Birkelse

Birkelse
Village
The former Birkelse Station
Birkelse Location in the North Jutland Region
Coordinates: 57°8′59″N 9°41′2″E
Country	Denmark
Region	North Jutland
Municipality	Jammerbugt
Population  (2024)[1]	643
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Birkelse is a village in North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Jammerbugt Municipality. The town has nearly grown together with the nearby village of Ryå.

History

A train station was located in Birkelse between 1897 and 1969. It was a stop on the Fjerritslev-Nørresundby railroad.^[2]

In 2017, the remains of a World War II Messerschmitt fighter plane were found in a field in Birkelse.^[3]

External links

• Media related to Birkelse at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. BY3: Population 1st January by urban and rural areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark, retrieved 16 October 2020
2. Danskejernbaner.dk "Birkelse Station" Retrieved 16 October 2020
3. Vonberg, Judith (8 March 2017). "Boy finds WWII plane with pilot's remains in cockpit". CNN. Retrieved 10 March 2017.