Sonderborg

Sonderborg is a Danish metropolis within the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the executive seat of Sonderborg Municipality. The metropolis has a population of 27,434 in a municipality of 75,264. Prior to the Second Schleswig War of 1864, Sonderborg became situated in the Duchy of Schleswig, a Danish fief, so its records is nicely included within the contentious history of Schleswig-Holstein.

In the 1920 Schleswig Plebiscite lower back Northern Schleswig to Denmark, 43.8% of the town of Sonderborg's inhabitants voted for the cession to Denmark and 56.2% voted for final a part of Germany. The city of Sonderborg is home to Sonderborg Castle, the Royal Danish Army's Sergeant School and Sandbjerg Estate. Sonderborg fortress is within the centre of the city, and homes a museum focusing at the history and lifestyle of the area. The museum is open all yr. Sandbjerg Estate, which had belonged for decades to the Dukes of Sonderborg, after which to the Reventlow family, was donated to Aarhus University in 1954. In addition Sonderborg has a fortress-like barracks constructed by way of the German military in 1906, located centrally by using Als Fjord, contrary Alsion.