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40-449: Espergærde has its own postal number, 3060, and is split in two parishes: Egebæksvang Parish (church nearby the old fishermans village) and Mørdrup Parish (church next to the urban centre). The name is first documented in 1555 as Esperegierde . The first part of the name refers to an older village, Asperød, meaning "clearing in an aspen forest"=. - g(k)ærde means "fenced". The original village consisted only of two or three farms located at

80-440: A centre for the planning department. In 2009 Espergærde was officially considered to be connected to Elsinore, even if the two urban areas are still divided by a 100m (approx.) undeveloped area between Espergærde-Skotterup and Snekkersten-Helsingør. From Espergærde there are two main roads heading inland and to the northwest. In the north Mørdrupvej (vej = road), passes the villages of Gurre and Nygård and ends in Ålsgårde . To

120-401: A few houses are left, with Strandvejen 376 as one of the best preserved A typical fishermans house from the early 1800 . During the years from 1841 to 1847 on 28 May there was a celebration recalling the starting of Provinsialstænderne (Provincial represents council) similar to celebrations in other cities. The reason for this was that the radical representative, ship clarating N.P. Kinck won

160-549: A large number of cottages were built, thus creating jobs for building workers. In 1850 there were only 3 building workers in Espergærde area, one in each of the villages Skotterup, Mørdrup and Tibberup. In 1870 there were 8 building workers. In 1880 already 18. In (?) the number of building workers had increased to 22. Also, the summer visitors gave new possibilities for trade, both for the farmers and fishermen, who were allowed to sell their own products, and for shop keepers like

200-604: A railway between Copenhagen and Helsingør (Elsinore) had been proposed since the childhood of railways. The North Line was built though Helsingør in 1864 and in 1863 the connection between Copenhagen and Klampenborg Station as a sort of daytrip and tourist route. In 1890 the Minister of the Interior , Hans Peter Ingerslev ( Conservative People's Party ), a proposition of a state railway between Klampenborg and Helsingør, but it went four years of discussion and negotiations before

240-620: A single tree was cut down. A number of citizens also were active in the debate about the choice of route and placing of stations. Because of rules decided by the Ministry of War, the railway had to go in a large curve out over the lakes to Nørrebro and onwards towards the Øresund Coast at Hellerup . Hellerup station was built in the 1860s because it was where the North Line and the Klampenborg Line split, and not because there

280-627: Is a regional railway line between Helsingør (Elsinore) and Copenhagen in Denmark . It was opened in 1897, and is one of the busiest railway lines in Denmark. Kystbanen is operated by Danish State Railways (DSB). Its original terminus was Østerport Station , but when the station was connected with Copenhagen Central Station in 1917, the terminus moved there. When the Øresund Bridge opened in 2000, service extended to Malmö in Sweden , though

320-411: Is a former village and current neighbourhood located in the southern part of Helsingør , Denmark . It is located between Snekkersten to the north and Espergærde to the south and belongs to Snekkersten postal district (3070, Snekkersten). Skotterup was originally a small fishing village but it is unclear when it was founded. Land records (Markbøger) from the parish of Tikøb mentions the locality in

360-465: Is also unclear whether the first part of the name refers to a Scotsmen—Helsingør was home to a sizeable Scottish colony—or to the male given name Skopte. Efterleddet -rup, betyder. A baptism in Skotterup is for the first time mentioned in church records from Tikøb parish in 1701. The records go back to 1683 and list many baptisms for neighbouring settlements in the period 1683–1700. At

400-853: Is only between three and six minutes between each station, it has not been operated by S-trains . Lately the line has been operated by modern and comfortable trains, including DSB's first electric locomotives , litra EA (on the Coast Line since 1986) and the new electric regional train litra ER , started service the Coast Line in the mid 1990s. Today the main service on the line is Oresund trains that operate between Helsingør via Copenhagen and Copenhagen Airport to Malmö in Sweden and ER trains between Nivå and Kastrup . In rush hour , these trains are supplemented with higher speed commuter train operated with various stock. The replacement of steam locomotive with diesel multiple units started in 1935, but

440-502: The rescue of the Danish Jews : And it's fire up the diesel and look out for swells / We're leaving Espergaerde behind us / Who strike at our friends strike us as well / We'll pray the patrol boats don't find us / When the sirens are wailing and shouts fill the night / Never will you stand alone / So it's over the Øresund / Till the day we can welcome you home. In 1950 the inhabitants had grown to some 2600 people. In 1947

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480-406: The surveyors could stop their work and the construction workers enter the field. The Ministry of War wanted to have a railway to Vedbæk , as long as it wasn't built so close to the coast that it could be bombarded by a foreign naval fleet in Øresund , and as long as the railway could be removed quickly. The Forestry Department didn't have any objections against the railway as long as not even

520-503: The 1870s the visitors came mainly on day trips to the forest and the beach, but according to the law of business enterprise (næringsloven) of 1857 it was specifically allowed that house owners could rent their homes to foreign visitors and supply them with food, so the local people started to rent out their homes during the summer and themselves lived in a building for stocking materials, horse staples or other secondary purposes. Shortly after, summer cottages started to be built on areas next to

