Gredstedbro Explained

Gredstedbro
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Denmark
Coordinates:55.3972°N 8.7444°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Denmark
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Southern Denmark
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Type3:Parish
Subdivision Name3:Jernved Parish
Area Urban Km2:0.8
Population As Of:2024
Population Urban:1063
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
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 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]

Notes and References

  1. https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density
  2. http://www.kongeaastien.dk/en/content/gredstedbro-church Gredstedbro Church
  3. http://www.kongeaastien.dk/en/content/gredstedbro-ship The Gredstedbro ship