# Harlev

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This article is about the suburb in Central Denmark. For the town in Zealand, see [Hårlev](/source/H%C3%A5rlev).

**Harlev** is a former railway town in [Aarhus Municipality](/source/Aarhus_Municipality) in [Denmark](/source/Denmark), with a population of 4,005 as of 1 January 2025.[2] It is a [suburb](/source/Suburb) only 13 kilometres west of central [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus) and is located at the [Danish national road 15](/source/Danish_national_road_15).

## History

Harlev developed as a [railway town](/source/Railway_town) in 1902 when a train station of the former Hammelbanen rail road line was built on a field between the villages of Gammel Harlev and Framlev. Harlev church is still situated 1½ kilometre out of town in the older settlement of Gammel Harlev (lit.: Old Harlev). Hammelbanen formerly connected the inland town of [Hammel](/source/Hammel) with the port city of [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus) and was important for the transportation of agricultural products, but it was decommissioned in 1956. The former train station in Harlev has since been restored and is currently headquarters to a local scouting group.[3] Because of the position between Gammel Harlev and Framlev, the citizens of Harlev are still divided between the parishes of Harlev and [Framlev](/source/Framlev).[4]

## Gammel Harlev

The village of Gammel Harlev, situated at a bend of the [Aarhus River](/source/Aarhus_River) 1½ km from Harlev, is a much older settlement. Harlev church has been dated to around 1100 AD, and is thus among the first churches in Denmark.[5] Harlev watermill from 1733 is no longer active as a watermill, but has been restored and repurposed as a conference center.[6]

The entire parish of Harlev was once part of the extensive Skanderborg Equestrian District (*Skanderborg Rytterdistrikt*) until 1784.[7]

## Notable people

- [Henrik Wann Jensen](/source/Henrik_Wann_Jensen) (born 1969 in Harlev) a Danish computer graphics researcher

## References

1. [BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex](https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en) The Mobile Statbank from [Statistics Denmark](/source/Statistics_Denmark)

1. [BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density](https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en) The Mobile Statbank from [Statistics Denmark](/source/Statistics_Denmark)

1. ["KFUM-spejderne Harlev-Framlev Gruppe"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120826012018/http://harlevframlev.wh.spejdernet.dk/). Archived from [the original](http://harlevframlev.wh.spejdernet.dk/) on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2017-01-12.

1. [Harlev og Framlev Kirker](http://www.harlevframlev.dk/)

1. [Harlev Kirke](http://www.korttilkirken.dk/kirkerH/harlev.htm)

1. [Harlev Mølle](http://harlevmølle.dk/)

1. *[Harald Nielsen: *"Oversigt over udskiftningen i det forrige skanderborgske rytterdistrikt (o. 1770—1820)"* (*Historie/Jyske Samlinger*, Ny række, Bind 3; 1954)](http://img.kb.dk/tidsskriftdk/pdf/ho/ho_nrk_0003-PDF/ho_nrk_0003_72974.pdf) (in Danish)

## Sources

- [Archive of local history](http://stillinglokalhistorie.dk/NAESHOEJ/Harlev.Lokalhist.html) (in Danish)

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