Ormslev

History

The church in Ormslev is probably very old, but a large part of it is later additions and the whole church was thoroughly reconstructed in 1739. The area around Ormslev has been cultivated as farmland a long way back, as part of the historic and influential manor of Constantinsborg. Constantinsborg has been a manor for the nobility from at least the 15th century and is also an important agricultural producer today. From 1902 to 1956 the settlement of Ormslev became a railway town along the now abandoned Hammelbanen rail road line, and the village attracted some industry, including a grain mill, a dairy and some craftsmen. Half a kilometre southwest, marl was mined and transported by rail and the local farmers sent off their vegetables to market. Beginning in the 1930s, however, the small industrious village saw a decline and the rail road line was later abandoned altogether. The former train station, situated about half a kilometre northwest of the village on a lower elevation, has since been preserved and restored.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  20,599
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  19,540
• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  17,297
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  16,877
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  15,510
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,679
• Eurasian Wren

  Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,571
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  13,552

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2005-03-16
  13 km NNW of Kalundborg, Denmark
• M 2.8 — 2005-03-03
  29 km E of Ebeltoft, Denmark
• M 3 — 2005-02-03
  29 km NNW of Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark
• M 3 — 2005-02-03
  32 km E of Ebeltoft, Denmark
• M 2.7 — 2005-02-01
  32 km SE of Grenaa, Denmark
• M 2.8 — 2004-11-24
  13 km SSE of Ebeltoft, Denmark