{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Idestrup | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = Idestrup kirke Falster cropped.jpg | image_caption = Idestrup Church, Falster | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Denmark Falster#Denmark Region Zealand#Denmark | 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 = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_urban_km2 = 0.9 | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 2025 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_urban = 1,135 | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | coordinates = {{coord|54|44|32|N|11|57|28|E|region:DK|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Idestrup''' is a [[town]] some {{convert|7|km}} southeast of [[Nykøbing Falster]] on the [[Denmark|Danish]] island of [[Falster]]. As of 2025, it has a population of 1,135.<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>
==History==
[[Idestrup Church]] built in the [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style dates from the 12th century. With its whitewashed walls, rounded windows and a red tiled roof it stands in the middle of the town.<ref>[http://www.idestrup.info/lokalhistorie/afsnitkirken.htm "Kirken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817094605/http://www.idestrup.info/lokalhistorie/afsnitkirken.htm |date=2016-08-17 }}, Idestrup og Omegns Grundejerforening. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 16 November 2012.</ref> Other buildings of interest include the dairy from the late 19th century, the ''foramlingshus'' (community centre) from 1901 and the old people's home with a history going back to 1924.<ref>[http://www.idestrup.info/lokalhistorie/index.htm "Localhistorie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910164955/http://www.idestrup.info/lokalhistorie/index.htm |date=2013-09-10 }}, Idestrup og Omegns Grundejerforening. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 16 November 2012.</ref>
The town's development owes much to Edward Tesdorph, originally a farmer, who built a pump station to drain the area after a flood in 1872. He was behind the local high tension power station (1912) as well as the [[sugar refinery]] in Nykøbing.<ref name=gbs/>
Various [[Iron Age]] and [[Bronze Age]] finds have recently been made in and around Idestrup indicating that it has been inhabited for much longer than previously thought.<ref>[http://www.idestrup.info/lokalhistorie/jernalderfund.htm "Jernalderfund"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083102/http://www.idestrup.info/lokalhistorie/jernalderfund.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}, Idestrup og Omegns Grundejerforening. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 16 November 2012.</ref>
==The town today== The town has a sports association, Idestrup-Væggerløse Idrætsforening, and Idestrup Hallen, a sports hall suitable for football, handball, gymnastics, badminton and tennis.<ref>[http://www.ivi.dk/ "Idestrup-Væggerløse Idrætsforening"],. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 16 November 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.idestrup-hallen.dk/ "Idestrup Hallen"]. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 16 November 2012.</ref> There is also a library, food store and, since 2011, a new private school.<ref name=gbs>[http://www.guldborgsund.dk/da/Borger/Tilflytter/Landbyportraetter/Idestrup.aspx "Idestrup"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101072950/http://www.guldborgsund.dk/da/Borger/Tilflytter/Landbyportraetter/Idestrup.aspx |date=2014-01-01 }}, Guldborgsund. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 16 November 2012.</ref>
== Notable people == * [[Edward Tesdorpf]] (1817 – 1889 in [[Orupgaard]]) a German-Danish landowner, agricultural pioneer and sugar manufacturer; buried in Idstrup cemetery * [[Czeslaw Kozon]] (born 1951 in Idestrup, Falster) the Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen]] * [[Mads Rasmussen]] (born 1981 in Idestrup on Falster) a Danish rower and double World Champion and Olympic Gold medal winner in the lightweight double sculls
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140101072950/http://www.guldborgsund.dk/da/Borger/Tilflytter/Landbyportraetter/Idestrup.aspx Idestrup, site from Guldborgsund Municipality] {{in lang|da}}
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