Editing Tinglev

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{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = Town
| name = Tinglev
| image_skyline = Tinglev Kirke1.JPG
| image_caption = Tinglev Church from around 1100.
| image_map =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
| pushpin_relief =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Denmark
| coordinates = {{coord|54|56|11|N|9|15|30|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 = [[Aabenraa Municipality]]
| subdivision_type3 = Parish
| subdivision_name3 = [[Tinglev Parish]] 
| area_urban_km2 = 3.07
| population_as_of = 2024
| population_footnotes = <ref name="BY3"/>
| population_urban = 2783
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| 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-6360 Tinglev
}}

'''Tinglev''' ({{langx|de|Tingleff}}) is a [[town]] with a population of 2,783 (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> in [[Aabenraa Municipality]] in [[Region of Southern Denmark]] on the [[Jutland]] peninsula in south Denmark. Tinglev is a base for [[North Schleswig Germans|German minority]] institutions in Southern Jutland, the minority [[Schleswig Party]] receiving 18.0% of the town's vote in the [[2021 Danish local elections|municipal elections of 2021]].<ref>[https://kmdvalg.dk/KV/2021/K84733580012.htm Kmdvalg.dk. ''Kommunalvalg 2021; Afstemningsområde Tinglev'']</ref>

From 1866 until 1920, Tinglev was part of the [[Prussia]]n [[Province of Schleswig-Holstein]], and formed a part of [[Imperial Germany]].  Notable figures born there include [[Hjalmar Schacht]], a [[German Democratic Party|liberal]] economist who introduced a wide variety of schemes in Germany before and during [[The Third Reich]] in order to tackle the effects that the [[Great Depression]] had on that country, and was a key player in [[Nazi Germany]]'s economic steps towards [[German re-armament|re-armament]].

==Tinglev Municipality==

Until 1 January 2007, Tinglev was also a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]]: ''[[Municipality|kommune]]'') in the former [[South Jutland County]]. The municipality covered an area of {{convert|326|km2|0|abbr=on}}, and has a total population of 10,148 (2005).  Its last mayor was Susanne Beier, a member of the [[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre]] (Liberal Party) [[Politics of Denmark|political party]]. The [[municipality]] was created in 1970 due to a {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing [[parish]]es:
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* [[Bjolderup Parish]]
* [[Burkal Parish]]
* [[Bylderup Parish]]
* [[Ravsted Parish]]
* [[Tinglev Parish]]
* [[Uge Parish]]
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Tinglev [[municipality]] ceased to exist as the result of the [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].  It was merged with [[Bov municipality|Bov]], [[Lundtoft]], [[Rødekro]], and [[Aabenraa municipality|Aabenraa]] municipalities to form the new [[Aabenraa Municipality]].   This created a municipality with an area of {{convert|951|km2|0|abbr=out}} and a total population of 60,151 (2005).
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== Notable people ==

[[File:Jane Schumacher, 2016.jpg|thumb|140px|Jane Schumacher, 2016]]

* [[Hjalmar Schacht]] (1877 in Tingleff – 1970) a German economist, banker and German politician
* [[Jane Schumacher]] (born 1988 in Tinglev) a Danish team handball player
* [[Line Vedel Hansen]] (born 1989) a Danish professional golfer, lives in Tinglev

==In popular culture==
The [[Adventure game|adventure]] [[Role-playing video game|role-playing game]] ''[[Gerda: A Flame in Winter]]'', developed by Copenhagen-based games studio [[PortaPlay]]<ref>https://portaplay.dk/en/</ref> and published in 2022 by [[Don't Nod]], is set entirely in Tinglev and the surrounding countryside. The game's story was inspired by the life of director [[Hans Von Knut Skovfoged]]'s half-[[Germans|German]], half-[[Danes|Danish]] grandmother who contributed to the [[Danish resistance movement|Resistance]] against the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Collaborate or fight? How Gerda: A Flame in Winter forces tough choices |url=https://venturebeat.com/games/collaborate-or-fight-how-gerda-a-flame-in-winter-forces-tough-choices/ |website=Games Beat |date=4 September 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.aabenraa.dk/ Aabenraa municipality's official website {{in lang|de}} - {{in lang|da}}]
* [http://www.visitaabenraa.dk/ Aabenraa tourist offic {{in lang|de}} - {{in lang|da}}]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ Municipal statistics - NetBorger Kommunefakta {{in lang|de}} - {{in lang|da}}]
* [http://www.kmd.dk/  Municipal statistics - KMD aka Kommunedata {{in lang|da}}]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061208085744/http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map {{in lang|da}}]

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