Christiansfeld

Christiansfeld, with a population of 2,855 is a town in Kolding Municipality in Southern Jutland in Region of Southern Denmark. The city became based in 1773 with the aid of the Moravian Church and named after the Danish king Christian VII. Since July 2015 it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Most of Christiansfeld was built inside the years 1773 to 1800, following a strict metropolis plan. To encourage production, king Christian VII promised a ten-year tax vacation for the town and paid 10% of the development fees of recent houses. It become certainly one of many cities in Schleswig formally distinctive a small market metropolis. InAfter reunification, the Moravian church lost a number of the rights it had received as a part of the metropolis's founding within the 18th century. 1864, Christiansfeld and the relaxation of Schleswig was ceded to Prussia due to Denmark's defeat within the Second Schleswig War. It remained part of Germany till 1920 whilst, as part of a plebiscite called for by the Treaty of Versailles, Northern Schleswig voted to rejoin Denmark.