560-581: The Coastal Railroad was known as the "gross traders train" (grosserertoget). The development continued until World War II, and the fishermen's village became a true town, first with many summer holiday visitors, later as a residential area for people working in Elsinore or Copenhagen. In 1911 there were 500 people in the town, in 1916 713 people in 144 houses. Espergaerde features in the song "Denmark, 1943" by American folksinger Fred Small about

600-575: The Ministry of War was constructed as a temporary building. First 20 years later the line between Copenhagen Central Station and Østerport was taken into use, and the Coast Line got its present form on 1 December 1917. In 2007 the Danish government in cooperation with Skånetrafiken announced it would invite transportation companies to take over the Coast Line. Several European operators most notably SJ , Arriva , Connex , and DSBFirst . DSBFirst won this bid due to their plan of introducing 7-Eleven to

640-590: The Strandvejen coastal road. It is located approximately 200 metres south of Snekkersten station . The name is mostly associated with the small Skotterup Beach, the road Skotterupvek and Skotterup Inn (Skotterup Kro). The King's Vase (Kongevasen), a landmark installed by the fishermen who brought passengers from the steam ferries ashore, is still seen on the beach. 56°00′31″N 12°35′23″E  /  56.0086°N 12.5897°E  / 56.0086; 12.5897 Kystbanen Kystbanen ("The Coast Line")

680-441: The census in 1771, Skotterup consisted of nine families. In 1787, it had grown to 11 families with a total of 37 family members. Most of the residents were fishermen. By 1834m the population had grown to 110. The village had no farms. The only property with more land than a small vegetable garden was Dideriksminde. It owned all the land to the south of the village. between Egebæksvang and the coast and down to Egebækken. Dideriksminde

720-455: The coast, the oldest being "Mary Hill" from 1848, the next " Hostruphus ", built as a national gift in 1870 for the poet Christian Hostrup . During the 1870s and 1880s, the coastal area between Egebæksvang and Øresound became one of the most popular places for Copenhagen summer holiday visitors, and in 1880 a large part of the coast was already filled with summer cottages. The increasing number of summer visitors gave way to new enterprise. First,

760-452: The coast: Skovshoved and Bellevue Beach , Tårbæk , Skodsborg , Vedbæk , Rungsted , Humlebæk , Snekkersten , Helsingør and Helsingborg . The same year a post line opened from Elsinore to Snekkersten, Skotterup and Egebæksro (on the fringe of the forest Egebæksvang just south of the small Egebækken stream running into The Øresound). The post coastline stopped after a short time but the summer holiday visitors continued to grow. Until

800-399: The coastal area for fishing eel in Øresound, for which they had to pay 2 Danish rigsdaler in land taxes per year; 2 areas were "øde" (out of use). 6 houses without land had to pay 1 rigsdaler in land taxes. Espergærde, together with the villages Mørdrup and Tibberup , belonged to the mansion Krogerup situated to the south. The farmers in these villages had to make hoveri (farm work) for

840-404: The coastal slope and a great view to the fishermens village and the sea. More and more houses and summer cottages were built between the village and the railroad station on the southern side of Egebæksvang forest. Together with these houses came new craftsmen and traders, even some industrial production. However, most of the people went by train as commuters to Elsinore or Copenhagen, and at a time

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880-619: The election in Helsingør on 8 January 1841 for the Provincial Represents Council for the Danish Islands over the conservative candidate. Egebæksvang was elected as the place to celebrate this victory partly because of request from rural residents. The first celebration brought together 5–6000 people from the area and Elsinore by Hvidestensbakken (White Stone Hill) in the forest, and also celebrations during

920-451: The first building plan was made in the local community with the proposal to build on the entire 2 km2 area from the coast to the inland villages, and during the 1960s this development took place. From 1960 to 1970 the number of inhabitants grew from 4,000 to 10,000 people. Because of this development Espergærde became the administrative centre of the local community. In 1970 the rural community was merged with Elsinore city, and Espergærde became

960-519: The forest was used for parties for different purposes like building a harbour for the fishermen in Snekkersten and Espergærde, but also for other events. All these celebrations became well known and drew summer holiday guests to the area, including people from Copenhagen. A steam boat line was expanded to the north and from 1877 the steam boat made stops in Copenhagen and the villages along

1000-475: The form "Skotterups Hus" (Skotterup's House), indicating that it at this point only consisted of a single house. The suffix -rup refers to a settlement established by people who have left another village. It is usually seen in much older place names, indicating that Skotterup may have a history that goes back much longer. One possibility is that the rest of the village was destroyed during the Swedish Wars. It

1040-433: The majority of stations, keeping the current system of permanently staffed trains, and promising better scheduling. Moreover, there was a sense that it was more convenient because DSB already had trains suited to operate under the two different volt systems used for railway electrification in Denmark and Sweden. Despite serving food and coffee for passengers on their first Monday of operation, they did not win over passengers as

1080-471: The mansion, and the road from Mørdrup to the south towards Tibberup (and from here further on to Krogerup) still has the name "Hovvej", referring to these conditions. Krogerup mansion was one of few private estates in North Zealand which mainly belonged to the crown. Along the coast line, and in front of the slope south of Espergærde harbour, fisherman houses were built with easy access to the sea. Only

