Maribo

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Maribo
Maribo coat of arms
Maribo (Denmark)
Maribo
Maribo
Basic data
State : DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Region : Sjælland
Municipality
(since 2007) : 		Lolland
Coordinates : 54 ° 47 ′  N , 11 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 47 ′  N , 11 ° 30 ′  E
Founded: around 1400
Population :
(2020) 		5,790
Area : 154 km²
Population density : 38 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 4930
Website: www.maribo.dk
Maribo Monastery Church
Maribo Monastery Church
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Maribo is a Danish town on Lake Maribo on the island of Lolland in the Sjælland region . Maribo is the administrative seat of Lolland Municipality , which was formed after the municipal reform in 2007 from the existing municipalities of Højreby , Holeby , Maribo , Nakskov , Ravnsborg , Rudbjerg and Rødby . The place has 5790 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) on an area of ​​154 km².

history

Maribo developed around a Birgitten monastery , which was founded by Erik von Pommern around 1416 as a subsidiary of the mother monastery Vadstena in Sweden . The cathedral was built in place of an earlier wooden church from around 1410, completed in 1470 and served as a parish church from the 16th century. The monastery buildings were demolished in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Attractions

Directly on the lakeshore is the former monastery church, which in 1803 became the bishopric of the diocese for Lolland and Falster . Contrary to Birgitta's building regulations for Vadstena, the three-aisled hall church with a large gable roof has a widened central nave; It was probably initially planned to build the church as a basilica.

The port of Bandholm is about seven kilometers north of the city center. A museum railway runs from Maribo to Bandholm in the summer . The islands of Askø and Lilleø also belonged to the Maribo municipality . They can be reached from Bandholm by ferry. Adjacent to Bandholm is the Knuthenborg Safari Park , the largest safari park in Scandinavia with an area of ​​almost 6 km² .

Personalities

Leonora Christina Ulfeldt spent the last 13 years of her life in Maribo . Kaj Munk (1898–1944) was a pastor, writer and resistance fighter and was born in Maribo.

traffic

The E 47 motorway from Rødbyhavn to Copenhagen runs past Maribo . National road 9 leads west from the motorway to Tårs near Nakskov . From there there is a ferry to the neighboring island of Langeland .

Maribo is connected to the rail network via the private Lollandsbanen . This operates the route from Nakskov via Maribo to Nykøbing on Falster . The Maribo – Bandholm museum railway runs on a branch line to Bandholm in the summer months .

There is a relatively dense network of bus routes around Maribo. This also includes overland lines that connect Maribo with Odense on Fyn, for example .

Runestone

The Sædingestein is a rune stone that was discovered in Nebbelunde in 1859. It is located in the Lolland-Falster Abbey Museum in Maribo.

sons and daughters of the town

Baltic meteorite

On January 17, 2009, the so-called Baltic Sea meteorite exploded over the island of Lolland . Fragments of the meteorite were later found near Maribo and therefore officially bear the name of the place.

Others

The cheese of the same name also comes from Maribo , a cheese with a dry, yellowish rind, holes the size of rice grains and a slightly sour taste.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)

Web links

Commons : Maribo  - collection of images, videos and audio files