Silkeborg

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Silkeborg
Silkeborg coat of arms
Silkeborg (Denmark)
Silkeborg
Silkeborg
Basic data
State : DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Region : Midtjylland
Municipality
(since 2007) : 		Silkeborg
Coordinates : 56 ° 11 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 11 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E
Population :
(2020) 		46,923
Area : 865 km²
Population density : 54 inhabitants per km²
Height : 31 m ö.h.
Telephone code : (+45) 89
Postal code : 8600
Mayor : Steen Vindum
Sister cities : FinlandFinland Savonlinna

IcelandIceland Árborg Arendal Giżycko Kalmar Corona
NorwayNorway 
PolandPoland 
SwedenSweden 
United StatesUnited States 

Website: www.silkeborg.dk
Silkeborg Langsø
Silkeborg Langsø
City seal with the main church

Silkeborg ( ˈse̝lkəˌpɒˀ ) is a town in the middle of the Danish region Midtjylland . Silkeborg is the administrative headquarters of Silkeborg Municipality , which was formed after the municipal reform in 2007 from the existing municipalities of Gjern , Kjellerup , Silkeborg and Them .

geography

Silkeborg is about 40 km west of Aarhus and almost 35 km south of Viborg on the railway line between Herning and Skanderborg . The city lies on both sides of the Silkeborg Langsø, which is crossed by the longest river in Denmark, the Gudenå . About 11 km west of Silkeborg is the Toteisloch Bølling Sø , the hill Himmelbjerget about 12 km southeast.

history

The first traces of settlement in Silkeborg can be dated to around 1200. Around 1400 a monastery and an official seat for the bishops in Aarhus were built in Silkeborg. Until 1662 the original district of Silkeborg Len was under the administration of Silkeborg Castle ( Silkeborg Slot ), then under the administration of Silkeborg Amt. In the structural reform of 1793, the district was divided among other communities.

In 1844 the entrepreneur Michael Drewsen received permission to build a paper mill in Silkeborg. Due to the economic boom, Silkeborg was given the status of a trading center in 1846 and town charter on January 1, 1900. The church was completed in 1877.

politics

The mayor of Silkeborg is called Steen Vindum (since 2014). Before him, Jens Erik Jørgensen from the conservative People's Party and Jørn Würtz from the Socialist People's Party held this office.

Silkeborg has twinned cities with Savonlinna ( Finland ), Árborg ( Iceland ), Arendal ( Norway ), Giżycko ( Poland ), Kalmar ( Sweden ) and Corona ( USA ).

Culture and sights

Museums

The Silkeborg Museum “Hovedgården” is located in the oldest building in the city, which dates back to 1767. The archaeological exhibition focuses on the Iron Age. Of paramount importance is the Tollundmanden , a bog body from the 3rd or 4th century. BC, which was found in 1950 near Silkeborg while cutting peat . The museum's holdings include a glass collection with exhibits from the 16th century and a small collection on recent local history.

The bunker museum with bunker systems from the Second World War is located in the area of ​​the former Silkeborg Bad spa center .

Museum Jorn is dedicated to the painter and ceramic artist Asger Jorn , who grew up in Silkeborg . The museum building by Niels Frithiof Truelsen was inaugurated in 1982.

The paper museum, housed in the former paper mill, brings visitors closer to the art of historical paper production.

  • Torvet, the old town hall

  • The historic paddle steamer Hjejlen

  • View over the city with Silkeborgs Church

  • Silkeborg Hovedgård

Aquarium / zoo

The Aqua aquarium is located in Silkeborg, and it is also home to birds and mammals. In contrast to most other Danish aquariums, which focus on saltwater fish, the fauna of Danish freshwater is presented here.

Sports

Silkeborg IF is the city's football club that became Danish football champions in 1994.

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg is an internationally successful handball club that became Danish handball champions in 2016.

The Silkeborg Curling Club has hosted the Silkeborg Open since 2007 . In 2019 the Women's Curling World Championship took place in Silkeborg .

Regular events

The annual Riverboat Jazz Festival is held in June . Another musical event, the Country Music Festival , offers a large open-air concert of country music every second weekend in August.

AUTOMANIA, the Silkeborg Automobile Festival, takes place every last weekend in August in and around Silkeborg.

Economy and Infrastructure

Notable industries are the paper (historical) and machine industries . The Jyske Bank has in Silkeborg its headquarters.

In Silkeborg is the National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) of Denmark.

The children's furniture manufacturer Leander has its headquarters here.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
  2. ↑ Danske Fortidminder (Danish)
  3. ↑ Borgmester Jens Erik Jørgensen
  4. ↑ Silkeborg Open , at: silkeborgcurling.dk, accessed March 18, 2019