Langeland Municipality

Since the 2007 municipal reform, the mayors of Langeland Municipality have been:

Former train station in Rudkøbing

Rudkøbing is located centrally on the island, and thus also the municipality. It is connected to Siø through the Langeland Bridge. South of the bridge, along the island's coast, is Rudkøbing Harbour. Along the harbour are numerous facilities. The southern and central parts of the town consist mainly of residential areas, while the eastern part of the town is home to a sizable industrial area.

South of Rudkøbing is Rudkøbing Forest, which covers approximately 3 acres.[4]

Bagenkop Harbour

There is only one settlement on the islands of Strynø: Strynø By. This village is located centrally on the island, and houses the island's attractions and facilities. It connects to the ferry harbour through a short road. In Strynø By is Strynø Church.[5]

East of the settlement of Søndenbro is the Langeland Fort (Danish: Langelandsfortet), a cold war museum and bunker.[6]

In Tranekær is a botanical garden known as the Medicinal Gardens in Tranekær (Danish: Medicinhaverne i Tranekær). These gardens include herbs and plants, historically used for medicinal purposes. Also located in Tranekær is Tranekær Castle, a castle from the 1200s. The castle is fortified with moats and fortifications. The castle provide guided tours and most services provided by manor houses.[7][8]

From Spodsbjerg is a ferry connection to Tårs on Lolland.[9]

In addition to these villages, there are a number of smaller settlements in the municipality. These are all the settlements with populations of less than 200 people:[10]

Lindelse Nor

Lindelse Nor is a narrow bay located approximately 5 km south of Rudkøbing. The bay contains flooded sites from the stone Stone and Iron Ages. Information signs has been placed along an underwater trail, allowing divers to experience these sites and the underwater landscape.[22][23]

There are a number of islands in Lindelse Nor. Of these, Lindø and Langø are inhabited. Both are connected to Langeland through a dam. The remaining islands are part of the South Funen Archipelago Nature Reserve (Danish: Sydfynske Øhav Vildtreservat). This means that the islands in Lindelse Nor, with the exception of the two inhabited islands, may not be visited from March to July. Birds known to breed in Lindelse Nor and on the islands include red-breasted merganser, northern lapwing, Eurasian oystercatcher and Mute swan.[24][25]

The area on Strynø is mostly used for agriculture, with only a small number of untouched nature areas. Approximately 190 people live on the island.[26]

Breeding birds on Strynø include starling, Eurasian skylark, European goldfinch, eider and blackbird.[27]

Strynø Kalv is located west of Strynø, and is privately owned. It was previously inhabited, but is today uninhabited. Nature on the island is mostly left untouched since the 1960s, where the island was used to ship out agricultural products. Today only some animal grazing disrupts the nature. Plants on the island include caspia, pepperwort and sea aster.

3 acres around a small lake on the island is protected. This was done to protect the European fire-bellied toad, which used to be common in the South Funen Archipelago, but is today rare. It was protected in 1951.[28]

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

• Langeland's Museum (Danish: Langelands Museum) is located in Rudkøbing. It was founded by Jens Winther in 1900. It began with archeological findings from Langeland, which is still part of the museum, but today items about cultural history are also displayed.[47]
• Souvenariet (Danish: Souvenirmuseum Souvenariet) is a museum with focus on souvenirs. It is located in Tranekær.[48]
• The Archipelago's Smack and Nature Center (Danish: Øhavets Smakke- og Naturcenters) is a museum located on Strynø. It informs about the South Funen Archipelago's cultural and natural history, and also displays several types of boats, namely smacks. The museum has existed since 1993.[49]
• The Fishery House (Danish: Fiskeriets Hus) is a local museum located in Bagenkop. It focuses on the local history, as well as on fishery.[50]
• The Tranekær Castle Mill (Danish: Tranekær Slotsmølle) is a windmill from 1846. It has been turned into a museum, with focus on the mill's history.[51]

Submarine at the Langeland Fort

The Langeland Fort (Danish: Langelandsfortet) is a Cold War bunker. It was built by the Royal Danish Navy in 1952-54 and consisted of 14 different underground bunkers. It was built on the east coast on southern Langeland, and equipped with cannons and batteries to defend the Great Belt, as well as protect the minefields that the Royal Danish Navy would place. The bunker also included anti-air weapons, meant to protect the local radar stations of the Navy and Air Force. The bunker's crew consisted of up to 400 marines, who lived at a nearby barrack. The Langeland Fort was from 1961 to 1986 the seat for the Langeland Marine District (Danish: Langelands Marinedistrikt).[52]

In 1973 the bunker's anti-air weapons and main battery were preserved and in April 1993 the bunker was shut down. It opened as a museum in June 1997, named the Cold War Museum Langeland Fort (Danish: Koldkrigsmuseum Langelandsfort). The museum displays a submarine, minesweeper, Saab 35 Draken fighter aircraft and MiG-23 fighter aircraft. The museum also has exhibits on the Frogman Corps and Cold War espionage.[53][54]

