Guldborgsund Municipality ( Danish : Guldborgsund Kommune ) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland of Denmark , created on 1 January 2007 from six (6) former municipalities on the two islands Lolland in the west and Falster in the east bordering the Guldborgsund strait. It covers an area of 903.15 km (2013) and has a total population of 59,759 (1. January 2024). Its neighboring municipalities are Lolland to the west and Vordingborg to the north. Its administrative seat is in the town of Nykøbing Falster . Its mayor as of 1 January 2022 is Simon Hansen, representing the Social Democrats .
9-521: The southernmost point in Denmark, Gedser Odde , is located in the municipality. On Monday January 1, 2007 Guldborgsund municipality was created as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) , consisting of the six (6) former municipalities of Nykøbing Falster (located partly on the island of Falster and partly on Lolland (its Sundby section)), Nørre Alslev (Falster), Stubbekøbing (Falster), and Sydfalster (Falster) and two of
18-517: A freshwater episode in the Baltic. The ice age strata consist mostly of moraines of clay and boulders deposited by the melting glacier. Traces of pink in the moraines come from red sandstone plucked up in the Baltic Sea . Gedser Odde is a good site for observing migratory birds , especially on windy days. Common eiders can be seen in large numbers around the point in the spring (from the end of March to
27-436: A further 18 km (11 mi) south-east to Gedser Rev. Sydstenen (the south stone) marks the southernmost point. The coastal cliff at Gedser Odder is almost always exposed. The strata deposited during the last ice age can be clearly seen, but lake sediments have also been exposed, from the lowering of the terrain. The sediments from the postglacial period contain fossils of freshwater snails and mussels , evidence of
36-449: Is a large summer house area and long sandy beaches. Guldborgsund is twinned with: Gedser Odde Gedser Odde on the island of Falster in the Baltic Sea is Denmark 's southernmost point. The terminal moraine from Idestrup through Skelby to Gedser is part of the maximum glaciation line across Falster, from Orehoved to Gedser. Fronted by low cliffs, the ridge, 5–7 m (16–23 ft) high, continues underwater
45-526: The area, such as little egret , black stork , Steller's eider , short-toed snake eagle , Blyth's reed warbler , great reed warbler , eastern olivaceous warbler , barred warbler , brown warbler and rock bunting . Gedser Fyr, a square, 20-metre-high (66 ft) lighthouse, sits 0.7 km (770 yd) north-west of Gedser Odde point. The tower features a light and a racon , or radar transponder, and can be ascended. Extending for about 16 km (10 mi) north from Gedser Odde, Falster's east coast
54-409: The beginning of April) and autumn. It is not uncommon for as many as 40,000 per day to fly past. The common scoter is viewable throughout the year in flocks of as many as 3,000. In the autumn, migratory geese can be seen in their thousands. Other species crossing the area include the red-throated loon , pomarine skua , the long-tailed jaeger , and great skua . Gedser Odde is probably the area with
63-407: The largest tourist attraction in the municipality is Middelaldercentret just outside Nykøbing Falster, which is an open-air museum built as a medieval town with houses and weaponry from around 1400. In Nysted is Aalholm , which is a privately owned castle. Fuglsang Art Museum holds a notable collection of Danish art from the end of the 18th century until today. In Marielyst on eastern Falster
72-569: The most little gulls in both the spring and the autumn with up to a thousand per day. Among the birds of prey which frequent the area in fairly large numbers between the southernmost point and the Gedser Marina are the rough-legged buzzard , red kite (often flying low), the western marsh harrier and common buzzard . Smaller birds also occur, including the western yellow wagtail , meadow pipit , common chaffinch and brambling . Much less common species have on occasion also been observed in
81-667: The six former municipalities located on the island of Lolland : Sakskøbing and Nysted . Guldborgsund's municipal council consists of 29 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees. Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007 . The largest company headquartered in the municipality is Codan Medical in Nysted , although its activities are actually concentrated in Rødbyhavn in neighbouring Lolland Municipality . Among
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