Hashøj Municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Hashøj Municipality was a municipality (Danish: kommune) in the former West Zealand County, on southwest Zealand, in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 130.75 km2, and had a total population of 6,681 (2006). Its last mayor was Troels Christensen, a member of the Venstre party.

Hashøj Municipality

Hashøj Kommune
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Country Denmark
County West Zealand
EstablishedApril 1, 1970
DissolvedDecember 31, 2006
SeatDalmose
Government
 • Last mayorTroels Christensen (V)
Area
 • Total130.75 km2 (50.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total6,681
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC2 (CEST)
Municipal code311

Hashøj Municipality bordered Skælskør Municipality to the south, Korsør Municipality to the west, Slagelse Municipality to the north, Sorø Municipality to the northeast and Fuglebjerg Municipality to the east.

The municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen 2007 (the Municipality Reform of 2007). It was merged with Slagelse, Korsør and Skælskør municipalities to form a new Slagelse municipality. The new municipality belongs to Region Zealand.

History

In the Middle Ages, when Denmark was divided into hundreds, the area of Hashøj Municipality were under Vester Flakkebjerg Hundred and Slagelse Hundred. Vester Flakkebjerg Hundred was under Sorø County when it was established in 1662, while Slagelse Hundred came under Korsør County. Sorø County was merged with Ringsted County in 1748. It was merged again in 1798, this time with Korsør County and Antvorskov County. This county lasted until the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform where it merged with Holbæk County to create West Zealand County (Danish: Vestsjællands Amt). After the 2007 municipal reform this changed to Region Zealand.

From 1842, where parish municipalities were created, and until 1966 the area of Hashøj Municipality consisted of seven parish municipalities. They were merged in 1966 to form Hashøj Parish Municipality which would turn into Hashøj Municipality in 1970.

In the Municipality Reform of 2007 Hashøj Municipality was merged with Skælskør, Slagelse and Korsør Municipality to form a new Slagelse Municipality.[2]

Historical divisions
Historical municipal divisions of Hashøj Municipality
2007 1970 1966 1842 Towns
Slagelse Mun. Hashøj Mun. Hashøj Parish Mun. Sørbymagle-Kirkerup Parish Mun. Sørbymagle
Slots Bjergby-Sludstrup Parish Mun. Slots Bjergby
Lundforlund-Gerlev Parish Mun. Gerlev
Skørpinge-Fårdrup Parish Mun. Skørpinge
Høve-Flakkebjerg Parish Mun. Flakkebjerg
Gimlinge Parish Mun. Dalmose
Hyllested Parish Mun. Hyllested
Slagelse Mun.
Skælskør Mun.
Korsør Mun.

Mayors

Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Hashøj Municipality were:[3]

# Mayor Party Term
1Carl A. Christiansen  Venstre1970-1978
2Frede Pedersen  Venstre1978-1991
3Poul Jeppesen  Venstre1991-1994
4Niels O. Pedersen  Social Democrats1994-2002
5Troels Christensen  Venstre2002-2007

Towns
Dalmose Station

The main town of the municipality was Dalmose, with Sørbymagle being of approximately the same size. Each town housed around 15% of the municipality's population. Over half of the population lived in rural areas and small villages. The remaining population lived in Slots Bjergby and Flakkebjerg. Notable smaller villages in the municipality include Lundforlund, Gerlev, Skørpinge and Hyllested.

Dalmose was located in the southern part of the municipality, while Sørbymagle was located in the northeastern part of the municipality. A train station was located in Dalmose until between 1892 and 1971.[4]

Below are the populations from 2006 of the four larger settlements of the municipality.[5]

Sørbymagle1,029
Dalmose946
Slots Bjergby555
Flakkebjerg387

Politics

Municipal council

Below are the municipal council elected from 1989 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved.

Election Party Total
seats		 Elected
mayor
A B C F V ...
1989 6 1 1 1 6 15 Frede Pedersen (V)
1993 7 1 1 6 Niels O. Pedersen (A)
1997 7 1 1 6
2001 6 1 1 4 3 Troels Christensen (V)
Data from Statistikbanken.dk

Parishes
Lundforlund Church
Slots Bjergby Church

The municipality consisted of twelve parishes and twelve churches.

Symbols

The coat of arms of Hashøj Municipality depicted a horse. A diagonal line ran through the coat of arms, with the colors reversing on either side. On the upper half the horse was red and the background was grey. On the lower half this was reversed, with the horse being grey and the background red. An alternate version of the coat of arms featured white colour instead of grey.

References
  1. Statistikbanken.dk "BEF1A: Folketal 1. januar efter kommune, køn, alder og civilstand (AFSLUTTET)" Retrieved 9 October 2020
  2. Denstoredanske.lex.dk "Slagelse Kommune" Retrieved 10 October 2020
  3. Danskekommuner.dk "Hashøj Kommune" Retrieved 10 October 2020
  4. Danskejernbaner.dk "Dalmose Station (Da)" Retrieved 10 October 2020
  5. Statistikbanken.dk "BEF44: Folketal 1. januar efter byområder, landdistrikter (AFSLUTTET)" Retrieved 10 October 2020

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