Præstø
Præstø is a town with a population of 3,949 in Vordingborg Municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand.
The islands of Maderne, Storeholm, and Lilleholm are part of the wildlife reserves.
History
Præstø became crown property in 1353. In 1304, it was incorporated as a market town.Præstø was the seat of the former Præstø municipality. As of January 1, 2007, Præstø municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Langebæk, Møn, and Vordingborg municipalities to form an enlarged Vordingborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of and a total population of 46,307. The municipality belongs to the new Region Sjælland.
The former Prøstø municipality covered an area of, and had a total population of 7,608. Its last mayor was Ole Møller Madsen, a member of the Venstre political party.
Education
Bosei Sports High School, a folk high school, is located in Præstø, in the former Tokai University Boarding School in Denmark campus. The Tokai school was a Japanese boarding school.Zenvo
The sports car company Zenvo Automotive is headquartered here. They are known for making the Zenvo ST1.Notable people
- N. F. S. Grundtvig a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. In 1821 he was granted the country living of Præstø and stayed a year.
- Pauline Worm a Danish writer, poet, schoolteacher and feminist, a private tutor in Præstø 1847–1851
- Henry Johnson an American farmer, logger, businessman and politician, emigrated 1873.
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup a Danish poet and novelist, shared the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917
- Henrik Grønvold a Danish naturalist and artist, known for his illustrations of birds
- Knud Olsen a builder and designer of boats, designed the OK Dinghy.
- Poul Thomsen a Danish film actor