Gredstedbro is a railway town, with a population of 1,063 (1 January 2024),[1] in Esbjerg Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located 9 km north of Ribe, 10 km south of Bramming and 20 km southeast of Esbjerg, just north of the Kongeå and just east of the Danish national road 11.

Gredstedbro
Town
Gredstedbro railway station
Gredstedbro railway station
Gredstedbro is located in Denmark
Gredstedbro
Gredstedbro
Location in Denmark
Gredstedbro is located in Region of Southern Denmark
Gredstedbro
Gredstedbro
Gredstedbro (Region of Southern Denmark)
Coordinates: 55°23′50″N 8°44′40″E / 55.39722°N 8.74444°E / 55.39722; 8.74444
CountryDenmark
RegionSouthern Denmark
MunicipalityEsbjerg Municipality
ParishJernved Parish
Area
 • Urban
0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Urban
1,063
 • Urban density1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
DK-6771 Gredstedbro
Gredstedbro Church

Gredstedbro Church was inaugurated in 1925 as an affiliated church in Jernved Parish. The parish church, Jernved Church, is located in the village of Jernved 3 km northeast of Gredstedbro.[2]

When the river Kongeå was straightened out by Gredstedbro in 1945, the digger came across three pieces of hard oak. At the time it was believed that it was the remains of an old bridge, but almost twenty years later it was discovered that it was the remains of a ship from the Iron Age, the so-called Gredstedbro ship (Danish: Gredstedbroskibet).[3]

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