Bramming

Bramming
Town
The watertower and museum in Bramming
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Coordinates: 55°27′54″N8°42′24″E / 55.46487°N 8.70677°E / 55.46487; 8.70677
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark
Municipality	Esbjerg Municipality
Area
• Urban	5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population  (2025) [1]
•  Urban	7,315
• Urban density	1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
• Gender [2]	3,594 males and 3,721 females
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	DK-6740 Bramming

Bramming is a railway town, with a population of 7,315 (1 January 2025), ^[1] in Esbjerg Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located 24 km southeast of Varde, 19 km north of Ribe, 40 km southwest of Grindsted and 19 km east of Esbjerg.

Bramming is served by Bramming railway station which is located on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line, and is also the northern terminus of the Bramming–Tønder railway line. ^{[3] [4]}

Bramming was the municipal seat of the former Bramming Municipality until 1 January 2007.

Churches

Skt. Ansgar Church

Skt. Knud Church

There are two churches located in the Bramming area. Skt. Ansgar Church, consecrated in 1915, is located in the railway town, and the medieval Skt. Knud Church is located on the northern outskirts of the town. This church served the neighboring manor Bramming Hovedgård, now Southwest Jutland's Boarding School.

The museum

Bramming Egnsmuseum

Bramming Egnsmuseum, located by the water tower, is a museum where changing exhibitions on cultural history, art and crafts are displayed. In 2007, the so-called Historium opened, which is a 5.5 m high glass display case of almost 100 m³. Here, both the Bramming region's and Southwest Jutland's cultural history and features of Danish cultural history as a whole are exhibited.

See also

• Bramminge train accident

References

1. BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
2. BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
3. "Bramming Station" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 7 September 2024.
4. "Bramming Station" (in Danish). GoCollective . Retrieved 7 September 2024.

External links

Media related to Bramming at Wikimedia Commons