{{Cleanup bare URLs|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Faxe Ladeplads | native_name = | other_name = Fakse Ladeplads | settlement_type = Town <!-- images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = Faxe ladeplads kirke.jpg | image_caption = Hylleholt Church in Faxe Ladeplads | image_flag = | image_shield = | motto = | nickname = | etymology = <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Denmark]] | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = [[Region Zealand|Zealand (''Sjælland'')]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = Municipality | subdivision_name4 = [[Faxe Municipality|Faxe]] <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Denmark#Denmark Region Zealand | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Denmark | coordinates = {{coord|55|13|00|N|12|10|00|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- established --> | established_title = | established_date = <!-- area --> | area_footnotes = | area_urban_km2 = 1.8 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = <!-- population --> | population_as_of = 2025 | population_footnotes = | population_urban = 2501 | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi= | population_demonym = <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +2 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = DK-4654 Faxe Ladeplads | area_code_type = | area_code = | geocode = | iso_code = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Faxe Ladeplads''' or '''Fakse Ladeplads''' is a coastal town in Denmark with a population of 2,501 (1 January 2025),<ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> located in [[Zealand]] and lying 5 kilometers south-east from [[Faxe]]. It is mainly a harbour town, with a working harbour and a marina. The town is surrounded by forest and sandy beaches with shallow water. The forest stretches all the way to the sea, and from the edge one can see the island of [[Møn]] and the small protected wildlife park, Feddet.
==History== The town was originally called Hylleholt. The current name comes from a time in the 19th century when the countship of [[Vemmetofte Cloister|Vemmetofte]] decided to build a harbour to service the limestone industry up in the neighboring [[Faxe]] town. Ladeplads literally means ''stock area''.
In the town is Hylleholt Church from 1878. The local railway ([[Østsjællands Jernbane]]) coming from Køge was inaugurated in 1879, from [[Faxe Kalkbrud]] (Limestone Quarry), [[Faxe Limestone Quarry]] in Faxe on a narrow gauge railway and the narrow gauge railway was running on a normal gauge railway{{clarify|date=November 2020}} to the harbor in Faxe Ladeplads.
==Education== Hylleholt School was founded in 1878. In the first years it was referred to as Strandskolen (The Beach School) because of the town's location by the beach.
In 1975 the building of a new school began on Dannebrogsvej 1, because of the old school's lack of modernization, expansion opportunities and the fact that the school was very expensive to heat.
[[Faxehus Efterskole]]<ref>https://faxehus.dk/</ref> and [[Waldemarsbo Efterskole]]<ref>https://waldemarsbo.dk/</ref><ref>https://www.efterskolerne.dk/da/Schools/Sjaelland-og-Bornholm/Waldemarsbo_Efterskole</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/Waldemarsbo/?locale2=da_DK|title = Waldemarsbo Efterskole|website = [[Facebook]]}}</ref> located in Faxe Ladeplads.
[[Faxehus Efterskole]] began on Strandstræde 3, in 1980, in Faxe Ladeplads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://faxehus.dk/om-skolen/hverdagen|title = Faxehus Efterskole :: Hverdagen}}</ref> Its buildings were built in 1908 and functioned as a beach resort.
[[Waldemarsbo Efterskole]] began on Hylleholtvej 6, in 1979 in Faxe Ladeplads<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://faxenyt.dk/mobil/?Id=16984|title=Waldemarsbo Efterskole fejrer 40 års jubilæum|access-date=2020-10-22|archive-date=2021-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120132404/https://faxenyt.dk/mobil/?Id=16984|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Transportation== [[File:Faxe_Ladeplads_Station_01.jpg|thumb|[[Faxe Ladeplads railway station]] in 2020.]] Faxe Ladeplads is served by [[Faxe Ladeplads railway station]], located on the [[East Line (Denmark)|East Line]] which connects Faxe Ladeplads with {{rws|Køge}} and the rest of the [[Rail transport in Denmark|Danish rail network]].
==Attractions== The main attraction is the nature and fresh air from the sea. A couple of campsites exist in the area.
== Notable people == * [[Malthe Engelsted]] (1852 - 1930 in Faxe Ladeplads), Danish [[Master of Arts]] and painter * Sir [[Alfred William Flux]] CB (1867 – 1942 in Faxe Ladeplads), British economist and statistician; retired to Denmark in 1932 and was knighted in 1934
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{commonscat-inline}}
{{Faxe Municipality}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Region Zealand]] [[Category:Populated places in Faxe Municipality]]