Bornholms Amt
Bornholms Amt's coat of arms.
Basic Facts
County seat	Rønne
Area	588 km²
Inhabitants	44,100 (2003)
Map

Bornholms Amt (English: Bornholm County) is a former county (Danish, amt) in easternmost Denmark. A county seat is an administrative center for a county. ... Rønne. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Denmark File links The following pages link to this file: Bornholm Categories: GFDL images ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ... An Amt (plural Ämter) is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundesländer (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. ...

Short history

The county was established in 1662, replacing the former Hammershus County. It was the only county unchanged by the administrative reforms of 1793 and 1970 consequently occupying the same territory between 1662 and 2002. In 2003, the County and the island's five municipalities merged forming the new Bornholm Regional Municipality (Bornholms Regionskommune). Events February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. ...

List of former hundreds (herreder )

• Nørre
• Sønder
• Vester
• Øster

A hundred is an administrative division, frequently used in Europe and New England, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ...

List of municipalites (1970-2002)

• Aakirkeby municipality
• Allinge-Gudhjem municipality
• Hasle municipality
• Nexø municipality
• Rønne municipality

This article is based on the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia accessed on March 24, 2006. Aakirkeby is a municipality in Denmark, on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. ... Allinge-Gudhjem is a municipality in Denmark, on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. ... Nexø. Town and former municipality in Denmark, on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. ... Rønne. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...