Drastrup | |
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| Coordinates: 56°26′40″N10°10′12″E / 56.444444°N 10.170111°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Central Denmark (Midtjylland) |
| Municipality | Randers |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 28 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central Europe Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 |
| Postal code | 8960 |
| Area code | (+45) 8 |
Drastrup is a village on the peninsula of Jutland, with a population of 28 (2010). [1] It is a part of Randers Municipality in the Central Denmark Region. The village is gradually becoming enveloped by the growth of Assentoft. [2]
In the present Drastrup remains have been found of a round barrow from antiquity. [3]
In medieval place names the last particle -trup means ”secondary settlement”. [4] Drastrup is known from September 16, 1465, [5] when its peasants were tenant farmers of Essenbæk Abbey. [6]
After the Reformation, the king confiscated Essenbæk Abbey and its estate in 1540, [7] and when Drastrup was acquired on August 22, 1661, from the king by Hans Friis, there were six farms in the village. [8] Its location on moraine hills shows that agriculture was prioritized there, but cattle were probably kept on the meadows below the village. [2]
On March 18, 1695, Hans Friis gave [9] Essenbæk Home Farm (Essenbæk Ladegård), including adjoining estates, to his nephew Christian Friis, [10] who on February 15, 1726, incorporated them into the entailed estate of Tustrup. [11] On October 30, 1782, the king gave permission for the sale of the estate, and Essenbæk Home Farm was sold at auction at Tustrup on December 18, 1783, to Christian Kallager; the deed was signed on June 11, 1785. [12]
However, as early as June 10, [13] 1787, he sold it to Peter Severin Fønss and Johan Frederik Carøe. [14] In that year there were in Drastrup six farms, a smallholding and two houses, [15] in which resided 87 people. [16] Before the end of the following year the village was sold to the tenant farmers there, [17] who subdivided it among themselves. [18]
A newly built school was opened in Drastrup March 1, 1859, [20] and Drastrup Co-operative Society (Drastrup Brugsforening) was established in 1900. [21]
In the village the Virring-Essenbæk Municipality and the Årslev-Hørning Municipality opened September 1, 1959, the Sønderhald hundred Central School (Sønderhald herreds Forbundsskole), [22] also called the Sønderhald School (Sønderhaldskolen), [23] and February 1, 1960, the previous school there was closed as such. [22] Drastrup Co-operative Society was abolished in 1965, [24] but in 1968 a sports ground and a clubhouse were constructed at the Sønderhald School. [23]
From February 28, 1973, [25] the Sønderhald Municipality decided to expand the residential area of Assentoft East (Assentoft Øst) with inter alia parts of Drastrup, including the Sønderhald School, [25] so that the village is becoming surrounded by Assentoft. [26] However, the village environment, with several farm structures, is relatively well-preserved.
The landscape in and around Drastrup is relatively flat, with few hills. [27]