Sakskøbing

Sakskøbing (Danish pronunciation: [ˈsɑksˌkʰøˀpe̝ŋ]), previously spelled Sakskjøbing, is a town with a population of 4,590 (1 January 2023).[1][3] Until 1 January 2007 it was the seat of the former Sakskøbing Municipality (Danish, kommune) in Guldborgsund Municipality in Region Sjælland on the northeast coast of the island of Lolland in south Denmark.

Sakskøbing
Town
The water tower in Sakskøbing
The water tower in Sakskøbing
Coat of arms of Sakskøbing
Coat of arms
Sakskøbing is located in Lolland
Sakskøbing
Sakskøbing
Location on Lolland
Sakskøbing is located in Denmark Region Zealand
Sakskøbing
Sakskøbing
Sakskøbing (Denmark Region Zealand)
Sakskøbing is located in Denmark
Sakskøbing
Sakskøbing
Sakskøbing (Denmark)
Coordinates: 54°48′N 11°38′E
CountryDenmark
RegionRegion Sjælland
MunicipalityLolland Municipality
Area
 • Urban
3.51 km2 (1.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Urban
4,590
 • Urban density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
 • Gender [2]
2,267 males and 2,323 females
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
DK-4990 Sakskøbing

The water tower in Sakskøbing, nicknamed "Saxine" or "the smiling water tower", is a 33 meter tall water tower and a landmark for the town. The tower was built in 1908 by Christiani & Nielsen, but did not receive its smile until 1982, when the architect Flemming Skude decorated it.[4]

Sakskøbing Church
Sakskøbing Church

Sakskøbing Church is a late Romanesque brick building with a late Gothic tower. It was built around the year 1200; in the following centuries, the original church was extended with a nave and tower. The present spire, which is 48 metres high, was built in 1852.

Sakskøbing Municipality

The former Sakskøbing Municipality, including the small island of Vigsø, covered an area of 176 km², and had a total population of 9,299 (2005). Its last mayor was Kaj Petersen a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. To the north is Tår's Cove (Tårs Vig) and beyond that Rågø Strait (Rågø Sund), the waterway which separates Lolland from Zealand. A finger of Rågø Strait cuts into the former municipality forming Sakskøbing Fjord and then Sakskøbing River (Sakskøbing å) which meanders through the former municipality, as well as through Nykøbing Falster and Nysted until it terminates near the town of Bregninge.

On 1 January 2007 Sakskøbing Municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Nykøbing Falster, Nysted, Nørre Alslev, Stubbekøbing, and Sydfalster municipalities to form the new Guldborgsund Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 907 km² and a total population of 63,533 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Sjælland (Region Zealand).

Notable people
René Holten Poulsen, 2016
  • Christopher II of Denmark (1276–1332), King of Denmark 1320 to 1326 and 1329 to 1332. He was given a simple house at Sakskøbing shortly before his death.
  • Peter Ilsted (1861–1933), a Danish artist and printmaker of domestic interior scenes
  • Jon Iversen (1889–1964), a Danish stage and film actor and film director[5]
  • Philip R. Rosendahl (1893–1974), journalist and acting governor of North Greenland 1925 to 1928 and Governor 1929 to 1939
  • Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945), a Danish politician. He was Tax Minister 2001 to 2004.
  • Troels Gustavsen (born 1988), a Danish singer/songwriter

Sport

References
  1. BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  3. Blangstrup, Christian, ed. (1926). Salmonsens konversationsleksikon: Vol XX (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. pp. 816–817. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. Saxine VisitLollandFalster
  5. IMDb Database retrieved 12 June 2020
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Sakskøbing.
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