Place:Storstrøm, Denmark

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NameStorstrøm
Alt namesStorstrøm County
Storstrømsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Storstrømssource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988)
Storstrøms Amtsource: Wikipedia
TypeModern province, Amt
Coordinates55°N 11.917°E
Located inDenmark     (1970 - 2006)
See alsoMaribo, DenmarkParent
Præstø, DenmarkParent
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Hampegård ( 800 - 1600 )
Historical district
Maribo ( 1970 - 2006 )
Inhabited place
Allerslev
Axel
Bandholm
Bannerup
Birket
Borre
Bårse
Dannemare
Engestofte
Eskilstrup
Fakse Ladeplads
Fensmark
Gavnø
Gedser
Glumsø
Guldborg
Hellested
Herlufmagle
Herlufsholm
Herritslev
Hesnaes
Holtug
Horbelev
Horslunde
Hunseby
Hyllinge
Højerup
Kalvehave
Karise
Karrebæksminde
Kettinge
Knuthenborg
Kragenæs
Kraghave
Køng
Lundby
Menstrup
Mern
Mogenstrup
Nysø
Orehoved
Pederstup
Roholte
Rødbyhavn
Rødvig
Skejten
Stege
Stokkemarke
Store Heddinge
Sundby
Sværdborg
Søllested
Tappernøje
Tingsted
Tirsted
Toreby
Udby
Vester Egede
Væggerløse
Municipality
Fakse
Fladså
Fuglebjerg
Holeby
Holmegaard
Højreby
Langebæk
Maribo
Nakskov
Nykøbing
Nysted
Næstved
Nørre Alslev
Præstø
Ravnsborg
Rudbjerg
Rødby
Rønnede
Sakskøbing
Stevns
Stubbekøbing
Suså
Sydfalster
Vordingborg
Parish
Ørslev sogn
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Storstrøms Amt (English Storstrøm County) is a former county (Danish: amt) on the islands of Zealand (Sjælland), Møn, Falster, Lolland and some minor islands in southeast Denmark. The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Maribo and Præstø. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it merged into Region Sjælland (i.e. Region Zealand).

The county was a somewhat artificial construction as the islands of Lolland and Falster did not traditionally share any institutions with Zealand, but rather with Funen. Locally, the adjectives nordenstrøms and søndenstrøms, i.e. "north" and "south of the Stream" were used to designate the Zealand-Møn and Lolland-Falster parts respectively, as they were separated by the strait Storstrømmen ("The Great Stream") from which the county derived its name.

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