Hellerup

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Hellerup Church.

Tuborg Harbour.

The Rotunda in Hellerup,

Hellerup (Danish pronunciation: [hlobb ]) is a Danish town of Region Hovedstaden, located in

the Gentofte Municipality in Denmark. It is bordered to the east by the sound resund and to the
South by Copenhagen and counted among the most wealthy areas in Denmark.

It was Counselor Johan David Heller who came to put his name on the area when in 1748 he
bought the farm like Lokkerup and rechristened it Hellerup Farm and parceled it out into 38
hectares. Today only regrd remains similar to the original farms, but several of their names live
on in street names.
Contents
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1Geography

2Culture

3History

4Present day

5Education

6Foreign relations

7See also

8References

9External links

Geography[edit]
Hellerup was included in the old Hovedstaden (The Capital) which until 1970 was a larger area
than Copenhagen Municipality (evenFrederiksberg included). The area was built up in the 1870s
to 1890s and the area was included in the tram net of Copenhagen. Hellerup is not the centre of
the city, but neither a typical suburb. Quite a lot of old 5-6 floor buildings exist along Strandvejen,
the main street of the area. Here is also found old large villas on the side streets. Hellerup is
located in the eastern part of Gentofte Municipality which in return is a part of Metropolitan
Copenhagen situated in the northern part of Copenhagen the Danish capital, along the shores
of resund.

Culture[edit]
Noteworthy and critically acclaimed actress Stine Fischer Christensen, star of such films as After
the Wedding, 'Cracks in the Shell' and 'Culling Hens' was born here in 1985

History[edit]
Unlike other towns in the Gentofte Municipality, such as Gentofte, Ordrup,
and Jgersborg Hellerup is not marked by old urbanization, but rather by fairly recent
construction from the latter half of the 1800s. Prior to that time it was largely composed of farms
and grazing land, similar to other towns on Zealand, such as regrd.

Present day[edit]
Notable sites in Hellerup include "Store og Lille Tuborg", which later lent the name to
the Tuborg breweries that opened on the site and operated until the merger of the companies
brewing operations with Carlsberg. As of 1996, it has been a residential area with numerous

apartments overlooking the harbour. The site is also home to the headquarters of several Danish
and international companies, among them Saxo Bank.
Hellerup is home to the science center Experimentarium. In October 2009, Crown Princess
Mary visited Experimentarium to open an exhibition on the human brain.
The coast road, Strandvejen, runs through the main thoroughfare of the town and is home to
numerous shops and boutiques. Other features of Strandvejen are the beach atCharlottenlund
Beach Park and Charlottenlund Palace. Hellerup also has two churches, one built in 1900 and
the other in 1959.
The ASA Film studio, founded in 1936, was based in Hellerup and produced some of the most
notable films in Denmark.

Education[edit]
The Copenhagen International School's Hellerup Campus is in Hellerup.
regrd Gymnasium was founded in 1903 as Plock Ross School. In 1919 Gentofte municipality
took over the school, which was renamed regrd Gymnasium. In 1924, the school moved into a
new main building designed by architects GB Hagen and Edward Thomsen. [1]
Rygaards International School is located in Hellerup.
The Japanese Supplemental School in Copenhagen (CPHJPSS;
Kopenhgen Nihonjin Hosh Gakk; Danish: Den Japanske Supplerende Skola), aweekend
Japanese school, holds its classes at Copenhagen International School's Hellerup Campus. [2] The
school was established in 1974.[3]

Foreign relations[edit]
Danish-Bhutanese Friendship Association.[4]