Editing Nordborg

{{Short description|Town in Denmark}}
{{About|the town|the castle|Nordborg Castle|the biologist|Magnus Nordborg}}
{{Redirect|Norburg|the cargo ship|SS Norburg}}

{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = Town
| name = Nordborg
| image_skyline = Nordborg Slot.JPG
| image_caption = Nordborg Castle
| image_map =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
| pushpin_relief =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Denmark
| coordinates = {{coord|55|3|32|N|9|44|53|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[Denmark]]
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = [[Region of Southern Denmark|Southern Denmark]]
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sønderborg Municipality|Sønderborg]]
| area_urban_km2 = 5.24
| population_as_of = 2024
| population_footnotes = <ref name="BY3"/>
| population_urban = 5729
| 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 = 2856 males and 2873 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-6430 Nordborg
}}

'''Nordborg''' ({{langx|de|Norburg}}), is a town with a population of 5,729 (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> which was the seat of the former Nordborg municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'') in [[Sønderborg Municipality]], [[Region of Southern Denmark]] on the northwest half of the island of [[Als Island|Als]] off the east coast of the [[Jutland]] peninsula in south [[Denmark]].

Within the town is [[Nordborg Castle]], a historic castle whose premises are currently used as a boarding school.

The town has been greatly influenced by the presence of [[Danfoss]], a global producer of components for [[refrigeration]] and [[airconditioning]], [[heating]] and [[motion control]] applications, headquartered in the town and founded in 1933.

==Nordborg Municipality==
The former Nordborg Municipality covered an area of 125&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 13,956 (2005). Its last mayor was Jan Prokopek Jensen, a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] (Socialdemokraterne) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]].

The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipality Reform") that merged a number of existing parishes:
* Egen Parish
* Havnbjerg Parish
* Nordborg Parish
* Oksbøl Parish
* Svenstrup Parish

Over the years the presence of Danfoss has made the former Nordborg Municipality, the site of one of the largest industrial workplaces in Denmark. In later years, the municipality saw the rise of another major industrial company, ''Linak'', a global producer of electric [[linear actuator]] systems.

On 1 January 2007 Nordborg Municipality ceased to exist as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].  It was merged with [[Augustenborg Municipality|Augustenborg]], [[Broager Municipality|Broager]], [[Gråsten]], [[Sundeved]], [[Sydals]], and [[Sønderborg]] municipalities to form the new Sønderborg Municipality.  This created a municipality with an area of 499&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of 49,886 (2005).

== Notable people ==
[[File:Theodor Brorsen.grave2.Nordborg.jpg|140px|thumb|Grave of Theodor Brorsen in Nordborg cemetery]]
* [[Joachim Otto Voigt]] (1798 in Nordborg – 1843 in London) a Danish and German botanist and surgeon specializing in seed plants and [[pteridophytes]]
* [[Theodor Brorsen]] (1819 in Nordborg – 1895) a Danish astronomer, discovered five comets
* [[Hans Hartvig-Møller|Hans Hartvig Møller]] (1873 in Nordborg – 1953) rector of Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium (1909-1943), founder of the first Scout patrol for boys in Denmark
* [[Arnold Burmeister]] (1899 in Nordborg – 1988) a decorated German general during World War II
* [[Bo Storm]] (born 1987 in Nordborg) a retired Danish footballer, currently the assistant manager of [[FC Roskilde]]
* [[Mads Clausen]] (1905 in Elsmark, parish of Havnbjerg – 1966) a Danish industrialist and founder of [[Danfoss]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD] aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20061208085744/http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]

==External links==
* [http://www.sonderborg.dk The new Sønderborg municipality's official website (Danish / German / English)]

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[[Category:Former municipalities of Denmark]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark]]
[[Category:Company towns]]
[[Category:Sønderborg Municipality]]