Faxe

History

The name Faxe is Old Norse and means "horse mane", probably a reference to its location on a long hill. The town is mentioned in 1280. The first church was built in 1440. For many years the letter x was considered unnatural in Danish and the Fakse spelling was enforced instead of the Old Norse Faxe. When hyphenated, the x still splits into ks (Fak-se). A narrow gauge railway line between the Faxe Quarry and the harbor in Faxe Ladeplads opened in 1865. In 1879, the Østbanen railway line from Køge to Faxe opened. The two railway lines were connected in 1880. The quarry's narrow gauge railway was shut down many years ago, but one of the trains from the narrow gauge railway line is located in Faxe mini by as the only and the last train from the narrow gauge railway line.

Most-observed species

• Red Kite

  Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,924
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,797
• White-tailed Eagle

  Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,374
• Graylag Goose

  Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,250
• Eurasian Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,011
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,625
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

  Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,519
• Barnacle Goose

  Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) · Aves
  4,299

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2026-05-20
  7 km WSW of Bjæverskov, Denmark
• M 4.3 — 2008-12-16
  7 km NW of Skurup, Sweden
• M 2.6 — 2005-03-16
  13 km NNW of Kalundborg, Denmark
• M 2.5 — 2004-02-23
  2 km W of Køge, Denmark
• M 2.5 — 2003-06-15
  15 km SE of Nyborg, Denmark