Horslunde

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'''Horslunde''' is a village on the island of [[Lolland]] in south-eastern [[Denmark]]. In January 2025, it had a population of 582.<ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> Horslunde is located northeast of [[Nakskov]], and 29 km northwest of the municipality seat [[Maribo]]. Formerly a part of [[Ravnsborg]], it is now in [[Lolland Municipality]] and belongs to [[Region Zealand]].

Sites of interest in Horslunde include [[Reventlow-Museet Pederstrup]], [[Reventlow Asylum]], and the town's three churches: [[Horslunde Church]], [[Nøbbet Church]], and [[Nordlunde Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horslunde4913.dk/68886751|title=Horslunde, Nordlunde og Nøbbet Kirke|access-date=7 February 2013}}</ref>

== Facilities == In 2010, Horslunde was named "Village of the Year" by the National Association of Villages in Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Horslunde fortjent kåret til Årets Landsby |url=https://realdania.dk/projekter/energilandsby-horslunde/nyheder/horslunde120510 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=[[Realdania]] |language=da}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Horslunde 4913 |url=https://horslunde4913.dk/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=horslunde4913.dk |language=da}}</ref> The jury emphasized that through popular commitment and community involvement, the town had managed to preserve a number of both public and private services. These include a [[daycare]], [[kindergarten]], elementary school, [[private school]], youth club, sports hall, library, elderly center, bus terminal, music school, medical school, a pharmacy, post office, grocery shop, [[filling station]], and bakery.

The town upholds traditions such as [[shrovetide]], [[midsummer]], [[Harvest festival|harvest festivals]], and [[Christmas tree|Christmas trees]], but has also created a new initiative it calls "Horslunde as an energy village",<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRESSEMEDDELELSE |url=http://www.landsbyerne-i-danmark.dk/aarets_landsby_horslunde.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080020/http://www.landsbyerne-i-danmark.dk/aarets_landsby_horslunde.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Landsbyerne i Danmark |language=da}}</ref> through which local craftsmen have carried out energy-saving work worth almost 8 million [[Danish krone|DKK]], with support from [[Realdania]] and the state's initiative fund,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Energilandsbyen Horslunde |url=http://www.livogland.dk/vidensbase/projekter/energilandsbyen-horslunde |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804080108/http://www.livogland.dk/vidensbase/projekter/energilandsbyen-horslunde |archive-date=2014-08-04 |access-date=2025-12-17 |work=livogland.dk |language=da}}</ref> as well as installing solar cells in the fields adjacent to the town.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Af Maria Berg Badstue |date=2015-12-16 |title=26 MW solenergi skyder op i Horslunde |url=https://www.energy-supply.dk/article/view/233102/26_mw_solenergi_skyder_op_i_horslunde |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Energy Supply}}</ref>

The Nordvestskolen public school has a branch in Horslunde with 275 pupils in grades 0-9, as well as the Ravnekrogen after-school care centre. The town also previously featured Horslunde [[Realskole]], a private school which taught pupils in grades 0-9. In January 2024, it was announced that the school would close in March,<ref>{{Cite news |title=For 13 år siden var det Danmarks bedste landsby - nu lukker den sidste skole |url=https://www.tv2east.dk/lolland/for-13-aar-siden-var-det-danmarks-bedste-landsby-nu-lukker-den-sidste-skole |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240120105346/https://www.tv2east.dk/lolland/for-13-aar-siden-var-det-danmarks-bedste-landsby-nu-lukker-den-sidste-skole |archive-date=2024-01-20 |access-date=2025-12-17 |work=TV2 ØST |language=da}}</ref> however, that same month the school declared [[bankruptcy]] and closed with immediate effect.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Skole begæret konkurs |url=https://www.tv2east.dk/lolland/skole-begaeret-konkurs |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240127031856/https://www.tv2east.dk/lolland/skole-begaeret-konkurs |archive-date=2024-01-27 |access-date=2025-12-17 |work=TV2 ØST |language=da}}</ref>

== Notable people == * [[Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1710–1775)|Christian Ditlev, Count of Reventlow]] (1710–1775) a Danish Privy Councillor, nobleman and estate owner; buried in Horslunde church * [[Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow|Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count of Reventlow]] (1748–1827) a Danish statesman and reformer; buried in Horslunde church * [[Juan Fugl]] (1811 in Horslunde – 1900) an early Danish immigrant to [[Tandil]] in Argentina * [[Rasmus Friis]] (born 1871 in Horslunde - date of death unknown) a sports shooter, competed at the [[1912 Summer Olympics]]

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[[Category:Lolland]] [[Category:Villages in Lolland Municipality]]