Haderslev

The red part you can see on the map is the region where Haderslev is located in Denmark. Haderslev is situated in a valley, leading from Vojens to Haderslev Fjord and the Baltic Sea. It´s a small city with moreless 33,000 inhabitants. Haderslev was presumably founded by Vikings. Then, it had become one of the main trading centres in Southern Jutland. In 1327, Haderslevhus, the royal castle, was mentioned for the first time. In the following centuries the city prospered, building both the Gothic Cathedral and the second castle of Hansborg. Due to the plague in Copenhagen, King Christian IV was married there. In the 16th century, the city became one of the first Scandinavian places to embrace the Lutheran reformation. From 1864 it was part of Prussia, and as such part of the North German Confederation, and from 1871 onwards, part of the German Empire. In the 1920 Schleswig Plebiscite that brought Northern Schleswig to Denmark, 38.6 % of Haderslev's inhabitants voted for remaining part of Germany and 61.4 % voted for the cession to Denmark.