{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Kettinge | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline =Kettinge Bylav 1.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption =Kettinge Bylav, the village moot | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Denmark Lolland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location on [[Lolland]] | 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 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | population_as_of = 1. January 2025 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 516 | 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|41|47|N|11|43|43|E|region:DK|display=inline}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Kettinge''' is a village and parish in southeastern [[Lolland]], [[Denmark]].<ref name="GM">{{cite map|title= Maps|publisher=[[Google Maps]]}}</ref> It belongs to [[Guldborgsund Municipality]], in [[Region Zealand]]. As of 2025 the village has a population of 516.<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 comes from ''kat'' (cat) and the ending ''inge'' and means "place with cats". The ending also indicates the place originated in the [[Iron Age]] before 600 AD.<ref name=bylav>[https://archive.today/20130213062227/http://www.kettinge.eu/Historie.html "Historie"], Kettinge Bylav. {{in lang|da}}. Retrieved 30 November 2012.</ref>
==History== [[Kettinge Church]] still bears traces of a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] nave and chancel, showing it was built around 1200. It is best known for its frescos painted by the [[Elmelunde Master]] c. 1500.<ref name=natmus>[http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Maribo_1087-1100.pdf Kirsten Weber-Andersen, Otto Norn, Aage Roussell, Gertrud Købke Knudsen, "Vegerløse Kirke"], ''Danmarks kirker: Maribo amt, Volume 8'', 1951, Nationalmuseet, pages 1087–1100. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 14 November 2012.</ref> The present [[Kettinge Mølle]] (Kettinge Windmill) dates from 1891, replacing an even older [[post mill]].<ref>[http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Lolland/Lolland_-_m%C3%B8ller/Kettinge_vindm%C3%B8lle "Kettinge Mølle"], ''Den Store Danske''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 30 November 2012.</ref> From 1909 until c. 1960, Kettinge was a railway station on the line from [[Nysted]] to [[Nykøbing Falster|Nykøbing]]. At the beginning of the 20th century, the village flourished with shops, an electric power station, a brickworks and a sawmill.<ref name=bylav/>
==The village today== Although most of the old businesses have now closed, Kettinge has a day nursery, a sports hall and an open-air swimming pool. "''Kettinge Bylav''" is the name given to the old ''tingsted'' or moot near the windmill, marking the place where the village elders used to meet to take administrative decisions. It has recently been renewed, as has the mill itself.<ref name=kf>[http://www.guldborgsund.dk/da/Borger/Tilflytter/Landbyportraetter/Kettinge-Frejlev.aspx "Kettinge-Frejlev"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323124649/http://www.guldborgsund.dk/da/Borger/Tilflytter/Landbyportraetter/Kettinge-Frejlev.aspx |date=2012-03-23 }}, Guldborg Kommune. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 30 November 2012.</ref>
==Surroundings== Kettinge is only {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}} from [[Nysted]] with its castle, shops and beach. Many prehistoric remains can be seen in Frejlevs Oldtidsskov. Kettinge Grusgrav, an old quarry, has hills, lakes, riding tracks and walking paths and includes Troelshøj, Lolland's highest point.<ref name=kf/>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Lolland}} {{Towns of Guldborgsund}}
[[Category:Villages in Guldborgsund Municipality]] [[Category:Lolland]]