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View of Aarhus from the harbor. In the background the spires of Aarhus Cathedral can be seen.

Århus, also spelled Aarhus, is the principal Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ... port and Bishop (disambiguation). A bishop is an ordained priest who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. Bishops in the New Testament The bishops role is typically called the episcopacy, because the word bishop is derived ultimately from the Greek word is used... bishop's seat of its area of Denmark (disambiguation). The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germany named Jutland ( Official... Denmark, on the east coast of Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland, German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. Its terrain is relatively flat, with low hills and peat bogs. It has an area... Jutland. It is the second largest city in the kingdom, and capital of the amt (county) of Aarhus Amt (English Aarhus County) is a county in central Denmark, on the peninsula of Jutland. Municipalities Categories: Counties of Denmark | Danish stubs ... Aarhus. The municipality of Århus has 291,258 inhabitants (2003), of which 220,217 (2003) live in the city itself.

The district is low-lying, fertile and well wooded. The town is the junction of A rail transport system consists of several necessary elements, and should be viewed from a system-wide perspective. Some locomotives may be wonderfully aesthetic constructions, but they wont work unless they are given an appropriate system on which to run. Firstly there is the geography onto which the permanent... railways from all parts of the country. To the southwest (13 miles by rail), a picturesque region extends west from the railway junction of Skanderborg is a municipality in central Denmark, in the county of Aarhus, on the peninsula of Jutland. The municipality covers an area of 143 km², and has a total population of 21,066. Since 1980, a music festival has been held annually in a forest in the vicinity of Skanderborg... Skanderborg, including several Lake Clearwater, Ontario, Canada A lake is a large body of water, usually fresh water, surrounded by land. Large lakes are sometimes referred to as inland seas and small seas are sometimes referred to as lakes. For examples (of saline lakes): the Great Salt Lake, and the Dead Sea. The... lakes, through which flows the Gudenåen is Denmarks longest river, 160 km long. It came into existence during the last Ice Age 15.000 years ago when the ice and glacial streams shaped the subglacial stream trenches. Gudenåen is called a river because of its vast richness of species of animal. Besides the... Gudenå, the largest ). Waterfalls are sometimes used as sources of energy, via watermills and hydroelectric plants. Rivers begin at their source in higher ground, either rising from a spring, forming from glacial meltwater, flowing from a body of water such as a lake, or simply from damp, boggy places where the soil is... river in Denmark, and rising ground exceeding 500 feet in the Himmelbjerget, The Heaven Mountain is a hill in Denmark with a height of 147 meters. Categories: Denmark geography stubs ... Himmelbjerget. The railway traverses this pleasant district of moorland and wood to Silkeborg is a municipality in central Denmark, in the county of Aarhus, on the peninsula of Jutland. The municipality covers an area of 255 km², and has a total population of 52,360. It is also the home of where the Tollund man resides in the Silkeborg Museum. The town... Silkeborg, a modern town having one of the most attractive situations in the kingdom. The harbour is good and safe, and agricultural produce is exported, while Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. It is a readily combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. It is composed primarily of carbon and hydrocarbons, along with assorted other elements, including sulfur. Often associated with the... coal and General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metal Group, Period, Block 8 (VIIIB), 4 , d Density, Hardness 7874 kg/m3, 4.0 Appearance lustrous metallic with a greyish tinge Atomic properties Atomic weight 55.845 amu Atomic radius (calc.) 140 (156) pm Covalent radius 125 pm van... iron are among the chief imports. The bishopric of Århus dates at least from Events Allat the Maharana of Mewar come to powers. The king of Lombardy dies and his widow, Adelaide is seized by an ursurper, Berengar. (See Discussion.) The Arabic occupation of Crete comes to an end. Births Deaths Cennetig, or Cennedi, King of the Dal Cais Clan and of north Munster... 951. Århus' (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. In the history of European culture, this period is considered part of the High Middle Ages. Events Fourth through eighth crusades... 13th century A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric. As cathedrals are often particularly impressive edifices, the term is sometimes also used loosely as a... cathedral is the largest church in Denmark, as well as the second largest in Northern Europe is a name for the northern part of the European continent. At different times this region has been defined differently but today it is generally seen to include: the Nordic countries, i.e. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. the Baltic States, i.e. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania the... Northern Europe, being only 1.5 ft shorter than the counterpart in Trondheim (Icelandic name: Þrándheimur; Lithuanian name: Trondheimas; former German name: Drontheim) is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. A large number of registered students, 29,203 (as of 2003), also reside in the city; students are typically registered in their home towns... Trondheim.

One major tourist attraction in Århus is The Old Town ( Danish is one of the Scandinavian languages, a sub-group of the Germanic group of the Indo-European language family. History Most Danish words are derived from the Old Norse language, with new words formed by compounding. A large percentage of Danish words, however, hails from Low German (e.g... Danish: Den Gamle By), which is not actually an old part of the city itself, but a collection of old buildings from Danish history gathered from all around the country.

The A mayor (Latin . In Germany the corresponding title is , the major domo . In the households of the Merovingian Frankish kings, the major domus, or Category:Mayors of the United States Related articles and lists council-manager government mayor-council government Categories: Chief executives | Lists of mayors | Management occupations | Titles | Mayors... mayor of Århus is Louise Gade from The Liberal Party (Liberale Parti, also known as Venstre) is a major free market liberal party in Denmark. The party is a member of Liberal International and sits with the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party in the European Parliament. In the 2005 parliamentary elections, it received 29% of the... Liberal Party.

Some Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. (The form of the word may tempt... suburbs of Århus are:

Århus is the home of University of Aarhus The University of Aarhus is a university based in Århus, Denmark. History It was founded in 1928 as University Teaching in Jutland in classrooms rented from the Technical College and a teaching corps consisting of one professor of philosophy and four Readers of Danish, English, German and... University of Aarhus, and the University College of Aarhus.

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