Hadersleben
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 Haderslev Cathedral seen from the inner pond
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| Country | Denmark | |
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| Region | Southern Denmark (Syddanmark) | |
| Municipality | Haderslev | |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) | |
| Coordinates | 55°14′34″N 9°31′30″E / 55.24278°N 9.52500°ECoordinates: 55°14′34″N 9°31′30″E / 55.24278°N 9.52500°E | |
| Population | 21,574 (2014) | |
| First documented | 1050 | |
| Mayor | Jens Christian Gjesing | |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 6100 | |
| Area code | (+45) 7 | |
Haderslev (lower left) is southeast of Esbjerg and north of Sønderborg, on Denmark's Jutland peninsula.
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Haderslev (German: 
Hadersleben ) is a Danish town of Region of Southern Denmark with a population of 21,574 (1 January 2014). It is the main town and the administrative seat of Haderslev Municipality and is situated in the eastern part of Southern Jutland. Haderslev is home of Sønderjyske, which is an association football team that plays in the Danish Superliga for the 2015-16 season.
Haderslev is situated in a valley, leading from Vojens to Haderslev Fjord and the Baltic Sea. Haderslev was presumably founded by Vikings at least a century before it was granted status as royal borough in 1292. At that time, it had become one of the main trading centres in Southern Jutland. In 1327, Haderslevhus, the royal castle, was mentioned for the first time. It was situated east of the cathedral; an area still called Slotsgrunden. In the following centuries the city prospered, building both the Gothic Cathedral and the second castle of Hansborg (burnt in 1644), which was similar to Kronborg. Due to the plague in Copenhagen, King Christian IV was married there. In the 16th century, the city became one of the first Scandinavian places to embrace the Lutheran Reformation. Prior to the Second Schleswig War of 1864, Haderslev was situated in the Duchy of Schleswig, a Danish fief, so its history is properly included in the contentious history of Schleswig-Holstein. From 1864 it was part of Prussia, and as such part of the North German Confederation, and from 1871 onwards, part of the German Empire. In the 1920 Schleswig Plebiscite that returned Northern Schleswig to Denmark, 38.6% of Haderslev's inhabitants voted for remaining part of Germany and 61.4% voted for the cession to Denmark. It was formerly the capital of the German Kreis Hadersleben and the Danish Haderslev County.
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