Rødekro

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subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Southern Denmark
subdivision_type2Municipality
subdivision_name2Aabenraa Municipality
subdivision_type3Parish
subdivision_name3Rise Parish
area_urban_km25.2
population_as_of2025
population_footnotes
population_urban6189
population_density_urban_km2auto
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population_blank12960 males and 3229 females
timezone1CET
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postal_code_typePostal code
postal_codeDK-6230 Rødekro
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Rødekro () is a railway town, with a population of 6,189 (1 January 2025), in Aabenraa Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. It is located 33 km north of the Denmark-Germany border, 37 km northeast of Tønder, 28 km southwest of Haderslev and 8 km northwest of Aabenraa.

Rødekro was the seat of the former Rødekro Municipality (Danish, kommune) until 1 January 2007.

The town is served by Rødekro station on the Fredericia–Padborg railway line.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Røde_Kro.JPG" caption="Hotel Røde-Kro & Restaurant"] ::

Hotel Røde-Kro is a hotel and inn located in the centre of the town just north of the railway station. The hotels history dates back to 1649 and it was this Inn who named the town (Rødekro means Red Inn in Danish).

Rødekro Municipality

The former Rødekro municipality covered an area of 202 km2, and had a total population of 11,695 (2005). Its last mayor was Tove Larsen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:

On 1 January 2007 Rødekro municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bov, Lundtoft, Tinglev, and Aabenraa municipalities to form the new Aabenraa municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 951 km2 and a total population of 60,151 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark ("South Denmark Region").

Notable people

  • Anette Hoffmann (born 1971 at Egvad) a former Danish team handball player, twice team gold medallist at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Mike Andersen (born 1977 in Rødekro) a Danish blues and soul songwriter, guitarist, singer and bandleader
  • René Bach (born 1990 in Hjordkær, Rødekro) a motorcycle speedway rider, member of Denmark U-21 national team
  • Lea Hansen (born 1999 in Rødekro) a Danish handball player who currently plays for Silkeborg-Voel KFUM

References

References

  1. [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]
  2. [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]
  3. [https://www.visitsonderjylland.com/tourist/information/hotel-rode-kro-gdk609409 Hotel Røde-Kro] Destination Sønderjylland
  4. [https://www.roede-kro.dk/en/om-roede-kro/hotellets-historie/ The history of the hotel]

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