Guldborgsund, Region Zealand, Denmark

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🇩🇰 Guldborgsund is a municipality in Region Sjælland in Denmark, created in 2007 from six former municipalities on the two islands Lolland in the west and Falster in the east bordering the Guldborgsund strait. Its neighbouring municipalities are Lolland to the west and Vordingborg to the north. Its administrative seat is in the town of Nykøbing Falster. It is navigable for craft of up to 6 metres draught in its northern part and is used for commercial traffic to Nykøbing Falster. The southern part is much shallower with a minimum depth of approximately 2 metres, and can only be used by yachts and other small craft.

Guldborgsund is crossed by two bascule bridges, Frederick IX Bridge at Nykøbing and Guldborgsund Bridge at Guldborg, at the northern end of the strait. There is also a modern tunnel carrying euro route E47 from Copenhagen.

Nykøbing Falster, Guldborg and Sundby have all have marinas in Guldborgsund. Furthermore, the open-air museum Middle Ages Centre has got a museum harbour which was dug out in the mid 1990s. This is the starting point for sailing with reconstructed medieval ships such as Gedesbyskibet.

Guldborgsund was the location of the 2005 KFUM-Spejderne i Danmark National Jamboree.

Battleship Guldborgsund is also the name of a minesweeper that served in the Royal Danish Navy from 1956 to 1993. It was built by Stephens Brothers Inc. in Stockton, United States, and launched March 14, 1956. Two 900 hp (670 kW) General Motors diesel engines powered it to a max speed of 13.5 knots (25 km/h). With 375 tons of displacement, it had a range of 3,600 nautical miles (6,670 km) at 7 knots (13 km/h). It was crewed by 33-37 men, including four officers, during its service. It was decommissioned on May 4, 1993.

History On Monday January 1, 2007 Guldborgsund municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), consisting of the six (6) former municipalities of Nykøbing Falster (located partly on the island of Falster and partly on Lolland (its Sundby section)), Nørre Alslev (Falster), Stubbekøbing (Falster), and Sydfalster (Falster) and two of the six former municipalities located on the island of Lolland: Sakskøbing and Nysted.

Economy The largest company headquartered in the municipality is Codan Medical in Nysted, although its activities are actually concentrated in Rødbyhavn in neighbouring Lolland Municipality.

Economy: Tourist Industry Among the largest tourist attraction in the municipality is Middelaldercentret just outside Nykøbing Falster, which is an open-air museum built as a medieval town with houses and weaponry from around 1400. In Nysted is Aalholm, which is a privately owned castle. Fuglsang Art Museum holds a notable collection of Danish art from the end of the 18th century until today. In Marielyst on eastern Falster is a large summer house area and long sandy beaches.

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Guldborgsund has a population of over 61,220 people. Guldborgsund also forms one of the centres of the wider Zealand Region which has a population of over 839,619 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Guldborgsund has links with:

🇩🇪 Eutin, Germany 🇫🇮 Iisalmi, Finland 🇱🇻 Liepāja, Latvia 🇩🇪 Rostock, Germany
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