Østbirk is a town, with a population of 2,652 (1 january 2026),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark in Horsens Municipality, Central Denmark Region, in Denmark, situated 11 km east of Brædstrup, 16 km southwest of Skanderborg and 15 km northwest of Horsens.

Østbirk Church, where the admiral and naval hero Peder Skram is buried, is located in the town.

The Østbirk School is also in an Eruopean Partner Programm (the so calles Erasmus + programm) with the Germany Franz-Stock-Realschule, the spanish Institut Eugeni Xammar in L'Ametla del Vallès and the Icelandic Ingunnarskóli school in Reykjavík.

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