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{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = Town
| name            = Rødekro
| native_name     = {{native_name|de|Rothenkrug}}
| image_skyline   = Rødekro Station 02.jpg
| image_caption   = Rødekro railway station
| image_map       =
| caption_map     =
| pushpin_map     = Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
| pushpin_relief  = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Denmark
| coordinates     = {{coord|55|4|10|N|9|19|58|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type  = Country
| subdivision_name  = [[Denmark]]
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = [[Region of Southern Denmark|Southern Denmark]]
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = [[Aabenraa Municipality]]
| subdivision_type3 = Parish
| subdivision_name3 = [[Rise Parish, Aabenraa Municipality|Rise Parish]]
| area_urban_km2    = 5.2
| population_as_of  = 2025
| population_footnotes = <ref name="BY3"/>
| population_urban  = 6189
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| population_blank1_title = Gender <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
| population_blank1 = 2960 males and 3229 females
| timezone1         = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1       = +1
| timezone1_DST     = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST   = +2
| postal_code_type  = Postal code
| postal_code       = DK-6230 Rødekro
}} 

'''Rødekro''' ({{langx|de|Rothenkrug}}) is a [[railway town]], with a population of 6,189 (1 January 2025),<ref name="BY3">[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> in [[Aabenraa Municipality]] in [[Region of Southern Denmark]] on the [[Jutland]] peninsula in south [[Denmark]]. It is located 33 km north of the [[Denmark-Germany border]], 37 km northeast of [[Tønder]], 28 km southwest of [[Haderslev]] and 8 km northwest of [[Aabenraa]].

Rødekro was the seat of the former Rødekro Municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|kommune]]'') until 1 January 2007.

The town is served by [[Rødekro railway station|Rødekro station]] on the [[Fredericia–Padborg railway line]].

[[File:Røde Kro.JPG|thumb|260px|Hotel Røde-Kro & Restaurant]]

Hotel Røde-Kro is a [[hotel]] and [[inn]] located in the centre of the town just north of the railway station. The hotels history dates back to 1649 and it was this Inn who named the town (Rødekro means Red Inn in Danish).<ref>[https://www.visitsonderjylland.com/tourist/information/hotel-rode-kro-gdk609409 Hotel Røde-Kro] Destination Sønderjylland</ref><ref>[https://www.roede-kro.dk/en/om-roede-kro/hotellets-historie/ The history of the hotel]</ref>

==Rødekro Municipality==
The former Rødekro municipality covered an area of 202&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 11,695 (2005).  Its last mayor was Tove Larsen, a member of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] (''Socialdemokraterne'') [[Politics of Denmark|political party]].

The municipality was created in 1970 due to a {{lang|da|kommunalreform}} ("Municipality Reform") that combined a number of existing [[parish]]es:
* [[Egvad Parish]]
* [[Hellevad Parish, Aabenraa Municipality|Hellevad Parish]]
* [[Hjordkær Parish]]
* [[Rise Parish, Aabenraa Municipality|Rise Parish]]
* [[Øster Løgum Parish]]

On 1 January 2007 Rødekro municipality ceased to exist as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].  It was merged with [[Bov municipality|Bov]], [[Lundtoft]], [[Tinglev]],  and [[Aabenraa municipality|Aabenraa]] municipalities to form the new Aabenraa municipality.   This created a municipality with an area of 951&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of 60,151 (2005).  The new municipality  belongs to [[Region of Southern Denmark]] ("South Denmark Region").
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== Notable people ==
* [[Anette Hoffmann]] (born 1971 at Egvad) a former Danish team handball player, twice team gold medallist at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] and [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Mike Andersen]] (born 1977 in Rødekro) a Danish blues and soul songwriter, guitarist, singer and bandleader
* [[René Bach]] (born 1990 in [[Hjordkær]], Rødekro) a motorcycle speedway rider, member of Denmark U-21 national team
* [[Lea Hansen (handballer)|Lea Hansen]] (born 1999 in Rødekro) a Danish handball player who currently plays for Silkeborg-Voel KFUM

==External links==
* [http://www.aabenraa.dk/sw16731.asp The new Aabenraa municipality's official website (Danish only)]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

==References==
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* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]
* Municipal mergers and neighbors: [https://web.archive.org/web/20061208085744/http://kommune.eniro.dk/region/media/nyekommuner.shtml Eniro new municipalities map]

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