Broløkke

• Biskopstorp is a manor located southwest of Tullebølle. Biskopstorp used to be a village, with the manor having existed since at least 1740, though it likely originates from much earlier. The current main building is from 1727.[55]
• Broløkke is a manor located southeast of Magleby. The oldest part of the current manor was built in 1758, though the manor originates from the 1500s where it was called Brobjerg. It was owned by the crown until 1577 where Anne Lunge obtained ownership of the manor. Her son sold it, and around 1640 it was owned by the Mylting-family. It was likely this family that changed the manor's name to Broløkke. It was eventually bought by the Lauritsen-family and in 1743 the Ahlefeldt-family, who sold the manor to pastor Dines Christian Krag. It returned to the Ahlefeldt-family after the pastor's death, however, and remained in the family until 2004 where it was bought by Niels Palmqvist.[56]
• Egeløkke is a manor located west of Bøstrup. It has existed since the Middle Ages. The current main building is from 1845.[57]

Faarevejle

• Faarevejle is a manor located south of Rudkøbing. It has existed since the 1300s, though the current main building is from the 1870s and built by architect A. H. Klein.[58]
• Hjortholm is a manor located northeast of Fodslette. The manor has existed since the start of the 1500s, where it was known as Fodslettegaard and located within the village of Fodslette. Melchior Hvas, who owned the manor between 1575 and 1602, moved the manor out of the village and was likely also the one to rename it to Hjortholm. The manor has been in the Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-family since 1896.[59]
• Holmegaard is a manor located south of Søndenbro. It was first mentioned in 1500. From 1952 to 2008 it was owned by the Ministry of Defense and used for training of military personnel.[60]
• Korsebølle is a manor located north of Tranekær. Korsebølle used to be a village. It was founded as a manor in 1718-1719 by count Carl Ahlefeldt. The Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-family has been the owners of Korsebølle since the manor's foundation in 1718.[61]

Tranekær Castle

• Lykkesholm is a manor located in Tryggelev. The manor is known to have existed from the 1400s.[62]
• Møllegaard is a manor located southwest of Spodsbjerg. It has existed since the 1500s, where it was owned by Oluf Hansen Gaas and later Mogens Eriksen Bille. The Bille-family kept the manor until 1614, where it was acquired by Bendt Petersen von Deden. It remained in this family until 1704, and from then on switched hands between families several times. It has since 2016 been owned by a company called Møllegård Hovedgaard K/S. The manor's main building is from 1880.[63]
• Nedergaard is a manor located south of Snøde. It has existed since at least 1409.[64]
• Skovsbo is a manor located south of Sønder Longelse. It is known to have existed since at least 1464. In the Middle Ages there were large forest areas around the area of Skovsbo. The manor's main building is from around 1830.[65]
• Skovsgaard is a manor located east of Hennetved. It is known to have existed since at least 1457.[66]
• Steensgaard is a manor located southeast of Lohals. It has existed since at least 1442.[67]
• Tranekær is a manor and castle located in Tranekær. It has existed since the 1200s, where its ownership switched between the crown and the dukes of South Jutland. It was given to Christian Rantzau in 1645, who gave the manor to his son-in-law, Frederik Ahlefeldt in 1659. The manor has remained in the Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-family since then.[68]
• Vestergaard is a manor located southwest of Lindelse. It has existed since the 1500s. The current main building of the manor was built in 1892.[69]

Flemming Jørgensen at the Langeland Festival in 2006

See List of churches in Langeland Municipality

The Archipelago Day (Danish: Øhavets Dag) takes place in Ristinge on the last Sunday in August. It takes place on the harbour, and includes several activities related to agricultural shows.[70]

In Lohals is a yearly festival dedicated to the frikadelle. Besides activities related to the frikadelle, there is also live music.[71]

The Langeland Festival (Danish: Langelandsfestival) is a yearly music festival, set south of Rudkøbing. It takes place on Week 30 and gets around 25,000-30,000 visitors. The festival first began in 1991.[72][73]

• Erik Bredal (born 1608 in Rudkøbing — 1672), bishop
• Otto Fabricius (born 1744 in Rudkøbing — 1822), missionary and explorer
• Hans Egede Saabye (born 1746 on Strynø — 1817), priest and missionary in Greenland
• Hans Christian Ørsted (born 1777 in Rudkøbing — 1851), physicist and chemist
• Jørgen Ernst Meyer (born 1802 near Hou — 1873), industrialist
• Mads Johansen Lange (born 1807 in Rudkøbing — 1856), merchant and entrepreneur
• Anders Sandøe Ørsted (born 1816 in Rudkøbing — 1872), botanist, mycologist, zoologist and marine biologist
• Johannes Pedersen (born 1883 in Illebølle — 1977), theologian
• Marianne Schroll (born 1942 in Rudkøbing), specialist in geriatric medicine

• Wincents Sebbelow (born 1770 in Tranekær — 1842), merchant and politician
• Anders Sandøe Ørsted (born 1778 in Rudkøbing — 1860), politician and former prime minister of Denmark
• James Rasmussen (born 1835 in Stoense), American politician
• Bjarne Nielsen (born 1957), politician and former mayor of the municipality
• Tonni Hansen (born 1958 in Kædebyhas), politician and mayor of the municipality
• Marlene Ambo-Rasmussen (born 1986 in Magleby), politician and MF

• Ludvig Brandstrup (born 1861 in Tranekær — 1935), sculptor
• Jens Christian Bay (born 1871 in Rudkøbing — 1962), author
• Preben Lerdorff Rye (born 1917 in Rudkøbing — 1995), actor
• Bjørn Watt-Boolsen (born 1923 in Rudkøbing — 1998), actor
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (born 1970 in Rudkøbing), actor

• Ingrid Larsen (born 1912 in Rudkøbing — 1997), diver
• Hans Jørgen Boye (born 1942 in Rudkøbing), rower