Lemvig

Sister cities

• Garður
• Nybro
• Alahärmä
• Lindesnes Municipality
• Jevnaker
• Písek

History

The oldest record which mentions Lemvig were a series of royal letters from 1234 and 1237 which mention the town of Læmwich and Lemvich. During the Middle Ages, Lemvig remained a small town with only a church. In 1479, a fire destroyed the town hall. In 1542 King Christian III ordered the establishment a school in the town. Lemvig was designated as a market town, perhaps as early as 1471, but certainly by 1545. By 1638, it was described in priest's reports as "a small market town". By the turn of the 20th century, a number of businesses had been established in the town, including a tobacco factory, brickworks, steam mill, and a printing house. Three newspapers were in circulation: the Levig Avis, the Lemvig Daglad, and the Lemvig Folkeblad. During that year's census, of the working population: 356 were self-employed; 1,604 worked in craft and industry; 701 in trade; 533 in transportation; 283 in agriculture, forestry, and fishing; 430 in domestic labor; and 616 were unemployed. After World War II, Lemvig expanded into two new suburbs: Østerbjerg and Rønbjerg Hage, again increasing the population to 6,371 by 1965. Before the Municipal reform of 1970, Lemvig was located in Skodborg Herred within Ringkjøbing County. Following the reform, the town was made the seat of the newly established Lemvig Municipality. During the Municipal reform of 2007, Thyborøn-Harboøre Municipality was merged into Lemvig Municipality.

Geography

The town is situated 10 kilometers (6¼ miles) from the North Sea and from Copenhagen. The town takes its name from the Lem Vig (), a bay on the western part of the Limfjord, and part of Nissum Bredning. The town lies at the interior end of the bay, and originally was settled on a flat strip of land between the fjord and Lemvig Lake (), surrounded to the east and west by steep hills. Gradually, the town has expanded and spread up the sides of the valley. Until the Agger Tange was breached in 1825, Lemvig was isolated from the north sea, though it was located on the shipping route to Thy within the Limfjord. Facing the Limfjord, the harbor of the town has a 2-meter high concrete seawall to protect the city from westerly storms which push water from the North Sea into the Limfjord.

Most-observed species

• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,541
• Mute Swan

  Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  1,481
• Northern Lapwing

  Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,354
• Graylag Goose

  Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,303
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,257
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,206
• Great Cormorant/European Shag

  Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,087
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,037

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2018-09-16
  23 km NW of Ulfborg, Denmark
• M 4.4 — 2010-02-19
  47 km WNW of Thyborøn, Denmark
• M 3.2 — 2007-07-21
  69 km WNW of Thyborøn, Denmark
• M 3.5 — 2001-10-21
  41 km WNW of Thyborøn, Denmark