Tinglev (German: Tingleff) is a town with a population of 2,731 (1 January 2022)[1] in Aabenraa Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. Tinglev is a base for German minority institutions in Southern Jutland, the minority Schleswig Party receiving 18.0% of the town's vote in the municipal elections of 2021.[2]
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Tinglev Church from around 1100. | |
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Coordinates: 54°56′11″N 9°15′30″E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Southern Denmark |
Municipality | Aabenraa Municipality |
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• Urban | 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Urban | 2,731 |
• Urban density | 890/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | DK-6360 Tinglev |
From 1866-1920 Tinglev was part of the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein, and formed a part of Imperial Germany. Notable figures born there include Hjalmar Schacht, a liberal economist who introduced a wide variety of schemes in Germany before and during The Third Reich in order to tackle the effects that the Great Depression had on that country, and was a key player in Nazi Germany's economic steps towards re-armament.
Until 1 January 2007 Tinglev was also a municipality (Danish: kommune) in the former South Jutland County. The municipality covered an area of 326 km2 (126 sq mi), and has a total population of 10,148 (2005). Its last mayor was Susanne Beier, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The municipality was created in 1970 due to a kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:
Tinglev municipality ceased to exist as the result of the Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bov, Lundtoft, Rødekro, and Aabenraa municipalities to form the new Aabenraa Municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 951 square kilometres (367 sq mi) and a total population of 60,151 (2005).
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