{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Ønslev | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = Nordenskirker Onslev01.jpg | image_caption = Ønslev Church, Falster | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Denmark Falster | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location on [[Falster]] | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Denmark]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Region Zealand|Zealand (''Sjælland'')]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Guldborgsund Municipality|Guldborgsund]] | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 2025 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 395 | population_density_km2 = | timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | coordinates = {{coord|54|50|57|N|11|51|03|E|region:DK|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Ønslev''' is a village {{convert|10|km}} north of [[Nykøbing Falster|Nykøbing]] on the [[Denmark|Danish]] island of [[Falster]]. In January 2025 it had a population of 395.<ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January, by urban areas]: The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>

==Etymology== The name is made up of the man's name "''Øthan''" and "''lef''", hereditary estate. It is first documented in the [[Danish Census Book]] (1231) as "''Othænslef''".<ref name=fh>[http://falstershistorie.dk/oenslev.html "Ønslev"], Falsters Historie. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 18 November 2012.</ref>

==History== [[Ønslev Church]] is about half a kilometer east of the village. Dating from c. 1200, it is built in the [[Gothic architecture|Early Gothic]] style.<ref>[http://www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Onslev_kirke/Onslev_kirke.htm "Ønslev kirke"], Nordens kirker. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 18 November 2012.</ref>

In 1694, the parishes of Ønslev and Eskilstrup were combined into one as Ønslev–Eskildstrup. Under the State sale of 1766, the entire parish was purchased by Johan Christopher von Westen, governed by Vestenborg Manor. From the beginning of the 19th century, many farms came into private ownership leading families to establish themselves in the village.<ref name=fh/> There were two large farms, 13 medium-size farms and 20 houses in the village by the end of the century. The first school was established in 1807, the second in 1924 and since 1954 the villages's children have attended the new school in [[Eskilstrup]]. The brewery, Ønslev Bryggeri, founded in 1880, was closed some years ago. At the beginning of the 20th century, the market gardener P. Damgaard produced mainly tomatoes, cucumbers and melons in his 12 greenhouses.<ref>[http://www.eskilstrupbeboerforening.dk/10308845 Ketty Lykke, "Historie om Ønslev & Eskilstrup"], Eskilstrup By & Omegns Beboerforening. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 18 November 2012.</ref>

==The village today== The village now depends largely on Eskilstrup, 3&nbsp;km to the east, for its school, activities, shops and services.<ref>[http://www.guldborgsund.dk/da/Borger/Tilflytter/Landbyportraetter/Eskilstrup.aspx "Eskilstrup"], Guldborgsund Kommune. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 18 November 2012.</ref>

==Notable people== * [[Jørgen Balthasar Dalhoff]] (1800–1890), goldsmith

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