Birkende

Birkende
Birkende Location in the Region of Southern Denmark
Coordinates: 55°23′00″N 10°35′00″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark (Syddanmark)
Municipality	Kerteminde
Elevation	26 ft (8 m)
Population  (2024)
• Total	672

Birkende is a town with a population of 672 (1 January 2024)^[1] located in the Kerteminde municipality, on the island of Funen in central Denmark.

Birkende's local football team is Birkende BK

Notable people

• Hans Tausen (1494 Birkende – 1561), the leading Lutheran theologian of the Danish Reformation. He served as the Bishop of Ribe. There is a monument to him in the town centre. ^[2]

References

1. BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
2. Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Tausen, Hans" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). p. 456.

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