| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Rødekro | |
| Pushpin Map: | Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Denmark |
| Coordinates: | 55.0694°N 9.3328°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Denmark |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Aabenraa Municipality |
| Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name3: | Rise Parish |
| Area Urban Km2: | 5.2 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Urban: | 6193 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Gender [1] |
| Population Blank1: | 2962 males and 3231 females |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | DK-6230 Rødekro |
Rødekro (German: Rothenkrug) is a railway town, with a population of 6,193 (1 January 2024),[2] in Aabenraa Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. It is located 33 km north of the Denmark-Germany border, 37 km northeast of Tønder, 28 km southwest of Haderslev and 8 km northwest of Aabenraa.
Rødekro was the seat of the former Rødekro Municipality (Danish, kommune) until 1 January 2007.
The town is served by Rødekro station on the Fredericia–Padborg railway line.
Hotel Røde-Kro is a hotel and inn located in the centre of the town just north of the railway station. The hotels history dates back to 1649 and it was this Inn who named the town (Rødekro means Red Inn in Danish).[3] [4]
The former Rødekro municipality covered an area of 202 km2, and had a total population of 11,695 (2005). Its last mayor was Tove Larsen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.
The municipality was created in 1970 due to a Danish: kommunalreform ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing parishes:
On 1 January 2007 Rødekro municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bov, Lundtoft, Tinglev, and Aabenraa municipalities to form the new Aabenraa municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 951 km2 and a total population of 60,151 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark ("South Denmark Region").