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Until the 1860s, Hammel was not significantly larger than the other settlements in the area until the 1860s. In the first half of the 19th century, the village had about 11 farms and 40 houses which belonged to the count of [[Frijsenborg]].<ref name=":0" /> Its expansion was the result of several initiatives taken by the count, who sought to transform the village into a market-town.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Aarhus_3443-3496.pdf|title=Danmarks Kirker|year=1990–1991|edition=16th|volume=7|pages=3443–3496|language=da|chapter=Hammel Kirke: Gjern Herrred}}</ref> Through his influence, the local court building for the judicial district of Frijsenborg-Favrskov was established in the town in 1837. By 1900, a prison, pharmacy, hotel, post office, technical school, primary school, hospital school and industrial factories had opened in the town.<ref name=":0" />

By 1902, the town had a population of over 1,200. That year, Hammel station was designed by architect [[Heinrich Wenck]] and opened as the terminus of the Hammel-Aarhus Railway.<ref name=":0" /> The rail line was extended in 1914 to Thorsø, though the number of passengers traveling from Thorsø to Hammel was never profitable.<ref name=":1" /> Nevertheless, the railway connection in Hammel turned it into a [[railway town]], and its population expanded.<ref name=":0" /> By 1916 Hammel had a population of 1,513, and by 1955 had 2,282.<ref>Folketællingen 1916, p. 69.</ref><ref>Folketællingen 1955, p. 14.</ref> The entire railway line closeclosed in 1956 and parts have since been preserved as a walking path.<ref name=":0" /> Wenck's original station building still stands at Torvegade 9.