Sæby

Sæby opstod som et fiskeleje omkring udløbet af Sæby Å. Hvornår det udviklede sig til at blive en bebyggelse og hvor stort omfanget har været, er der ingen klare svar på. Sæby nævnes ikke før 1450.

Jorden ejedes af bispen på Børglum, hvortil der skulle betales en form for grundskyld. Bispen i Børglum har haft flere interesser i Sæby, nemlig at have sin egen udskibningshavn, hvorved han slap for at betale told og afgift i købstaden Aalborg.

Denne sammenhæng har sikkert været medvirkende til at der bliver anlagt et kloster i Sæby. Et kloster som sammen med Børglum bisperne tog sig af de gamle og fattige i byen.

Da Sæby får købstadsrettigheder (i 1524) er det da også bispen og ikke kongen som giver disse rettigheder.

Ved Reformationen i 1536 overtager Kronen bispens ejendomme og rettigheder, herunder Sæby

Kort om Sæby i dag (2017):

ca. 9.000 indbyggere, aktivt erhvervs- og handelsliv, tilflytterby. Danish Crown, kommunens største arbejdsplads med ca. 800 ansatte og 48.000 slagtede svin pr. uge. Sæby Fiskeindustri leverer cirka 100 millioner dåser makrel om året.

Sæby originated as a fishing village around the outlet of Sæby Stream. There are no clear answers as to when it developed into a settlement and how large it was. Sæby is not mentioned before 1450.

The land was owned by the bishop at Børglum, to whom a form of land tax had to be paid. The bishop of Børglum had several interests in Sæby, namely to have his own shipping port, thereby avoiding paying customs and taxes in the market town of Aalborg.

This connection probably contributed to the establishment of a monastery in Sæby. A monastery which, together with the Bishops of Børglum, took care of the old and poor in the town.

When Sæby was granted the rights of a town (in 1524), it was the bishop and not the king who granted these rights.

At the Reformation in 1536, the Crown took over the bishop's properties and rights, including Sæby

Briefly on Sæby today (2017):

approx. 9,000 inhabitants, active business and commercial life, town of immigrants. Danish Crown, the municipality's largest workplace, employing around 800 people and slaughtering 48,000 pigs a week. Sæby Fiskeindustri supplies around 100 million tins of mackerel a year.