Præstø

Præstø (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpʰʁæstˌøˀ]) is a town with a population of 3,893 (1 January 2023)[1] in Vordingborg Municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland).

This article is about the town in Denmark. For the island in the Åland Islands, see Prästö, Åland.
Præstø
Præstø Church - seen from west
Præstø Church - seen from west
Official seal of Præstø
Seal
Coat of arms of Præstø
Coat of arms
Nickname: 
Gøngernes By
Præstø is located in Denmark
Præstø
Præstø
Location in Denmark
Præstø is located in Denmark Region Zealand
Præstø
Præstø
Præstø (Denmark Region Zealand)
Coordinates: 55°7′14″N 12°2′37″E
CountryDenmark
RegionZealand (sjælland)
MunicipalityVordingborg
Area
 • Urban
2.5 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Urban
3,893
 • Urban density1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
 • Municipal
45,441
 • Municipal density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Præstøer
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central Europe Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2
Postal codes
4720
Area code(+45) 9

The islands of Maderne, Storeholm, and Lilleholm are part of the Præstø Fjord wildlife reserves (Præstø Fjord Vildtreservat).

History

Præstø became crown property in 1353. In 1304, it was incorporated as a market town.

Præstø was the seat of the former Præstø municipality (Danish, kommune). As of January 1, 2007, Præstø municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Langebæk, Møn, and Vordingborg municipalities to form an enlarged Vordingborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 615 km2 (237 sq mi) and a total population of 46,307 (2005). The municipality belongs to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region").

The former Prøstø municipality covered an area of 107 km2 (41 sq mi), and had a total population of 7,608 (2005). Its last mayor was Ole Møller Madsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.

Education

Bosei Sports High School, a folk high school, is located in Præstø, in the former Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark campus.[2] The Tokai school was a Japanese boarding school.[3]

Zenvo

The supercar company Zenvo Automotive is headquartered here. They are known for making the Zenvo STI.

Notable people
Karl Gjellerup, 1890
  • N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872) a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. In 1821 he was granted the country living of Præstø and stayed a year.
  • Pauline Worm (1825–1883) a Danish writer, poet, schoolteacher and feminist, a private tutor in Præstø 1847–1851
  • Henry Johnson (1854 in Amendrup near Præstø – 1941) an American farmer, logger, businessman and politician, emigrated 1873.
  • Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857 in Roholte vicarage at Præstø – 1919) a Danish poet and novelist, shared the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917
  • Henrik Grønvold (1858 in Præstø – 1940) a Danish naturalist and artist, known for his illustrations of birds
  • Knud Olsen (1919 in Præstø – 2010) a builder and designer of boats, designed the OK Dinghy.
  • Poul Thomsen (1922 in Præstø – 1988) a Danish film actor [4]

See also
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Præstø.

References
  1. BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. "English." Bosei Sports High School. Retrieved on 1 March 2015.
  3. "Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark (Senior High Divisions)" (Archive). Tokai University. Retrieved on March 1, 2015. "Address: Evensoe lundvej5,4720 Praestoe, DANMARK"
  4. IMDb Database retrieved 14 June 2020
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