History
In the Battle of Kolding, fought on 25 December 1658, the allied Polish and Danish forces under hetman Stefan Czarniecki defeated the Swedish forces of Charles X Gustav of Sweden.
A battle between German and Danish forces took place near the town on 23 April 1849 during the First War of Schleswig.
On 3 November 2004, N. P. Johnsen's Fireworksfactory in the suburb of Seest exploded. One firefighter died, 85 people were injured, and around 2000 people were evacuated and some of them lost their home during this disaster in this suburb of Kolding.
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