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Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,505 (1 January 2025) and is located in Thy, in northwestern Jutland.

Market town status was given to Thisted in 1500.

Name

The town's name derives from the Germanic deity Tyr and could be translated as Tyr's Stead.

History

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During the Jutland Peasant rebellion of 1441, Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, approached the rebel camp at Husby Hole near St. Jørgen's Hill in northern Jutland and sent word that anyone who left the camp and went home, would not be punished for rebellion. The men from Thisted, as well as those of Mors, left for which they were afterwards called cowards and traitors.

In 1882, Thisted was connected with the Danish rail network as the Thy railway line between Thisted and Struer opened.

Geography

Thisted is located in northwestern Jutland, in the traditional district of Thy, which forms the western part of the North Jutlandic Island. It is located on the northern shore of Thisted Bredning, a body of water between Thy and the island of Mors, which itself is a part of the Limfjord, a sound separating the North Jutlandic Island from the rest of the Jutland Peninsula. Thisted is located on three ridges, divided by two streams.

Demographics

Thisted has a population of 13,461, of which 6,622 males and 6,839 females (1 January 2022).

Economy

Thisted has a cluster of industries within food production: the Tican Slaughterhouse, Dragsbæk Maltfactory, Dragsbæk Margarinefactory, the brewery Thisted Bryghus, known for its high quality organic beer, and Premier Ice.

Cityscape

Burial mound

Main article: Langdos (burial mound)

Langdos, the largest Bronze Age burial mound in Denmark, is located in Thisted. The burial mound is 175 meters long and was built between 1800 and 1000 BC.

Thisted Church

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Thisted features a Gothic-style church, Thisted Church, which replaced a smaller Romanesque-style church around 1490. The exterior of the church contains a stone with Runic inscriptions.

Sports

Soccer

Thisted has a football team Thisted FC in the Danish 2nd Division (2022–2023 season)

Infrastructure

Rail

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Thisted is served by Thisted railway station () which opened in 1882. It is the northern terminus of the Thy railway line which connects Thisted with Struer to the south. Thisted station offers frequent local train services to Struer station with onward connections by train from Struer to the rest of Denmark. Until 2019, it also offered direct InterCity services to Copenhagen.

Air

The small Thisted Airport () is owned by Thisted municipality, and is located 15 kilometers from Thisted. The airport opened in 1970, and until 2007 serviced daily flights between Thisted and the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Today, the nearest airport from Thisted with scheduled national and international flights is Aalborg Airport 86 km east of Thisted (road distance).

Education

There are several educational institutions in Thisted. There are three schools, Østre skole, Rolighedskolen, and Tingstrup skole. There's also a gymnasium, Higher Preparatory Examination, Higher Commercial Examination Programme and Higher Technical Examination Programme.

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/Knud_Graah.jpg" caption="Knud Graah, 1891"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/JP_Jacobsen.jpg" caption="J P Jacobsen, c.1879"] ::

Sport

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/20170706_OEFB_AUT-DEN_Frederikke_Skjødt_Thøgersen_DSC_8272.jpg" caption="Frederikke Thøgersen, 2017"] ::

Emigrants to the United States

  • Hans Ditlev Bendixsen (1842 in Thisted – 1902) (emigrated c.1865) an American shipbuilder, developed the merchant marine industry on the West Coast of the United States
  • Lawrence Waldemar Tonner (1861 in Thisted – 1947) (emigrated 1870) companion and personal secretary of composer and pianist Francis Grierson for more than 40 years

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]]
  3. [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]
  4. Smtih, Ida. (2019-12-14). "Snart er det slut: Farvel til de direkte tog". [[Nordjyske Stiftstidende]].
  5. {{cite EB1911
  6. {{cite EB1911. Gosse. Edmund William

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