Click on the coordinates to see the map of Holsted
- 5.Holsted Church VisitVejen
- 6.Sct. Peders Church, Holsted VisitVejen
- 7.Holsted Station Tag toget til og fra Holsted st. www.dsb.dk.
- 8.Find Us. Holsted Speedway Klub.
- 9.Holsted Speedway Center. City Seeker.
- 10.Holsted at Goerklint. Speedway Life.
- 11.Kræsten Iversen. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon Lex. 2023-04-23.
- 12.Martha Christensen Litteratursiden. litteratursiden.dk.
- 13.Trine Jepsen - Eurovision Universe. Eurovision Universe.
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