Bornholms Amt is a former
countyA county is a land area of local government within a country. A county may have cities and towns within its area. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count .Counts are called earls in post-Celtic Britain, Ireland and France—the term is from Old...
(Danish,
amt"Amt" is a type of administrative division of some northern European countries. It is generally larger than a municipality, and the term is thus roughly equivalent to a U.S. "township".-The Amt in Germany:...
) in easternmost
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.
The county was established in 1662, replacing the former Hammershus Len. It was the only county unchanged by the administrative reforms of 1793 and 1970 consequently occupying the same territory from 1662 until 2002. Before the reform in 1970 there were 22 municipalities on the island, of which 6 market city municipalities (da:
købstadskommuner) and 16 parish municipalities (da:
sognekommuner).
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Bornholms Amt is a former
countyA county is a land area of local government within a country. A county may have cities and towns within its area. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count .Counts are called earls in post-Celtic Britain, Ireland and France—the term is from Old...
(Danish,
amt"Amt" is a type of administrative division of some northern European countries. It is generally larger than a municipality, and the term is thus roughly equivalent to a U.S. "township".-The Amt in Germany:...
) in easternmost
DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
.
Short history
The county was established in 1662, replacing the former Hammershus Len. It was the only county unchanged by the administrative reforms of 1793 and 1970 consequently occupying the same territory from 1662 until 2002. Before the reform in 1970 there were 22 municipalities on the island, of which 6 market city municipalities (da:
købstadskommuner) and 16 parish municipalities (da:
sognekommuner). The 6 market city municipalities were supervised by the county, differing from the situation in the rest of
DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
where the market city municipalities were supervised by the Interior ministry. This distinction ended in 1970, and since then only the term
kommune (municipality) is used. In 2003, the County and the island's five municipalities merged forming the new
Bornholm Regional MunicipalityBornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming...
(
Bornholms Regionskommune). It is supervised by the State Administration of Greater Copenhagen (da:
Statsforvaltningen Hovedstaden).
List and map of former hundredA hundred is a geographic division formerly used in England, Wales, Denmark, South Australia, some parts of the United States, Germany , Sweden, Finland and Norway, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions...
s (herreder )and municipalities
- Nørre;Sønder;Vester;Øster
List of municipalities (1970-2002)
- Aakirkeby municipality
Aakirkeby or Åkirkeby is a town in Denmark with a population of 2,093 , Aakirkeby is the third largest town on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It was the main town of the now abolished Aakirkeby Municipality....
- Allinge-Gudhjem municipality
Allinge-Gudhjem is a former municipality in Denmark, on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.The municipality covered an area of 154 km², and had a total population of 7,658....
- Hasle municipality
Hasle is a town with a population of 1,755 and a former municipality located on the west coast of the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.The municipality covered an area of 115 km², and had a total population of 6,382....
- Nexø municipality
Nexø is a town in Bornholm Municipality, Denmark, on the east coast of the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea with a population of 3,769 . Nexø is the second largest town on the island and was the site of the municipal council of Nexø Municipality.The municipality covered an area of 104 km²,...
- Rønne municipality
Rønne is a town with a population of 14,031 and a former municipality in Denmark on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. Rønne is the largest town and the municipal seat on the island....
This article is based on the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia accessed on March 24 2006.