1120-528: The middle of the 1970s replaced Helsingør Latinskole (Elsinore Latin school). On the high school there is every year an international conference, attracting several hundred pupils to the town. Both north and south of Espergærde are so-called green wedges . These forested or cultivated areas span out to the coast - or until the Strandvejen (Beach road). To the north are situated Egebæksvang (forest) and Flynderupgård farm fields towards Snekkersten , to

1160-548: The next years took place here. During Treårskrigen (Three Year War) 1848–1850 in the Dutchies Slesvig-Holstein no celebrations took place and from 1852 the celebrations started up again but now in honour of the June 5- constitution ; in honour of the constitution a stone monument was raised in the forest. The celebrations took place every year until 1855 and then came to a stop during some years. Instead

1200-510: The railroad station in Mørdrup. The urban centre is Espergærde centret (centre), Denmark's oldest planned centre, with shops, institutions, medical care , dentist , public library and lutheran church . At Øresund coast Espergærde has a harbour , Espergærde Havn, for yachts . It was planned to but never built into a marina. Espergærde is also the place for one of Denmark's biggest high schools , Espergærde Gymnasium & HF , which since

1240-659: The section between Copenhagen and Malmö is a separate railway, the Øresund Line . The railway services some well-known sights and locations such as Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk , Kronborg Castle in Elsinore , and Dyrehavsbakken in Klampenborg . Since 2023 Kystbanen has no longer been served by Øresund trains to Sweden, and is instead integrated into DSB's regional train network, with trains continuing from Copenhagen to stations on Zealand . Plans for

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1280-496: The short-lived Sønderups Brickyard. More successful was Skotterup Ceramics Factory (Skotterup Lervarefabrik), established by the owner of Jeans Minde. It existed for 67 years. In the second half of the 19th century, some of houses were converted into country houses by people from Copenhagen or Helsingør. The houses in the original village were still owned by fishermen but they, too, were gradually purchased by outsiders. Skotterup consists of an approximately 100 metres long stretch of

1320-407: The south Hornbækvej passes the villages of Kvistgård and Tikøb and leads on to Hornbæk. The town has bus connections via these two roads to the towns of Ålsgårde and Hornbæk, and a third bus connection via Strandvejen to Elsinore. Espergærde has railroad connections to Copenhagen and Elsinore via Kystbanen (Coast line), and to Hillerød city and Elsinore via Nordbanen (Northern line) from

1360-465: The south farm fields towards Krogerup and the town of Humlebæk . To the west the town is limited by the Rolighedsmoserne (a swamp area) and part of Kelleris Hegn (a forest) situated between Nordbanen (railroad) and Helsingørmotorvejen (Elsinore motorway). 56°00′N 12°34′E  /  56.000°N 12.567°E  / 56.000; 12.567 Skotterup Skotterup

1400-406: The store in Skotterup and the stores in Elsinore. At the end of the 19th century, the number of summer cottages grew quickly and from 1897, when Kystbanen (coastal rail road) was opened (with a station from 1903), about 1 km from Espergærde, a small town grew up, mainly of summer cottages. Now followed all kinds of shopkeepers and a bath hotel built in 1896 with the name hotel "Gefion" above

1440-416: The top of the coastal cliff. In about 1500, a fishing village with 6-8 houses developed on the beach. A road along the coast connected it to Skotterup and Snekkersten ) to the north and Humlebæk , Sletten ) to the south. From Espergærde a road travelled inland to the village of Mørdrup situated about 2 km from the coast. According to the land tax registration 1682, 4 fishermen had reserved parts of

1480-416: The trains were delayed and packed. For the next few months the trains had an average delay percentage of 10, causing outcry among frequent passengers and a massive drop in rating. As of June 2009, DSBFirst managed to regain much passenger support through fewer delayed trains due to a change in timetables and better education of the train managers. The unique feature of the Coast Line is that despite that there

1520-494: Was a need for a station at the place. The stretch between Østerport and Hellerup was first taken into use with the opening of the Coast Line in 1897. Østerport was the initial terminus of the line, was originally called Kystbanestationen, Østerbro, København Ø and Østbanegaarden. Architect Heinrich Wenk , who drew many of the stations on the railway, was also responsible for the Eastern Station, that after decree from

1560-451: Was first completed in 1965. Originally the Coast Line was operated by litra K and litra O steam engines and later by litra S engines that were acquired in the 1920s. From about 1960 the main stock was the diesel electric locomotives MX , MY and later MZ and ME . Electrification of the railway started in Nivå in 1982 and was completed on 19 March 1986 when the electric operation

1600-506: Was for years home to a bakery and later also a grocery store before it was converted into an inn in 1835 or 1836. In the 1840s, its owner sold almost all the land and the new big landowner in Skotterup was the property Øresundslyst. It owner began to rent out or sell lots. The blacksmith in Rørtang built or owned several of the new houses. Most of the new residents were craftsmen or small-scale manufacturers. The owner of Øresundslyst established

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