SVENDBORG  , a seaport of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the aril (See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county) of its name, on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SHORE

shore of the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Funen . Pop . (19o1), 11,543 . The situation is pleasant . The narrow Svendborg Sund separates Fiinen from the lesser islands of Taasinge and Turd, of which the former rises to 245 ft . Inland from the See also:

• TOWN

town there is also elevated ground, the Ovinehdi . The See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is accessible to vessels See also:

• DRAWING

drawing 20 ft . There are See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco and earthenware manufactories, See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat-See also:

• BUILDING

building yards, and distilleries . See also:

• BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

Butter is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal export, and See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum, See also:

• COAL

coal and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron the imports . Neighbouring to the town are the ruined See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Orkil, the watering-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place Christiansminde, and the extensive orchards of Gammel Hestehave, where See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine is produced .