Settlement Type: | Town |
Bramming | |
Pushpin Map: | Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Denmark |
Coordinates: | 55.4649°N 8.7068°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Denmark |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Esbjerg Municipality |
Area Urban Km2: | 5.4 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Urban: | 7267 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Gender [1] |
Population Blank1: | 3551 males and 3716 females |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | DK-6740 Bramming |
Bramming is a railway town in Esbjerg Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located at the Lunderskov-Esbjerg railway line and has a population of 7,267 (1 January 2024).[2]
Bramming is served by Bramming railway station which is located on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line, and is also the northern terminus of the Bramming–Tønder railway line.[3] [4]
Bramming was the municipal seat of the former Bramming Municipality until 1 January 2007.
There are two churches located in the Bramming area. Skt. Ansgar Church, consecrated in 1915, is located in the railway town, and the medieval Skt. Knud Church is located on the northern outskirts of the town. This church served the neighboring manor Bramming Hovedgård, now Southwest Jutland's Boarding School.
Bramming Egnsmuseum, located by the water tower, is a museum where changing exhibitions on cultural history, art and crafts are displayed. In 2007, the so-called Historium opened, which is a 5.5 m high glass display case of almost 100 m3. Here, both the Bramming region's and Southwest Jutland's cultural history and features of Danish cultural history as a whole are exhibited.