Odense settlements. The first church in Odense appears to have been St Mary's, probably built in the late 12th century. The territory, previously part of the vast Archbishopric of Hamburg, was created a Catholic diocese in 988. The first recorded bishops of Odense were Odinkar Hvide and Reginbert, who was consecrated by Archbishop Æthelnoth of Canterbury, in 1022. Recent excavations have shown that from the early 11th century, the town developed in the area around Albani Torv, Fisketorvet, Overgade and Vestergade. By 1070, Odense had already grown into a city of stature in Denmark. Canute IV of Denmark, generally considered to
Odense Letbane will run every 15 minutes. Runtime from the two terminals will be 42 minutes. There has been some criticism about the project, due to high costs and due to the tramway potentially being underused once built, due to slow speeds caused by sharing its tracks with road traffic and pedestrians for major portions of the route, being almost entirely shared inside Odense itself. This has also caused some criticism of the name "Odense Letbane" (Odense light rail) as the line will be a tram, not a light rail system. Odense Letbane Odense Letbane (Odense Tramway) is a planned tram system