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Ølsted, Halsnæs Municipality

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Ølsted is a small village in Denmark located at 55°55′19″N 12°04′15″E / 55.92194°N 12.07083°E / 55.92194; 12.07083, north-west of Copenhagen. As of january 1st, 2004, the town has approximately 2775 inhabitants, but growing at a fast rate. It belongs to the municipality Frederiksværk.

History

The town is very old, and the oldest building in the town is the church, which is dated to be from approximately year 1100.

The name Ølsted means "Beerplace" and is believed to be the original meaning of the word. The town is located at the border of the wetlands just south of Arresø lake, where there has probably been a lot of traffic historically.

King Frederik IV of Denmark restructured his army in 1715-1718 in order to obtain a large but not too expensive army, because of the great nordic war which occured in 1700-1720. He designated 12 regions to provide cavalry, and one of them was Frederiksborg. Being a pietist, he also ordered each of these regions to build 20 schools each in very high quality for the education of the children in the regions, providing the first public schools in Denmark. This decision was made march 28th, 1721, and all schools were finished in 1727. One of these schools were built in Ølsted, and today this building is being used as an office for the local church. More information here.

Features

Because of the age of Ølsted and the remote distance to bigger cities, it features a lot of things, amongst others:

  • A church from approximately 1100
  • A supermarket named SuperBrugsen from 1907
  • Ølsted Kro, a small combined restaurant and hotel
  • A trainstation with connections to Hillerød
  • A gravel pit (now closed but publicly accessible)
  • A school
  • A library
  • Many sport clubs, companies, shops
  • Two kindergartens
  • View over Arresø lake and Roskilde fjord
  • A number of farms inside the core town

At the beach there are a large number of leisure houses which are also considered to belong to the city. About half of the population live in the beach area, and the other half in the core town.

More information

More information is available at the Ølsted homepage.