Hadsten Technical College of Jutland Today Hadsten has more than 8,000 inhabitants and Technical College of Jutland (TCJ) is a boarding school “open door” policy. Workshops and all other facilities is the largest of the municipality towns. The munici- for vocational education and training (secondary lev- can be used by students whenever they want. After pality of Favrskov belongs to the region Midtjylland. el). Our college concentrate on a few main educational normal class hours the students have the possibility to branches, but covers these branches vertically from use the “learning center” at TCJ, which is manned with Hadsten train station is placed in downtown Hadsten beginner level through further and higher technical tutors (elderly students) and mentors (teachers) every and is a 10 minutes walk from the school. In down- Technical College of Jutland, Hadsten education (diploma) to the advances postgraduate night. Here students can find time to immerse them- town you have supermarkets, hair dressers, banks, a course level. Our educational branches are plastic pro- selves in projects, get help for school work if needed pharmacy hardware- and convenience stores. Across cessing, cooling systems and refrigeration, electricity or be challenged by those who have the energy and the street from the train station you find Modelbane and carpentry. find appropriate sparring partners to go further. Europa, which is among the largest model railway Ellemosevej 25, 8370 Hadsten exhibitions in Scandinavia. Several businesses and TCJ was founded in 1928 by an association of employ- TCJ also provides training for graduated and trained companies. Expedit, K.R. Hospitalsudstyr A/S and Tel: +45 8937 0100 ers as an independent boarding school for vocational craftsmen in the field of entrepreneurship, sustainable Svend Hoyer A/S are some of the businesses situated education and training. At that time TCJ mainly educat- energy and in all the education areas of the school in the buisiness district of Hadsten. ed rural craftsmen and our primary educational branch www.djhhadsten.dk and have done so for more than 25 years. Business was carpentry. Through our school´s history of nearly partners very often hold courses, training sessions or Hadsten is the „city of schools“. Besides from Techni- 90 years, the college has gone through a tremendous meetings at TCJ and many students at TCJ are offered cal College of Jutland (TCJ) which was established www.facebook.com/djhhadsten.dk evolution, which means, that we today can offer all our internships abroad and through our large company in 1928, the city of Hadsten contains a Folk High students/apprentices a very exciting and challenging network and relations. School, a gymnasium and a residential school. education and training facility situated in a remarkable and inspiring school environment. TCJ´s kitchen serve students and other course partic- Young city with roots into the past ipants in the restaurant and bistro area. Every after- The city of Hadsten is placed between two larger Our students/apprentices come from all over Denmark noon and evening the café (in the basement of the cities Randers and Aarhus, and emerged along the and the majority are staying at our college in our stu- building “Vidar”) are open. In the café you can buy stretch of railway in east jutland, which was HADSTEN dent homes during school periods. The college is fol- drinks and snacks and works as a social meeting point. inaugurated in 1862. The railway is passing through lowing the US-campus philosophy and has a 24-hours a beautiful river valley along with the river. Around the river in the city of Hadsten a small park has been On the top of the hill in the southern part of the city is made. In the park which is called “Lilleåparken” there an old medieval church from the 13 th century. As the are paths and benches and is used for recreation, city grew bigger a bigger and more central church was jogging and walking. The river “Lilleåen” is known needed and the church of Sct. Poul was built in 1919 for the best fishing waters in Denmark. If you walk on construction land donated by the miracle doctor, through the valley and cross the road “Vestre Ring- doctor Larsen. The church built in neoclassical style vej” you meet the forest “Sølund” which also contains is designed by the architect Hans Jørgen Kampmann paths for recreation, jogging, walking and biking. It who was inspired by some of the big churches in Co- is about 2 km to the forest from TCJ. penhagen. The street and road names of Hadsten testify that The city name Hadsten is known from 1432 as enterprising men through the ages have spent time Halstiern, which can be interpreted both as an inland in the city of Hadsten. One of the most famous was sea or steep hills and refers to the very marked Frederik Ludvig Christian Bergmann Larsen, bet- landscape along the river valley. Archaeological exca- ter known as Doctor Larsen – also mentioned as vations show that humans have lived in the valley 2000 the miracle doctor. He lived in Hadsten. In 1864 he years b. Kr. served the army and achieved great human knowl- edgement, experiences that he used in his medical practice. Doctor Larsen was well known and patients came from all over Jutland. Also the great folklore collector Evald Tang Kristensen and freedom fighter Frits-Johan Blichfeldt Møller are among the famous men in Hadsten. DENMARK HADSTEN z Denmark is 42,925 km2 with a population of 5.7 million. z The capital and largest city is Copenhagen, the second largest is Aarhus. z Denmark is a safe country to travel in (we are placed second on the global peace index). z The drinking water in Denmark is the world’s best and purest and can be con- sumed directly from tap. Hadsten Aarhus Copenhagen In Hadsten you will find Technical College of Jutland Supermarkets Pharmacy, bookstore, small boutiques, shoe stores, flower shops and banks Library Modelbane Europe - with two small scale train tracks Lilleåparken or ‘Engen’ is a good area to exercise and from there, you can quickly and easily reach Sølund Forest with many trails - about 2 km from TCJ. Lilleåen has one of Denmark’s best angling waters A train station with trains in north-south direction several times per hour.