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Slagelse Municipality Slagelse Kommune
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Denmark
County	West Zealand
Established	April 1, 1970
Dissolved	December 31, 2006
Seat	Slagelse
Government
• Last mayor	Lis Tribler (A)
Area
• Total	192.00 km (74.13 sq mi)
Population
• Total	37,141
• Density	190/km (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC2 (CEST)
Municipal code	333

Until January 1, 2007 Slagelse Municipality was a municipality (Danish: kommune) in the former West Zealand County, on the southwestern coast of the island of Zealand, in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 192.00 km, and had a total population of 37,141 (2006). Its last mayor was Lis Tribler, a member of the Social Democrats.

Slagelse Municipality bordered Korsør Municipality and Hashøj Municipality to the south and Sorø Municipality to the east. To the north, the municipality bordered Dianalund Municipality, Høng Municipality and Gørlev Municipality. To the west it bordered the Great Belt.

The municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen 2007 (the Municipality Reform of 2007). It was merged with Hashøj, Korsør and Skælskør municipalities to form a new Slagelse municipality. The new municipality belongs to Region Zealand.

History

Slagelse has existed since the 1000s, and coins have been minted there since Cnut the Great's time. It was granted the status of market town by Eric V in 1288. Slagelse was an important location even before becoming a market town, with the ring castle of Trelleborg located next to the town. Slagelse's economy was mainly based on artisanry and tobacco.

In the Middle Ages, when Denmark was divided into hundreds, the area of Slagelse Municipality was under Slagelse Hundred. Slagelse Hundred came under Korsør County when it was established in 1662. It merged with Sorø County and Antvorskov County in 1798 to form a new Sorø County. This county lasted until the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform where it merged with Holbæk County to create West Zealand County (Danish: Vestsjællands Amt). After the 2007 municipal reform this changed to Region Zealand.

From 1842, where parish municipalities were created, and until 1966 the area of Slagelse Municipality consisted of nine parish municipalities. Four of them were merged in 1966 to form Vestermose Parish Municipality. From 1875 and until 1970 the market town of Slagelse was a market town municipality. The parish municipalities and the market town municipality were merged in the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform to form Slagelse Municipality.

In the Municipality Reform of 2007 Slagelse Municipality was merged with Skælskør, Hashøj and Korsør Municipality to form a new Slagelse Municipality.

Historical divisions

1. Also part of today's Sorø Municipality.

Mayors

Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Slagelse Municipality were:

Towns

The largest town in the municipality was by far Slagelse. Approximately 85% of the municipality's population lived in Slagelse. Of the remaining population, approximately 10% lived in rural areas. The last 5% lived in the towns of Havrebjerg and Kirke Stillinge. Notable smaller villages in the municipality included Stillinge Strand and Kongsmark Strand.

Slagelse was located in the southern part of the municipality. The local museum, Slagelse Museum, was established in 1978. The museum has a focus on trade, artisanry and local history. Slagelse Station was built in 1892.

Below are the populations from 2006 of the three larger settlements of the municipality.

Politics

Municipal council

Below are the municipal council elected from the municipality's creation in 1970 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved.

Parishes

The municipality consisted of thirteen parishes and fourteen churches.

• Antvorskov Parish (Antvorskov Church)
• Gudum Parish (Gudum Church)
• Havrebjerg Parish (Havrebjerg Church)
• Hejninge Parish (Hejninge Church)
• Kindertofte Parish (Kindertofte Church)
• Nordrupvester Parish (Nordrupvester Church)
• Nørrevang Parish (Nørrevang Church)
• Ottestrup Parish (Ottestrup Church)
• Saint Michael's Parish (Saint Peter's Church)
• Saint Peter's Parish (Saint Peter's Church, Holy Spirit Church)
• Sorterup Parish (Sorterup Church)
• Kirke Stillinge Parish (Stillinge Church)
• Sønderup Parish (Sønderup Church)

Symbols

The coat of arms of Slagelse Municipality was the same as that of the town of Slagelse. It features the town's patron Saint Michael with the dragon, which is coloured green. He holds a white shield with a red cross. He is wearing a blue robe and white spear. His wings are white, as are the two towers on either side of him. The two towers represent the two churches in the town. The background is red.

References

1. Statistikbanken.dk "BEF1A: Folketal 1. januar efter kommune, køn, alder og civilstand (AFSLUTTET)" Retrieved 10 October 2020
2. Ddb.byhistorie.dk "Slagelse" Retrieved 10 October 2020
3. Denstoredanske.lex.dk "Slagelse Kommune" Retrieved 10 October 2020
4. Danskekommuner.dk "Hashøj Kommune" Retrieved 10 October 2020
5. Vestmuseum.dk "Handel og håndværk" Retrieved 11 October 2020
6. Danskejernbaner.dk "Slagelse Station (Sg)" Retrieved 11 October 2020
7. Statistikbanken.dk "BEF44: Folketal 1. januar efter byområder, landdistrikter (AFSLUTTET)" Retrieved 11 October 2020

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South Jutland County	Augustenborg Bov Bredebro Broager Christiansfeld Gram Gråsten Haderslev Højer Lundtoft Løgumkloster Nordborg Nørre Rangstrup Rødding Rødekro Skærbæk Sundeved Sydals Sønderborg Tinglev Tønder Vojens Aabenraa
Vejle County	Brædstrup Børkop Egtved Gedved Give Hedensted Horsens Jelling Juelsminde Kolding Lunderskov Nørre-Snede Tørring-Uldum Vamdrup Vejle
West Zealand County	Bjergsted Dianalund Dragsholm Fuglebjerg Gørlev Hashøj Haslev Holbæk Hvidebæk Høng Jernløse Kalundborg Korsør Nykøbing-Rørvig Skælskør Slagelse Sorø Stenlille Svinninge Tornved Trundholm Tølløse
Viborg County	Bjerringbro Fjends Hanstholm Hvorslev Karup Kjellerup Møldrup Sallingsund Skive Spøttrup Sundsøre Sydthy Thisted Tjele Viborg Aalestrup
Aarhus County	Ebeltoft Galten Gjern Grenaa Hadsten Hammel Hinnerup Hørning Langå Mariager Midtdjurs Nørhald Nørre Djurs Purhus Randers Rosenholm Rougsø Ry Rønde Silkeborg Skanderborg Sønderhald Them Fjends

v t e Slagelse Municipality
Populated places	Bisserup Boeslunde Dalmose Flakkebjerg Forlev-Vemmelev Frølunde Fed Havrebjerg Kirke Stillinge Kirkerup Kongsmark Strand Korsør Rude Skælskør Slagelse Slots Bjergby Stillinge Strand Svenstrup Sørbymagle
Churches	Saint Peter's Church Churches|(list)
Castles and manor houses	Basnæs Borreby Charlottendal Espe Falkensteen Gerdrup Gyldenholm Holsteinborg Idagaard Snedinge Store Frederikslund Tårnborg Tårnholm Valbygård
Other landmarks	Antvorskov Doctor's House, Skælskør Skælskør Steam Mill Trelleborg Listed buildings
Education	Absalon EASJ SDU UNF|Heritage listed buildings (list)
Transport	Great Belt Fixed Link West Line Tølløse Line Korsør railway station Slagelse railway station
Geography and nature	Agersø Glænø Great Belt Omø Sprogø
Sports	FC Vestsjælland Slagelse B&I Slagelse FH Slagelse Stadium
Media	Sjællandske Medier
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• Former municipalities of Denmark
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