Løgumkloster

Løgumkloster

Løgumkloster

Danish town

Løgumkloster (German: Lügumkloster; both mean 'Løgum monastery'), is a town in Tønder Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark with a population of 3,419 (1 January 2023).[1] Its name testifies that the town was once the site of the Cistercian Løgum Abbey, in the then Roman Catholic diocese of Ribe.

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Løgumkloster was the municipal seat of the now abolished Løgumkloster Municipality.


Notable people

  • Hans Nicolajsen (1803 in Løgumkloster – 1856 in Jerusalem) a Danish missionary to Palestine for the London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews
  • Andreas Riis (1804 in Løgumkloster – 1854 in Naksby) a Danish missionary to the Gold Coast for the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society

References

  1. [1]
    BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
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    BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark


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