Bredsten

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Bredsten

Total population

1,694

Coordinates55.70°, 9.38°

Demographic figures from Statistics Denmark. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Bredsten is a village in Vejle Municipality, Denmark. Bredsten is situated 11 kilometres west of Vejle, and it has a population of 1,881. The village is quite old, indicated by the church which dates back to the Middle Ages though modified by the local entrepreneur de Lichtenberg in the 1740s.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Gerhard Schmidt

Danish-German chairman of the Association of German North Schleswigers

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Jan Erik Østergaard

Danish bicycle racer, born 1961

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Anton Frederik Bruun

Danish oceanographer and ichthyologist (1901 - 1961)

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Oluf Ring

Danish composer (1884–1946)

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Hans Herlak

Danish field hockey player (1881-1970)

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Anton Marius Andersen

American Lutheran minister (1847-1941)

Birgitte Thott

Danish philosopher, auther, and scholar (1610-1662)

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Peder Jacobsen Hygom

Danish theologian

Philip Lund

Danish footballer

Christian Carl Peters

Danish sculptor (1822-1899)

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Marie Foss

Norwegian conductor (1907–1993)

A.T.H. Mourier-Petersen

Christian Mourier-Petersen

Danish politician

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Christine Dueholm

Danish composer

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Eva Jørgensen

Danish journalist and autobiographer

Ferdinand Mourier-Petersen

Danish politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Southern Denmark

• Skibet
  2.8 mi away · pop. 2,094
• Ny Nørup
  3 mi away
• Jerlev
  3 mi away · pop. 685
• Ødsted
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,462
• Nørre Vilstrup
  3.2 mi away · pop. 271
• Jelling
  3.8 mi away · pop. 3,362
• Gadbjerg
  5.3 mi away
• Ny Højen
  5.5 mi away · pop. 677
• Vejle
  5.8 mi away · pop. 56,567
• Egtved
  6.7 mi away · pop. 2,151
• Vandel
  6.7 mi away · pop. 787
• Sandvad
  7.5 mi away

Browse all places in Southern Denmark →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Strophosoma capitatum

Strophosoma capitatum

Seen 2026-09-26

Giant House Spider

Eratigena atrica

Seen 2026-09-26

Neriene peltata

Neriene peltata

Seen 2026-09-26

Conical Trashline Orbweaver

Cyclosa conica

Seen 2026-09-26

Cricket-bat Orbweaver

Mangora acalypha

Seen 2026-09-26

Green Silver-lines

Pseudoips prasinana

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Tree-weaver

Lepthyphantes minutus

Seen 2026-09-25

False Death-cap

Amanita citrina

Seen 2026-09-24

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).