Odense Teater Odense Teater Odense Teater is a theater in the city of Odense in Denmark. It can be dated back to 1796 which makes it Denmark's second oldest theater. It is one of the country's three main theaters. The theater is located in Jernbanegade where it has three stages: "Store Scene", "Værkstedet" and "Foyerscenen". It also has stages at "Farinen" and "Raffinaderiet" in the old sugar factory of Odense, where there is also a drama school. Odense Teater used to be at Sortebrødre Torv, where Hans Christian Andersen started as a writer. It is notable in theatrical history for staging the
Odense Municipality municipality. The highest point in the municipality is Dyred Banke ( above sea level). The municipality, a former "Provincial municipality" was re-created 1 April 1970 as Odense municipality as the result of a ("Municipal Reform") that merged a number of existing "Provincial"- "Parish"- and "Village"- municipalities: Allerup-Davinde, Allese-Næsbyhoved, Broby, Brændekilde, Bellinge, Dalum, Fraugde, Korup-Ubberud, Lumby, Odense, Paarup, Sanderum, Stenløse-Fangel, the "coalition-municipality" of Fjordager (which had been created in 1966 by merging Agedrup and Seden-Åsum municipalities), and Højby parish. Odense municipality was not merged with other municipalities by 1 January 2007 as the result of the nationwide "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipal Reform"