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| subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]] | | subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]] | ||
| subdivision_name2 = [[Vordingborg Municipality|Vordingborg]] | | subdivision_name2 = [[Vordingborg Municipality|Vordingborg]] | ||
| area_urban_km2 = 2. | | area_urban_km2 = 2.6 | ||
| population_urban = 3, | | population_urban = 3,949 | ||
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| population_density_urban_km2 = auto | | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | ||
| population_blank1_title = Municipal | | population_blank1_title = Municipal | ||
| population_blank1 = 45, | | population_blank1 = 45,057 | ||
| population_density_blank1_km2 = 73 | | population_density_blank1_km2 = 73 | ||
| population_blank2_title= [[Demonym]] | | population_blank2_title= [[Demonym]] | ||
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'''Præstø''' ({{IPA|da|ˈpʰʁæstˌøˀ}}) is a town with a population of 3, | '''Præstø''' ({{IPA|da|ˈpʰʁæstˌøˀ}}) is a town with a population of 3,949 (1 January 2025)<ref>[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]]</ref> in [[Vordingborg Municipality]] in [[Region Sjælland]] on the east coast of the island of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (''Sjælland''). | ||
The islands of [[Maderne]], [[Storeholm]], and Lilleholm are part of the {{ill|Præstø Fjord|da}} [[wildlife reserve]]s (''Præstø Fjord Vildtreservat''). | The islands of [[Maderne]], [[Storeholm]], and Lilleholm are part of the {{ill|Præstø Fjord|da}} [[wildlife reserve]]s (''Præstø Fjord Vildtreservat''). | ||
Revision as of 10:31, 17 June 2025
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The islands of Maderne, Storeholm, and Lilleholm are part of the Template:Ill wildlife reserves (Præstø Fjord Vildtreservat).
History
Præstø became crown property in 1353. In 1304, it was incorporated as a market town.
Præstø was the seat of the former Præstø municipality (Danish, kommune). As of January 1, 2007, Præstø municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Langebæk, Møn, and Vordingborg municipalities to form an enlarged Vordingborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of Template:Convert and a total population of 46,307 (2005). The municipality belongs to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").
The former Prøstø municipality covered an area of Template:Convert, and had a total population of 7,608 (2005). Its last mayor was Ole Møller Madsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
Education
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Notable people
- N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872) a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. In 1821 he was granted the country living of Præstø and stayed a year.
- Pauline Worm (1825–1883) a Danish writer, poet, schoolteacher and feminist, a private tutor in Præstø 1847–1851
- Henry Johnson (1854 in Amendrup near Præstø – 1941) an American farmer, logger, businessman and politician, emigrated 1873.
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857 in Roholte vicarage at Præstø – 1919) a Danish poet and novelist, shared the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917
- Henrik Grønvold (1858 in Præstø – 1940) a Danish naturalist and artist, known for his illustrations of birds
- Knud Olsen (1919 in Præstø – 2010) a builder and designer of boats, designed the OK Dinghy.
- Poul Thomsen (1922 in Præstø – 1988) a Danish film actor [4]
See also
External links
References
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
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- ↑ BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ↑ "English." Bosei Sports High School. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.
- ↑ "Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark (Senior High Divisions)" (Archive). Tokai University. Retrieved on March 1, 2015. "Address: Evensoe lundvej5,4720 Praestoe, DANMARK"
- ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 14 June 2020