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18-665: Fredericia ( Danish pronunciation: [fʁeðəˈʁetɕæ] ) is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region , which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle . It was founded in 1650 by Frederick III , after whom it was named. The city itself has a population of 41,544 (1 January 2024) and

36-538: A week due to it being in a residential area. Therefeore the decision was made to lease the Frederikslyst Motorbane for the new professional league. The team finished 2nd in the inaugural Super League in 1986 . They then won their fourth title in 1987 . The team continued their success by winning the 1989 Superliga. The team included riders such as Jan O. Pedersen , Gert Handberg , Brian Karger and Frede Schött . Continuing to challenge at

54-643: Is Billund Airport c. 45 km west of Fredericia. The Vejlby Speedway Center , run by the Fredericia Motor Klub, is located on the northern outskirts of Fredericia and is a mini speedway track for bikes with 50cc and 80cc engines. Fredericia Speedway competed in the town from 1958 to 2005 at various venues, including the Fredericia Speedway Center (the old Fredericia Stadion) and the Frederikslyst Motorbane. Fredericia Municipality The municipality's main town and

72-484: Is twinned with: Fredericia Speedway Fredericia Speedway was a motorcycle speedway club from Fredericia in Denmark, which competed in the Danish Speedway League until the end of their league winning 2005 season. They are seven times champions of Denmark, having won the title in 1968 , 1974 , 1975 , 1987 , 1989 , 1993 and 2005 . Fredericia Speedway's origins started with

90-534: Is an extension of the Kattegat, and begins near the cities of Fredericia and Middelfart . The municipality is part of Triangle Region and of the East Jutland metropolitan area , which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016. The municipality was created as the result of the kommunalreform ("Municipal Reform") in 1970. Fredericia municipality was not merged with other municipalities in

108-532: The First War of Schleswig , in which Danish troops won a victory over the Schleswig-Holstein rebels who were laying siege to the town. Fredericia's landmark, Landsoldaten , was unveiled on 6 July 1858. The municipality today is part of the East Jutland metropolitan area with 1.2M inhabitants, and is the site of Fredericia municipality's municipal council. The town is a major barracks , home to

126-644: The Flensburg-Fredericia Line all meet. The station was opened in 1935 together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt . The train services are operated by the railway company DSB . It offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen , Odense , Aarhus , Aalborg , Struer , Esbjerg , Sønderborg , Flensburg and Hamburg . The nearest airport with scheduled national and international flights

144-540: The Fredericia Municipality has a population of 52,485 (2024). After the devastation caused by the Thirty Years War in a largely unfortified Jutland, King Christian IV realized the necessity of building a strong fortress in Jutland, and decided that this project could be combined with his plans for building a large town in Jutland. A fortified encampment was built on a point of land called Lyngs Odde, near

162-625: The Royal Danish Army 's Signals Regiment ( Telegrafregimentet ), which is located at Rye's Barracks ( Ryes Kaserne ) and Bülow's Barracks ( Bülows Kaserne ). The town is one of Denmark's largest traffic hubs . Fredericia railway station is the principal railway station of the town. It is an important railway junction where the Copenhagen-Fredericia Line , the Fredericia-Aarhus Line , and

180-503: The 2007 nationwide Kommunalreformen ("Municipal Reform") . Before 2007, the municipality was surrounded by the municipalities of Børkop to the north, Kolding to the west, and Middelfart to the east and belonged to Vejle County . As of 1 January: The city of Fredericia was founded in 1650 by Frederik III , after whom it was named. Fredericia was almost selected as the Danish capital, due to its central location and large port; but

198-470: The Danish champions for the second time. The club ran other teams in the lower divisions called Skansedrengene, Volddrengene and Brodrenene. Further success was experienced in 1975 , before the introduction of the professional Danish Speedway League (which was established in 1986). The team had issues with the Municipality over the limited access to the stadium. It could not be used more than once

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216-556: The Realm Anders Bille . On 15 December 1650, the King signed the document giving the town its first privileges, and work on the new fortifications could begin. In 1651, the town was named Frederiksodde (Frederick's Point) after the king, and on 22 April 1664, it was given the new Latinized name of Fredericia. Every 6 July, the town of Fredericia holds a festival to commemorate the 1849 Battle of Fredericia , fought during

234-409: The costs from building the necessary government buildings and building a palace for the royal family, grew too big so the plans were scrapped and Copenhagen remained the capital. The city is one of Denmark 's largest traffic hubs , and is home to the army's Signals Regiment ( Telegrafregimentet ), which is located at Ryes Barracks ( Ryes Kaserne ) and Bülows Barracks ( Bülows Kaserne ). Fredericia

252-475: The current location of Fredericia, with a rampart stretching to either side of the point, thus protecting the encampment from attacks. However, the fortifications were not perfect, and when Swedish Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson invaded Jutland, he was able to break through the ramparts. It was Frederick III who was finally able to complete the plans for the fortification, also adding a flank fortification on nearby Bers Odde as suggested by Danish Marshal of

270-648: The founding of the Fredericia Motor Klubb in 1945 and with a speedway track being built in 1958. The home venue of the club was the Vejlby Speedway Center , which is still located on the northern outskirts of Fredericia. In 1967, a new organised tournament was formed with seven teams being registered, one of which was the team called Faestningsdrengene (the Fortress Boys) and they won the league in 1968 . The track at Vejlby

288-440: The highest level they signed riders like Tommy Knudsen and Brian Andersen and won another league title in 1993 . Unfortunately, after the 1995 season the club ran into financial difficulties and were unable to field a team during 1997. After seven years dormant, the team returned for the 2004 Danish speedway season and won their seventh Championship during the 2005 Danish speedway season . However, 2005 turned out to be

306-481: The site of its municipal council is the city of Fredericia . Neighboring municipalities are Vejle to the north, Kolding to the west, and Middelfart to the east, albeit separated from the municipality by the waters of the Lillebælt , the strait , that separates the Jutland mainland from the island of Funen in this area, where the two lie very close to each other, often less than 1.5 km apart. Snævringen

324-549: Was used until 1971 and three years later (1974) it was rebuilt exclusively as a smaller track for machines of the 50cc and 80cc. The need for a larger track resulted in the speedway team using the 370 metre Fredericia Speedway Stadium (the old Fredericia Stadion), owned by the Fredericia Municipality but events being organised by the Fredericia Motor Klub. After five second places in the Danish Speedway League they finally won division 1 again in 1974, to become

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