Glamsbjerg | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Denmark |
Coordinates: | 55.2778°N 10.1053°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Denmark |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Assens Municipality |
Area Urban Km2: | 3.1 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Urban: | 3356 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Gender [1] |
Population Blank1: | 1653 males and 1703 females |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | DK-5620 Glamsbjerg |
Glamsbjerg is a town in central Denmark with a population of 3,356 (1 January 2024),[2] located in Assens municipality on the island of Funen in Region of Southern Denmark.
Glamsbjerg is a comparatively new town in Denmark. It came to be in 1884 when the Odense - Assens railroad was opened. Many of the houses in Glamsbjerg are from 1900.
Before Glamsbjerg was a "town" it was a village in Køng parish. It appears on the first page of the Køng churchbook (parish register) in 1687 at the baptism of Jeppe, son of Simon Ibsen of Glamsberg. The spelling "Glamsbjerg" first appears in 1694. In the 1801 census, the population of Glamsbjerg was 158 persons in 32 households.
Krengerup, a large Neoclassical manor house and estate, is located some 4km (02miles) to the north of Glamsbjerg.[3]