| Haslev | |
| Town | |
| Country | Denmark |
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| Region | Region Sjælland |
| Municipality | Faxe Municipality |
| Coordinates | 55°20′N 11°58′E / 55.333°N 11.967°E |
| Population | 10,941 (2009) |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal codes | 4690 |
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Haslev is a town in Faxe municipality in the southern part of Zealand, Denmark about 60 km (37 mi) from Copenhagen and with a population of 10,941 (January 1, 2009).[1] Haslev is popular known as the school town with the green surroundings (skolebyen i det groenne). There are no less than 6 public-, 2 boarding-, 1 folk high- and 1 technical schools as well as 1 college of education and 1 sixth form college.
Close to Haslev town the estates and castles of Gisselfeld and Bregentved are situated.
History of Haslev
Haslev started out being a small village named Hasle with a few houses and streets around the church. The name was changed to Haslev to avoid confusing with other similar town names in Denmark.
In 1870 the railway line passing Haslev town was inaugurated. At that time Haslev only had 653 inhabitants. A street named Jernbanegade (Railwayroad) was paved in order to connect the church with the newly built train station. In the years that followed the street became the main street of the town with shops, banks etc. In 1911 the town had 3,668 inhabitants. In the 1980s a square in the middle of the street was constructed.
During the 20th century Haslev grew rapidly and became a center for the Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark. The latter built a folk high school, sixth form college (with a boarding school) among others. In the 1970s and 1980s the schools became independent of the founding association.
Today there are only few remains of the Inner Mission in Haslev.
In the early 1970s and onwards an entrepreneur named Ole Christiansen founded whole new neighbourhoods with one family houses with an attached garden at a low expense. This made a lot of families from all over Zealand and especially Copenhagen move to Haslev.
Nobel Prize winner Jens Christian Skou studied at Haslev Gymnasium (college) in his youth. In 1997 he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of Na+,K+-ATPase
External links
The castles:
Schools in Haslev:
- Haslev Sixth Form College (Haslev Gymnasium & HF)
- The folk high school (Haslev Udvidede Hoejskole)
- Haslev College of Education (Haslev Seminarium)
Public schools in Haslev:
Boarding schools in Haslev:
References
- ^ BEF44 Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
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