Editing Hammel

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{{Infobox settlement
|name= Hammel
|settlement_type= Town
|image_skyline= Hammel - Stationsbygningen2.JPG|image_caption= The building of the former railway station
|pushpin_map= Denmark#Denmark Central Denmark Region
|pushpin_map_caption= Location in Denmark
|coordinates= {{coord|56|15|24|N|9|51|42|E|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type= Country
|subdivision_name= [[Denmark]]
|subdivision_type1= Region
|subdivision_name1= [[Central Denmark Region|Region Midtjylland]]
|subdivision_type2= Municipality
|subdivision_name2= [[Favrskov Municipality]]
|area_urban_km2= 5.22
|population_as_of= 2024
|population_footnotes= <ref name="BY3"/>
|population_urban= 7215
|population_density_urban_km2= auto
|population_blank1_title= Gender <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
|population_blank1= 3508 males and 3707 females
|timezone1= [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset1= +1
|timezone1_DST= [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset1_DST= +2
|postal_code_type= Postal code
|postal_code= DK-8450 Hammel
}}'''Hammel''' is a town in central [[Denmark]] with a population of 7,215 (1 January 2024),<ref name="BY3">[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> and a former [[railway town]] at the [[Aarhus]]-Hammel-[[Thorsø, Denmark|Thorsø]] railroad which was closed in 1956. The town is located in [[Favrskov municipality]] in [[Jutland]]. Until 1 January 2007 it was also the site of the municipal council of the now former [[Hammel Municipality]].

== History ==
Hammel first saw significant settlement in the 13th century.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Larsen|first=Christian|date=1 November 2019|title=Hammels Historie|url=https://trap.lex.dk/Hammels_historie|access-date=12 March 2024|website=Trap Danmark|language=da}}</ref> The town was recorded as "Hamel" in 1479 and "Hammell" in 1596. The etymology of the town's name is believed to derive from the [[old Danish]] term "hamal", meaning "hill".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Stelzner|first=Knud|date=24 May 2017|title=Hammel|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Hammel|access-date=12 March 2024|website=[[Den Store Danske]]|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=1 November 2019|title=Hammel|url=https://trap.lex.dk/Hammel|access-date=12 March 2024|website=Trap Danmark|language=da}}</ref>

Hammel was not significantly larger than the other settlements in the area until the 1860s. In the first half of the 19th century, the village had about 11 farms and 40 houses which belonged to the count of [[Frijsenborg]].<ref name=":0" /> Its expansion was the result of several initiatives taken by the count, who sought to transform the village into a market-town.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_3443-3496.pdf|title=Danmarks Kirker|year=1990–1991|edition=16th|volume=7|pages=3443–3496|language=da|chapter=Hammel Kirke: Gjern Herrred}}</ref> Through his influence, the local court building for the judicial district of Frijsenborg-Favrskov was established in the town in 1837. By 1900, a prison, pharmacy, hotel, post office, technical school, primary school, hospital school and industrial factories had opened in the town.<ref name=":0" />

By 1902, the town had a population of over 1,200. That year, Hammel station was designed by architect [[Heinrich Wenck]] and opened as the terminus of the Hammel-Aarhus Railway.<ref name=":0" /> The rail line was extended in 1914 to Thorsø, though the number of passengers traveling from Thorsø to Hammel was never profitable.<ref name=":1" /> Nevertheless, the railway connection in Hammel turned it into a [[railway town]], and its population expanded.<ref name=":0" /> By 1916 Hammel had a population of 1,513, and by 1955 had 2,282.<ref>Folketællingen 1916, p. 69.</ref><ref>Folketællingen 1955, p. 14.</ref> The entire railway line closed in 1956 and parts have since been preserved as a walking path.<ref name=":0" /> Wenck's original station building still stands at Torvegade 9.
[[File:HammelØstergade.jpg|thumb|Østergade, 2016.]]
For much of its history, Hammel was a [[Parish (Denmark)|parish]] within the jurisdiction of Gjern [[Hundred (county division)|Herred]]. Following the [[1970 Danish Municipal Reform]] the town beceame the seat of [[Hammel Municipality]]. The municipality was dissolved in the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal reform of 2007|municipal reform of 2007]], and today Hammel lies with [[Favrskov Municipality]].<ref name=":0" />

== Religion ==
[[File:Hammel Kirke1.JPG|thumb|Hammel Church, 2009.]]
Hammel Church was originally constructed in the [[Romanesque architecture|romanesque]] style c. 1100. Its [[nave]] and part of the [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] date to the 12th century, while the tower was added in the 17th and altered in the 19th century.<ref name=":2" /> In 1558, the king ordered that the nearby Jernit Church be demolished and its possessions be transferred to Hammel, thus expanding the size of Hammel's [[Parish (Denmark)|parish]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_3497-3498_01.pdf|title=Danmarks Kirker|year=1990–1991|edition=16th|volume=7|pages=3497–3498|language=da|chapter=Jernit Kirke: Hammel Sogn}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Today, the church is considered a [[road church]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vejkirker of Andre Åbne Kirker|url=http://www.kirkefondet.dk/fileadmin/filer/Billeder/Vejkirke/vejk_jyl11_web.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215551/http://www.kirkefondet.dk/fileadmin/filer/Billeder/Vejkirke/vejk_jyl11_web.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|website=Kirkefondet|language=da}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* Dr. Timen Stiddem (born 1610 in Hammel), a prominent citizen and doctor in [[Wilmington, Delaware]], arrived in [[New Sweden]] in 1654 and is recorded as the first physician in Delaware
* [[Johan Bartholdy]] (1853 in Hammel–1904), an organist, composer, singing teacher, conductor and author
* [[Chris Anker Sørensen]] (born 1984 in Hammel–2021), a Danish professional road bicycle racer
* [[Gitte Sunesen]] (born 1971 in Hammel), a former handball player and gold medallist at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]

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