VIBORG
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V28,
Page 17
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
VIBORG
, a town of Denmark, capital of the amt ( county) of its name, lying in the bleak midland district of Jutland, though the immediate situation, on the small Viborg lake, is picturesque
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Pop
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(1901) 8623
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It has a station on the railway running east and west between Langaa and Vemb
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The most notable building is the cathedral (113o-1169, restored 1864-1876)
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The Black Friars' See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
is of the 13th century, and the museum possesses specimens of the See also: - STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
, Bronze and Iron Ages, also medieval antiquities
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The Borgevold Park borders the lake on the site of a former castle
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The industries embrace distilleries, iron foundries and manufactures of cloth
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Thecountry to the south attains to a certain degree of beauty near Lake Hald, where the ground is slightly elevated
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