KORSOR  , a seaport of

Denmark, in the and (county) of the island of Zealand, 69 m. by rail W.S.W. of Copenhagen, on the east shore of the Great Belt . Pop . (1901), 6054 . The harbour, which is formed by a bay of the Baltic, has a depth throughout of 20 ft . It is the point of departure and arrival of the steam ferry to Nyborg on Fiinen, lying on the Hamburg, Schleswig, Fredericia and Copenhagen route . There is also regular communication by water with Kiel . The chief exports are fish, cereals, bacon; imports, petroleum and coal . A market town since the 14th century, Korsor has ruins of an old fortified castle, on the south side of the channel, dating from the 24th and 17th centuries .