{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Kirkerup | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Kirkerup Church.jpg | image_caption = Kirkerup Church | pushpin_map = Denmark#Denmark Region Zealand | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Denmark | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Denmark]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Region Zealand]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Slagelse Municipality|Slagelse]] | image_seal = | image_shield = | coordinates = {{coord|55|21|37|N|11|29|29|E|type:city_region:DK|display=title, inline}} | area_urban_km2 = | population_as_of = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | established_title = Settled | established_date = | established_title2 = City status | established_date2 = | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code = 4200 }} '''Kirkerup''' is a village in [[Slagelse Municipality]] in the [[Region Zealand|Zealand Region]] of [[Denmark]]. Kirkerup parish has a population of 344 people<ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/KM5 Statbank.dk]. Select "7315 Kirkerup (Slagelse Municipality)" and "Show Table"</ref> and is situated on the western part of the island of [[Zealand]]. The village is the main village in the parish of [[:da:Kirkerup Sogn (Slagelse Kommune)|Kirkerup Sogn]] where the [[manor house]] [[Gyldenholm]] is located. The village lies three [[Kilometre|km]] from the town of [[Sørbymagle]] and 10 km from the main town of the [[Municipalities of Denmark|municipality]], [[Slagelse]]. In 2023, the town was the [[crime scene]] of a [[child abduction]].
== History == Kirkerup has a long history dating back to the Middle Ages. The village was first mentioned in written records in the year 1177 under the name "Kyricorp". It is believed that the name "Kirkerup" comes from the words "Kirke" meaning "church" and "rup" meaning "village" in [[Old Danish]].
In the 19th century, the village experienced a period of growth due to the construction of the Great Belt Railway, which passed through Kirkerup. The railway provided new opportunities for trade and commerce and brought new residents to the village.
==Landmarks== The most important landmark in the town is Kirkerup Church. Kirkerup Church Barn (Kirkerup Kirkelade) was listed on the [[Listed buildings in Slagelse Municipality|Danish register of protected buildings and places]] in 1964. The building dates from the 1450s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub?sag=8019209|title=Sag: Kirkerup Kirkelade|language=Danish|publisher=Kulturstyrelsen|accessdate=15 September 2019}}</ref>
==Notable people== Danish rower [[Harry Larsen|Harry Julius Larsen]] (1915) was from Kirkerup,<ref name="SR profile">{{Cite sports-reference|title=Harry Larsen|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/harry-julius-larsen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003456/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/harry-julius-larsen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref> as was [[Olaf Henriksen]], the only Major League Baseball player from Denmark.
== References == {{Reflist}}{{Slagelse Municipality}} [[Category:Villages in Slagelse Municipality]] [[Category:Child sexual abuse in Denmark]] [[Category:Crime in Denmark]]