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AARHUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 4 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AARHUS  , a seaport and See also:

bishop's see of See also:Denmark, on the See also:east See also:coast of See also:Jutland, of which it is the See also:principal See also:port; the second largest See also:town in the See also:kingdom, and See also:capital of the amt (See also:county) of Aarhus . Pop . (19o1) 51,814 . The See also:district is See also:low-lying, fertile and well wooded . The town is the junction of See also:railways from-all parts of the See also:country . The See also:harbour is See also:good and safe, and agricultural produce is exported, while See also:coal and See also:iron are among the See also:chief imports . The See also:cathedral of the 13th See also:century (extensively restored) is the largest See also:church in Denmark . There is a museum of See also:art and antiquities . To the See also:south-See also:west (13 M. by See also:rail), a picturesque region extends west from the railway junction of Skanderborg, including several lakes, through which flows the Gudenaa, the largest See also:river in Jutland, and rising ground exceeding soo ft. in the Himmelbjerg . The railway traverses this pleasant district of moorland and See also:wood to Silkeborg, a See also:modern town having one of the most attractive situations in the kingdom . The bishopric of Aarhus See also:dates at least from 951 .

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