Korsør Municipality

Until January 1, 2007 Korsør Municipality was a municipality (Danish: kommune) in the former West Zealand County, on the southwestern coast of the island of Zealand, in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 74.25 km2, and had a total population of 20,873 (2006). Its last mayor was Flemming Erichsen, a member of the Social Democrats.

Korsør Municipality

Korsør Kommune
Former municipality
Coat of arms
Country Denmark
County West Zealand
EstablishedApril 1, 1970
DissolvedDecember 31, 2006
SeatKorsør
Government
 • Last mayorFlemming Erichsen (A)
Area
 • Total74.25 km2 (28.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total20,873
 • Density280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC2 (CEST)
Municipal code325

Korsør Municipality bordered Skælskør Municipality to the south, Hashøj Municipality to the east and Slagelse Municipality to the north. It connected to Nyborg Municipality through the Great Belt ferries. To the west was the Great Belt (Storebælt), the strait that separates Zealand and the island of Funen peninsula.

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

History

Korsør was likely built in the 1100-1300s, and was granted the status of a market town (Danish: Købstad) in 1425 - possibly earlier. Korsør became a prominent transit town between Zealand, Funen and Langeland.[2]

In the Middle Ages, when Denmark was divided into hundreds, the area of Korsør Municipality was under Slagelse Hundred. Slagelse Hundred came under Korsør County when it was established in 1662. In 1798 Korsør County was merged with Sorø 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 1970 consisted of two parish municipalities. From 1875 it also consisted of Korsør Market Town Municipality.

In the Municipality Reform of 2007 Skælskør Municipality was merged with Hashøj, Slagelse and Korsør Municipality to form a new Slagelse Municipality.[3]

Historical divisions
Historical municipal divisions of Korsør Municipality
2007 1970 1875 1842 1425 Towns
Slagelse Mun.
Korsør Mun. Korsør Market Town Mun. Korsør Market Town Korsør
Tårnborg Parish Mun. Svenstrup
Frølunde Fed
Vemmelev-Hemmeshøj Parish Mun. Forlev-Vemmelev
Slagelse Mun.
Hashøj Mun.
Skælskør Mun.

Mayors

Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Korsør Municipality were:[4]

# Mayor Party Term
1Poul Hvidtved Larsen  Social Democrats1970-1978
2Povl Mortensen  Social Democrats1978-1991
3Flemming Erichsen  Social Democrats1991-2007

Towns
The city hall in Korsør

The largest town of the municipality was Korsør, where more than two thirds of the municipality's population lived. The remaining population lived in rural areas, as well as the two larger settlements of Forlev and Svenstrup. Notable villages in the municipality include Frølunde Fed.

Korsør was located in the western part of the municipality. Until the construction of the Great Belt Bridge Korsør was largely a transit town.

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

Korsør14,850
Forlev2,164
Svenstrup1,949

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 C F O V ...
1989 9 3 3 1 1 17 Povl Mortensen (A)
1993 9 3 2 3 Flemming Erichsen (A)
1997 8 2 1 1 3 2
2001 8 1 2 2 4
Data from Statistikbanken.dk

Parishes
Saint Paul's Church

The municipality consisted of five parishes and x churches.

Symbols

The coat of arms of Korsør is a blue cross on golden background.

References
  1. Statistikbanken.dk "BEF1A: Folketal 1. januar efter kommune, køn, alder og civilstand (AFSLUTTET)" Retrieved 8 October 2020
  2. Ddb.byhistorie.dk "Korsør" Retrieved 8 October 2020
  3. Denstoredanske.lex.dk "Slagelse Kommune" Retrieved 8 October 2020
  4. Danskekommuner.dk "Korsør Kommune" Retrieved 8 October 2020
  5. Statistikbanken.dk "BEF44: Folketal 1. januar efter byområder, landdistrikter (AFSLUTTET)" Retrieved 9 October 2020

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