Odder Parish, Århus, Denmark Genealogy

History
Odder parish is close to the estates of Rodsteeneje and Rathlousdal and several windmills. The parish included the annex church of Tvenstrup until 1820 when the structure was too dilapidated to remain standing. The church was located north of the village of Odder.

Odder is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark just south of Aarhus and is a part of the greater Aarhus area and the main town and site of its municipal council is the town of Odder. Other towns in the municipality include Hou, Gylling, Saksild, Kysing, Hundslund and Ørting. Odder municipality was not merged with other municipalities as part of the extensive Municipal Reform of 2007 and is one of the smallest municipalities in Denmark.

Neighboring municipalities with land connection are Aarhus to the north, and Skanderborg and Horsens to the west. The municipality is surrounded by water on two sides, to the south and east. Neighboring former municipality Juelsminde to the south is separated from the municipality by the waters of the Kattegat and Horsens Fjord, and neighboring island municipality Samsø to the east is separated from the municipality by the Kattegat.

Places
Bakdalgaard, Bakkely, Balle, Balle-Fensholt, Balle-Findal, Balle Nedergaard, Balle Nygaard, Balle Overgaard, Bandsvadgaard, Bendixminde, Bisgaard, Brohuse, Bæksgaard Egholm, Elballegaard, Engdal, Eskildsminde Favrgaard, Fillerup, Fillerup Overgaard, Findal, Frederikshald Gelstrup, Grønbækgaard Hougaard, Hæderlin, Højsgaard Kildegaard, Kirstinelyst, Kjærskovgaard, Kristiansminde Lille Kanne, Lilliensgyde (1792) Malteseje, Morsholt Odder, Odder Præstegaard, Odder Aa, Ondrup, Ondrupgaard, Overholm Parkvej, Petersminde Rathlousdal, Rodsteenseje, Rold, Rold Bisgaarde, Rude Havvej Sander, Sandergaard, Skovgaard, Snerild, Stenslund, Studshoved, Svorbæk Terupgaard, Tvenstrup, Tvenstrup Bjerge, Tvenstrup Mark, Tvenstrup Østergaard Ulvsborg, Ulvskov Huse Vejlskov, Viskjær Østermark, Østervangen Aahave

To see what kind of place it is you will need a Danish Gazetteer.

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A 1700 tax census covering all males in the parish exists (an internet archived version available here and here). It has been published in a book and is available at the FamilySearch Library in SLC. For more information, click here.

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