Alrø
Sign in to saveAlrø is a small Danish island in Horsens Fjord on the east coast of Jutland within Odder Municipality.The island is 7.52 km long with a coastline of 14 km, and stretches a little over 5 km wide from east to west. With a population of 140 as of January 2025, the island can be reached by road over an artificial causeway which connects it to the mainland on the northern side of the fjord. Alrø has been inhabited continuously since the Stone Age up to modern times, with possible additional usage during the Viking Age as a landing site.
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- Islands.name
- Alrø
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- Alroe Kirke.jpg
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- Alrø Church
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- Denmark
- Islands.location
- Horsens Fjord
- Islands.area_km2
- 7.5
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- Denmark
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- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Central Denmark Region
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- Municipality
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- Odder Municipality
- Islands.population
- 6969
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2010
- Islands.density_km2
- 21.3
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Alrø is a small Danish island in Horsens Fjord on the east coast of Jutland within Odder Municipality.The island is 7.52 km long with a coastline of 14 km, and stretches a little over 5 km wide from east to west. With a population of 140 as of January 2025, the island can be reached by road over an artificial causeway which connects it to the mainland on the northern side of the fjord. Alrø has been inhabited continuously since the Stone Age up to modern times, with possible additional usage during the Viking Age as a landing site.
==History== thumb|right|200px|Alrø from the south-west According to legend, chieftain King Hjarne of Hjarnø gave the island to his wife Queen Alrune, naming the island Alrø after her. The first historical reference to Alrø is in King Valdemar's land register Jordbog, under a single sentence “Alrø.House. Hare.” In later years, Alrø became a popular hare hunting site for the king. The population of Alrø consisted primarily of peasants under the jurisdiction of wealthy farmers until 1661, when King Frederik III gave the island and Endelave to Nields Banner, who was his Crown vassal. In 1700, Just Rosemeier from Westphalia gained ownership of Alrø through marriage, and allotted many farms to families on the island. In 1798, the peasants became freeholders of the land and began to farm, where they settled in three main sections of the island.