Gredstedbro

Town in Southern Denmark, Denmark
55°23′50″N 8°44′40″E / 55.39722°N 8.74444°E / 55.39722; 8.74444CountryDenmarkRegionSouthern DenmarkMunicipalityEsbjerg MunicipalityParishJernved ParishArea
 • Urban
0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi)Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Urban
1,063 • Urban density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
DK-6771 Gredstedbro

Gredstedbro is a railway town, with a population of 1,063 (1 January 2024),[1] in Esbjerg Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located 9 km north of Ribe, 10 km south of Bramming and 20 km southeast of Esbjerg, just north of the Kongeå and just east of the Danish national road 11.

Gredstedbro Church

Gredstedbro Church was inaugurated in 1925 as an affiliated church in Jernved Parish. The parish church, Jernved Church, is located in the village of Jernved 3 km northeast of Gredstedbro.[2]

When the river Kongeå was straightened out by Gredstedbro in 1945, the digger came across three pieces of hard oak. At the time it was believed that it was the remains of an old bridge, but almost twenty years later it was discovered that it was the remains of a ship from the Iron Age, the so-called Gredstedbro ship (Danish: Gredstedbroskibet).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ Gredstedbro Church Kongeåstien
  3. ^ The Gredstedbro ship Kongeåstien
  • Media related to Gredstedbro at Wikimedia Commons
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