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Copenhagen (Danish: København [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwˀn] ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of approximately 660,000 in the municipality and 1.4 million in the urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait.
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København er Danmarks hovedstad og med 1.363.296 indbyggere (2023) landets største byområde omfattende 18 kommuner eller dele heraf. Den indre by havde 809.314 indbyggere d. 1.
Copenhagen is the capital city of Denmark. It is also the largest city in Denmark. In 2014, 1,246,611 people lived in the urban area. Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand and the smaller island named Amager . Founded as a Viking fishing village. Copenhagen was built in the 12th century A.D. and got City rights in 1254.
3 days ago · Copenhagen, capital and largest city of Denmark. It is located on the islands of Zealand (Sjælland) and Amager, at the southern end of The Sound (Øresund). Copenhagen. Map of Copenhagen (c. 1900), from the 10th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. Denmark: Rosenborg Castle.
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- Beginnings as A Merchant Harbour
- Archbishop Absalon
- Becoming The Capital of Denmark
- Outgrowing The City Walls
If you had dropped by Copenhagen in the 11th century CE, you would have found yourself looking over a small fishing hamlet, with some lazy cattle gazing back at you while chewing fresh green grass from the meadows around the village. Looking east you would see a host of small islets protecting the small fishing harbour from harsh weather — not the ...
Around 1160 CE, King Valdemar handed over control of the city to the bishop of Roskilde. Absalon, archbishop of Lund 1178–1201, one of the most colourful characters of the Middle Ages — a curious mix of great churchman, statesman, and warrior. As the country's only city not under the king's control, Absalon saw it thrive and erected a castle on wha...
Like the phoenix, however, Copenhagen repeatedly rose from its ashes. When the Danes kicked out the Pope during the 16th century Protestant Reformation, Roskilde lost its importance as a Roman bishopric and, having taken control of the city 20 years earlier, the Danish king moved his residence to Copenhagen. Not terribly keen on seeing their new ca...
Again, the city shook off its struggles and the population mushroomed during industrialization. When a cholera epidemic did a fine job of killing nearly everyone there wasn't room for, the King finally conceded that long range cannons would render its constraining walls irrelevant, and thus allowed the city to grow outside the now antiquated rampar...
Copenhagen Central Station (Danish: Københavns Hovedbanegård, pronounced [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwns ˈhoːð̩pɛnəˌkɒˀ]; abbreviated København H, colloquially usually referred to as Hovedbanegården or simply Hovedbanen) is the main railway station in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the largest railway station in Denmark.
Copenhagen, Danish København, Capital and largest city (pop., 2022: city, 644,431; metro. area, 1,345,562) of Denmark. It is located on the islands of Zealand (Sjælland) and Amager. A small village existed on the site by the early 10th century. In 1167 Bishop Absalon built a castle there and fortified the town.
