Skanderborg

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Skanderborg Castle Church
Coat of arms

Skanderborg, with a population of 18,253 (1 January 2011),[1] is a town in Denmark just southwest of Aarhus. It is more or less a suburb today, located in Skanderborg municipality, Jutland.

Skanderborg municipality has a population of 57,303 (2010).

The municipality is also a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area with 1.2 million inhabitants.[2]

The town has three churches; one of which used to be part of Skanderborg castle, the traditional hunting retreat of Danish kings from the 12th-16th centuries.

Since 1980, the Skanderborg Festival, an annual music festival has been held in a forest in the vicinity of Skanderborg. It is known as "Denmark’s Most Beautiful Festival".[3]

Skanderborg is the birthplace of the English and Scottish queen Anne of Denmark.

[edit] References

  1. ^ BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas, database from Statistics Denmark.
  2. ^ Vision Østjylland
  3. ^ English version of Smukfest website

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 56°02′N 9°56′E / 56.033°N 9.933°E / 56.033; 9.933


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