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[[Image:Augustenborg-logo.gif|right|75px|thumb|Coat-of-arms of the former Augustenborg municipality in Denmark.]]
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'''Augustenborg''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Augustenburg'') is a town on [[Als]] in [[Sønderborg]] municipality, [[Region Syddanmark]] in [[Denmark]]. The town lies at the head of [[Als Fjord]]. To the east is the [[Little Belt]]. [[Ferry]] service connects Augustenborg to the island of [[Funen]] from the nearby town of Fynshav.
'''Augustenborg''' is also a suburb of [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]].
==History==
{{see also|Duke of Augustenborg}}
The town grew up around [[Augustenborg Palace]] which was established by Ernest Gunther, a member of the ducal house of [[Schleswig-Holstein]] (its branch of [[Sønderborg]]) and a cadet of the royal house of Denmark, in the years after 1651. The palace, and the town consequently, received the name in honor of Ernest's wife Auguste, herself also from a branch of dukes of Schleswig-Holstein.
The palace became the chief seat of their line which used the name Augustenborg as its branch name. Later, a Danish king made the head of that line specifically [[Duke of Augustenborg]]. They grew in relative prominence in late 18th century, and in the 19th century [[Schleswig-Holstein Question]], being the symbols of pro-German nationalistic movement in Schleswig-Holstein. The area was annexed by [[Prussia]] in [[1864]] from Denmark, but was returned in [[1920]] following a [[Schleswig Plebiscites|plebiscite]].
The Augustenborg male line died out in 1931, upon the death of [[Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein]], a grandson of queen [[Victoria of the United Kingdom]]. Their female-line [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|descendant]] today holds the throne of [[Sweden]].
==Attractions==
[[Image:Schloss Augustenburg.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Augustenborg Palace]]
===Augustenborg Palace===
A large part of Augustenborg Palace is currently used as a mental institution. There is an exhibit about the palace, the town and its ducal history in the building's entryway. The palace church is open to the public in the summertime. There are periodic tours given.
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==Augustenborg municipality==
Until [[January 1]], [[2007]] Augustenborg was also a municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Commune (subnational entity)|kommune]]'') in [[South Jutland County]] on the island of [[Als]] off the east coast of the [[Jutland]] peninsula in south [[Denmark]]. The municipality covered an area of 53 [[square kilometre|km²]], and had a total population of 6,577 (2005). Its latest mayor was Åse Nygaard. The site of its municipal council was the town of Augustenborg.
Augustenborg municipality ceased to exist due to [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]]. It was combined with former [[Broager]], [[Gråsten]], [[Nordborg]], [[Sundeved]], [[Sydals]], and [[Sønderborg]] municipalities to form the new Sønderborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 499 [[square kilometre|km²]] and a total population of 49,886 (2005).
== External links ==
* [http://www.sonderborg.dk Sønderborg municipality's official website] {{da icon}}
==References ==
* Municipal statistics: [http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD] aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]
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