Aabenraa County. The entire province became part of South Jutland County in 1970.

Aabenraa County (Danish: Åbenrå Amt, former spelling: Aabenraa Amt) is a former province in Denmark, located on the east-central region of South Jutland. Aabenraa County was established in 1920 following the reunification of Denmark and South Jutland following the Schleswig Plebiscites. It was dissolved in 1970 when it merged with three other counties to form South Jutland County. Aabenraa County corresponded geographically to the former Prussian Kreis Apenrade combined with the larger part of Bov Parish and Frøslev municipality (Handewitt / Hanved Parish). Both were transferred from Kreis Flensburg with the establishment of the current Danish-German border. Aabenraa County and Sønderborg County merged in 1932, forming Aabenraa-Sønderborg County. Denmark is divided into 13 counties (amter), and 271 municipalities (kommuner): Copenhagen County comprise the municipalities in metropolitan Copenhagen, except Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg Municipality. ... Sønderjyllands Amt (English: South Jutland County) is a county in southern Denmark, on the peninsula of Jutland. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Schleswig Plebiscites were two plebiscites, organized according to section XII, articles 109 to 114 the Treaty of Versailles of June 28, 1919, in order to determine the future border between Denmark and Germany. ... Sønderjyllands Amt (English: South Jutland County) is a county (Danish, amt) on the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. ... Flag of Prussia (1894 - 1918) The Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire. ... Bov can refer to many things: Bov (mythology) - A king in Celtic mythology. ... Handewitt (Danish: Hanved) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... Flensburg (Danish: Flensborg, Low Saxon: Flensborg, North Frisian: Flansborj) is an independent town in the North of the German state Schleswig-Holstein. ...

1970 administrative reform

Aabenraa-Sønderborg County was dissolved in the 1970 administrative reform and the former Aabenraa County became seven new municipalities belonging to South Jutland County:

• Bov
• Gråsten
• Lundtoft
• Løgumkloster
• Rødekro
• Tinglev
• Aabenraa

Bov is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. ... GrÃ¥sten is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. ... Lundtoft is a municipality in south Denmark, in the county of South Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. ... Løgumkloster is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. ... Rødekro is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. ... Tinglev is a municipality in south Denmark, in the county of South Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. ... Åbenrå (pre-1948 spelling Aabenraa, German Apenrade), is a municipality in south Denmark, in the county of South Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. ...

List of former hundreds (herreder)

• Lundtoft Herred
• Rise Herred
• Sønder-Rangstrup Herred

A hundred is a geographic division used in England, Scandinavia, and some parts of the USA, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative units. ...

See also

• Aabenraa

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia, accessed 30 April 2007. Åbenrå (pre-1948 spelling Aabenraa, German Apenrade), is a municipality in south Denmark, in the county of South Jutland on the peninsula of Jutland. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...