Rye Denmark

[ankerpep_52]

As counties changed over time, Rye, Denmark,  in 1770, was it in Aarhus or Skanderborg?
Also could you tell me when Aros became Aarhus?  Thank you.
 


 

[jim234j]

Until January 1, 2007 Rye municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the former Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.

The name originates from the city's location at the mouth of Aarhus Å (Aarhus River). The spelling "Aarhus" is first found in 1406 and gradually became the norm in the 17th century.
In Valdemar's Census Book (1231) the city was called Arus, and in Icelandic it was known as Aros, later written as Aars.[15] It is a compound of the two words ár, genitive of á ("river", Modern Danish å), and oss ("mouth", in Modern Icelandic this word, spelt ós, is still used for "river delta

[ankerpep_52]

You mention "the former Aarhus county'- Does it not exist now? Has the name been changed?
Is Skanderborg  still a county?  Now I now that Rye was in Aarhus, I say thank you for the correct
information, and the pronounciation of Aarhus-I never would have guessed.