Kongeåmuseet

Vamdrup and the border with Germany 1864-1920 Before the war in 1864, English railway contractors were building a railroad between Schleswig and Flensburg. It was supposed to extend the pitch to Fredericia, but the wreckage came in the way of these plans. After the end of the war it was decided that the future border station would be built on an area between the villages Øster and Vester Vamdrup. On November 1, 1866, the new station building was introduced and the first train went to Fredericia from the station. The station building, which was built in wood, contained rooms for both Danish and German personnel. To house the senior staff at the station, housing was built for the Danish deputy chairman and the German business manager, as well as the Danish customs manager. Vamdrup thus became a unique city center with three large mansion-like villas, which in 1884 and 1899 were supplemented with 2 villas more - all located in a row next to "Railroadallé" The station quickly developed to become Denmark's fourth largest railway station, where about 100 people were employed. At the same time, the city grew, as the staff had to live somewhere to live with the boundaries of the guardianship of the border with Prøysen. The city's history is told at a permanent exhibition at the museum, where You can also find exhibitions about the entire state border and the predefined customs boundaries between Jutland and Schleswig