Horslunde
Town in Zealand, Denmark
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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.[1] 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.
Horslunde | |
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Town | |
 Horslunde with a view of its church | |
  Horslunde Location on Lolland | |
| Coordinates: 54°54′31″N 11°12′59″E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Zealand (Sjælland) |
| Municipality | Lolland |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 582 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4913 |
Sites of interest in Horslunde include Reventlow-Museet Pederstrup, Reventlow Asylum, and the town's three churches: Horslunde Church, Nøbbet Church, and Nordlunde Church.[2]
Facilities
In 2010, Horslunde was named "Village of the Year" by the National Association of Villages in Denmark.[3][4] 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 festivals, and Christmas trees, but has also created a new initiative it calls "Horslunde as an energy village",[5] through which local craftsmen have carried out energy-saving work worth almost 8 million DKK, with support from Realdania and the state's initiative fund,[6] as well as installing solar cells in the fields adjacent to the town.[7]
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,[8] however, that same month the school declared bankruptcy and closed with immediate effect.[9]
Notable people
- Christian Ditlev, Count of Reventlow (1710–1775) a Danish Privy Councillor, nobleman and estate owner; buried in Horslunde church
- 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
