Ryomgård
| Ryomgård, Denmark | |
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 Ryomgård Realskole, School from 1913
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| Country | Denmark |
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| Region | Central Denmark (Østjylland) |
| Municipality | Syddjurs |
| Coordinates | 56°23′N 10°30′E / 56.383°N 10.500°ECoordinates: 56°23′N 10°30′E / 56.383°N 10.500°E |
| Population | 2,460 (2014) |
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 8550 |
 
Ryomgård in Denmark on the peninsula, Djursland
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| Website: http://www.ryomgaard.dk/ | |
Ryomgård is a Danish country town with 2.460 inhabitants located 29 kilometers north east of to the country’s second largest city Århus. As such Ryomgård is in part a pendler town to Århus.
Ryomgård lies in the middle of the peninsula, Djursland, protruding into the Kattegat Sea from another peninsula, Jutland, that extends up from northern Germany. It’s a 216 kilometer drive to the German border. From Ryomgård it’s a two and a half hour drive by car and ferry to the Danish capital, Copenhagen on the island, Zealand.
Ryomgård is located in Syddjurs Municipality which covers the southern half of the Djursland-peninsula.
Ryomgård lies 14 kilometers from the sea.
The Århus-Grenå railway passes through Ryomgård. After an ongoing electrification and renovation in 2016 the railway is planned to reopen in 2017 with train connections to Århus and Grenå every 30 minutes as opposed to 60 minutes before the renovation. This is expected to add to the influx of pendlers to Århus choosing to live in Ryomgård, as value for money when buying a house in Ryomgård might be better than closer to Århus.
By car it takes about 25 minutes to reach the northern outskirts of Århus, driving on the Djursland Motorway two thirds of the way.
Århus Airport is 14 kilometers from Ryomgård, with several national flights daily to Copenhagen, as well as a number of international flights, including a Ryan Air connection to Stansted in England.
From the bus station in Ryomgård there are connections to neighboring towns including Randers, Hornslet, Rønde, Ebeltoft, Grenå and Bønnerup as well as Århus.
There is a public and a private primary school in Ryomgård. The private school, Ryomgård Realskole, on the main street, was founded in 1913 and has got about 270 pupils covering 1 to 10th grade. The public School, Marienhofskolen, located at the top of one of the hills down to the main street, was founded in 1971, and has got 400 pupils from 1. to 9th grade.
Ryomgård has also got a Produktionsskole, a practically oriented school for young people who are on their way to finding an education or job.
The three towns, Rønde, 12 kilometers from Ryomgård, Randers, 34 kilometers from Ryomgård, and Grenå 28 kilometers from Ryomgård, have high schools and vocational educationss used by young people in Ryomgård, who can go to and from these towns by bus.
Young people in Ryomgård also go by bus or train to Århus to attend high school and other educations, as well University.
Before roads were common in Denmark prior to 1700 the place where Ryomgård lies was one of the few passageways over the swamp and lake divide that separated the northern part of Djursland from the southern part. There was a toll station for passage, close to the manor house, Gammel Ryomgård, that dates back to the 17th century.
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