Fjerritslev

History

Fjerritslev is mentioned in 1487 under the name Fieridsleff. Until the middle of the 1800s Fjerritslev only consisted of a series of spread-out houses and farms. A tavern was built in Fjerritslev in 1840, which began the expansion of the town. Following the tavern were other establishments, including a post office, bank, school and brewery. With the construction of the train station in 1897, the town began to rapidly expand. During the German occupation of Denmark in 1940-45 multiple buildings in the town were occupied by the Germans. This included the school, which forced the locals to move their teaching facilities to the town's tavern. The train station in Fjerritslev was shut down in 1969. In the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform, seven parish municipalities were merged to form Fjerritslev Municipality, with the municipality's seat and main town being Fjerritslev. The municipality lasted until 2007 where it was merged with Aabybro Municipality, Pandrup Municipality and Brovst Municipality to form Jammerbugt Municipality. In 1979 [https://www.fjerritslev-gym.dk Fjerritslev Gymnasium] (upper secondary high school) was founded. As of 2022, it has approximately 375 students and also offers Higher Preparatory Examination (HF) and Higher Commercial Examination (HHX). Since 2016 it has been possible for the students to also stay at Fjerritslev College. This has made Fjerritslev Gymnasium more attractive for students from other regions of Denmark and even from abroad.

Most-observed species

• White-tailed Eagle

  Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,037
• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,850
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

  Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,123
• Common Crane

  Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,008
• Graylag Goose

  Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,813
• Eurasian Spoonbill

  Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,345
• Northern Lapwing

  Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,055
• Hen Harrier

  Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,930

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2008-04-25
  9 km NNW of Strandby, Denmark
• M 2.7 — 2005-04-26
  24 km N of Hirtshals, Denmark