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Kalundborg is a city in Kalundborg municipality in Denmark and the site of it's municipal council . Kalundborg municipality, a municipality in West Zealand County in Denmark. ...


Kalundborg is very well known as the location of a large broadcasting facility, the Transmitter Kalundborg. There is also a large coal-fired power station at Kalundborg. The Transmitter Kalundborg is a transmission facility for long- and mediumwave near Kalundborg in Denmark. ...


Kalundborg is mainly a trading and industrial town, but it is also well known for the beautiful five-spired church which is closely associated with King Valdemar I and the famous Archbishop Absalon. Valdemar I the Great (1131-1182) was King of Denmark from 1157 until 1182. ... Absalon (c. ...


It is also the traditional seat of the aristocratic Lerche family. The stately home of Lerchenborg, the best example of rococo architecture in Denmark, can be seen on the town's outskirts. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Ferry lines connect Kalundborg to Aarhus on the Jutland peninsula, and to the island of Samsø. The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Aarhus ( ) also commonly known by its contemporary Danish spelling Ã…rhus, is the second largest city and the principal port of Denmark situated on the peninsula of Jutland on the northern shore of Germany. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland; Frisian Jutlân; Low German Jötlann) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the only non-insular part of Denmark and also the northernmost part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... Samsø is an island in the North Sea bay of Kattegat 15 kilometers off the Jutland Peninsula. ...


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Kalundborg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (157 words)
Kalundborg is very well known as the location of a large broadcasting facility, the Transmitter Kalundborg.
Kalundborg is mainly a trading and industrial town, but it is also well known for the beautiful five-spired church which is closely associated with King Valdemar I and the famous Archbishop Absalon.
Ferry lines connect Kalundborg to Aarhus on the Jutland peninsula, and to the island of Samsø.
Kalundborg, Denmark (267 words)
Kalundborg, an important industrial town, lies on the fjord of the same name on the west coast of Zealand.
Near the place originally named "Hærvig" (Army Bay) where the fleet used to assemble before embarking on punitive expeditions, the fortified town of Kalundborg burgeoned in the 12th C. It was surrounded on all sides by walls and had a strongly defended castle, the towers of which included the "Folen", Denmark's largest medieval tower.
After Valdemar Atterdag had taken Kalundborg about 1340 he razed the old castle to the ground and replaced it with a larger one in the east of the town.
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