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Aastrup is a little village in eastern Falster, Denmark, located 6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of Stubbekøbing.[1] Aastrup Church, built in the Romanesque style, has frescos from the 13th and 15th century.[2]

Aastrup
Village
Aastrup Church
Aastrup Location on Falster
Coordinates: 54°50′57″N 12°05′08″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Zealand (Sjælland)
Municipality	Guldborgsund
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The first documented reference to the village dates from 1419 when it was called Østrup.[3]

From 1908 to 1965, the Stubbekøbing–Nykøbing railway (Stubbekøbingbanen) went through Aastrup, 4.2 km from Stubbekøbing, where there was a station with a ticket office and a siding.[4][5]

References

External links

• Stations on the Stubbekøbing–Nykøbing Railway with photographs of Aastrup, c. 1950

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