Tønder (German: Tondern) is a Danish town of Region Syddanmark with a population of 7,787 (1 January 2009)[1]. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Tønder Municipality.
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History
This area formed the northern edge of the region of Frisia in the 15th and 16th century. Sometime in the late 16th or early 17th century, the territory became German and part of the Holy Roman Empire. The popular Dutch and Afrikaans surname van Tonder comes from this town. The name means "from Tonder" and entered the Dutch and Afrikaans cultures through the Frisian language.
From 1864 it was part of Prussia, and as such part of the North German Confederation, and from 1871 onwards, part of the German Empire. In the 1920 Schleswig Plebiscite that brought Northern Schleswig to Denmark, 76.5 % of Tønder's inhabitants voted for remaining part of Germany and 23.5 % voted for the cession to Denmark. [1]
Attractions
Every August, the Tønder Festival takes place, offering the visitor a wide variety of traditional and modern folk music.
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External links
Media related to Tønder at Wikimedia Commons
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