Galten,_Denmark

Galten, Denmark

Galten, Denmark

Town and urban area in Region Midtjylland, Denmark

Galten is a former railway town in central Denmark, at the Aarhus-Hammel-Thorsø railroad which was closed in 1956. The town is located in Skanderborg Municipality, Region Midtjylland, Jutland – about 17 kilometres (11 miles) – west of Aarhus and is now more or less a satellite town of Aarhus. Today, Galten has almost fused with the neighbouring eastern town of Skovby into an urban area with a population of 9,177 (1 January 2023).[1]

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To the west of the town of Galten, there are beautiful landscapes. The scenery between Galten and the nearby lakeside town of Ry is characterised by the gently rolling hilly landscape, that is so characteristic of eastern Jutland.

Galten is home to the STARCO Europe A/S, a global group for specialty tire and wheel engineering and manufacturing, and furniture maker Skovby Møbelfabrik.[3]

In 2022, Galten became twin city with the German city Würzburg located in Franconia. A small wine shop exists in Galten selling only Franconian wines.[4]

There is a movement to have a stop in Galten on the new Aarhus-Silkeborg railway line.[5]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. [2]
    BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  3. [3]
    "Skovby Møbler". www.skovby.dk. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  4. [4]
    "Facts om tyske vine fra A-Z".
  5. [5]
    "Ny jernbane: 1500 borgere kræver station i Galten". Jyllands-Posten.


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