The town is located on the northeast coast of Lolland where the Sakskøbing River flows into the Sakskøbing Fjord, a narrow but navigable sea inlet, the innermost part of which constitutes the port of Sakskøbing. Mentioned for the first time in 1240, it arose as a ford over the river, and is referred to as a market town as early as 1270.[4]
Sakskøbing is located on the north-eastern part of the island of Lolland in a flat and fertile moraine landscape. The town is located by a tunnel valley, a glacial terrain formation which runs from Sakskøbing in the northwest to the Guldborgsund strait in the southeast. It is located where the Sakskøbing River (Danish: Sakskøbing Å) empties into the Sakskøbing Fjord, an approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) long narrow and navigable inlet of Smålandsfarvandet, the body of water between the islands of Zealand, Lolland, Falster and Møn, and which on the last stretch to Sakskøbing narrows completely so that it looks more like a river than a inlet.
Sakskøbing Church is a late Romanesque brick building with a late Gothic tower. It was built around the year 1200; in the following centuries, the original church was extended with a nave and tower. The altarpiece, which dates back to the 16th century, is a late Gothic wood carving work from Lübeck. The present spire, which is 48 metres high, was built in 1852.[6]
Water tower
The water tower "Saxine" in Sakskøbing.
The water tower in Sakskøbing, nicknamed "Saxine" or "the smiling water tower", is a 33 meter tall water tower and a landmark for the town. The tower was built in 1908 by Christiani & Nielsen, but did not receive its smile until 1982, when the architect Flemming Skude decorated it.[7]
Sakskøbing Municipality
The old town hall in Sakskøbing.
The former Sakskøbing Municipality, including the small island of Vigsø, covered an area of 176 km², and had a total population of 9,299 (2005). Its last mayor was Kaj Petersen a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. To the north is Tår's Cove (Tårs Vig) and beyond that Rågø Strait (Rågø Sund), the waterway which separates Lolland from Zealand. A finger of Rågø Strait cuts into the former municipality forming Sakskøbing Fjord and then Sakskøbing River (Sakskøbing å) which meanders through the former municipality, as well as through Nykøbing Falster and Nysted until it terminates near the town of Bregninge.
Christopher II of Denmark (1276–1332), King of Denmark 1320 to 1326 and 1329 to 1332. He was given a simple house at Sakskøbing shortly before his death.
Peter Ilsted (1861–1933), a Danish artist and printmaker of domestic interior scenes
Jon Iversen (1889–1964), a Danish stage and film actor and film director[10]
Philip R. Rosendahl (1893–1974), journalist and acting governor of North Greenland 1925 to 1928 and Governor 1929 to 1939
Svend Erik Hovmand (born 1945), a Danish politician. He was Tax Minister 2001 to 2004.
^Blangstrup, Christian, ed. (1926). Salmonsens konversationsleksikon: Vol XX (in Danish) (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. pp. 816–817. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
^ abcdJ.P. Trap, ed. (1899). "Sakskjøbing". Kongeriget Danmark (in Danish). Vol. 3: Bornholms, Maribo, Odense og Svendborg Amter (3rd ed.). Kjøbenhavn. p. 138.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ abJ.P. Trap, ed. (1899). "Sakskjøbing". Kongeriget Danmark (in Danish). Vol. 3: Bornholms, Maribo, Odense og Svendborg Amter (3rd ed.). Kjøbenhavn. p. 139.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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