Kolding

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• Szombathely
• Drammen
• Pisa
• Delmenhorst
• Panevėžys City Municipality
• Panevėžys
• Stykkishólmur
• Nanortalik
• Wuqing District
• Huéscar
• Kujalleq
• Örebro Municipality

History

Koldinghus would be besieged and presumably occupied by Holstein in 1369. On 9 January 1644, a battle was fought at Kolding during the Torstenson War between Danish and Swedish forces. On 1 May 1644, Kolding was captured in a naval expedition by Danish forces led by Anders Bille. In the Battle of Kolding, fought on 25 December 1658, the allied Polish and Danish forces under hetman Stefan Czarniecki defeated the Swedish forces of Charles X Gustav of Sweden. A battle between German and Danish forces took place near the town on 23 April 1849 during the First War of Schleswig. On 9 September 1955, Kolding was impacted by a high-end F2/T5 Tornado that displaced a car 20 meters into a yard. On 3 November 2004, the N. P. Johnsen's Fireworks Factory in the suburb of Seest exploded. One firefighter died, 85 people were injured, around 2,000 people were evacuated, and some of them lost their homes during this disaster.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,469
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,047
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,771
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,753
• Herring Gull

  Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 · Aves
  2,723
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,499
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,451
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,345

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2003-06-15
  15 km SE of Nyborg, Denmark