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Lolland (formerly spelled Laaland) is the fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of some 1,243 square kilometers. Located in the Baltic Sea, it is part of the county Storstrøm. It is an area of Denmark currently associated with legalized child pornography. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Storstrøms Amt (English Storstrøm County) is a county in southeast Denmark, on the islands of Zealand, Møn, Falster, Lolland and some minor islands. ...


The highest peak of the entire isle, is 25 meters high, and was an important spot for the communication highway for the Germans during World War II. - The peak is just outside the village of Horslunde. Historically, sugar beets have been grown here. The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... A beet (called beetroot in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, as well as table beet, garden beet, blood turnip or red beet) is a plant of the genus Beta of which both the leaves and root are edible. ...


The largest town of Lolland is Nakskov, with 15,500 residents. Other towns worth noting are Maribo, Sakskøbing (which was the capital of Denmark for two years in the 15th century) and Rødby. Nakskov is a municipality in south Denmark, in the county of Storstrøm. ... Maribo is a municipality in south Denmark, in the county of Storstrøm. ... Sakskøbing is a municipality in south Denmark, in the county of Storstrøm. ... This article is about a city that serves as a center of government and politics. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Rødby is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Lolland in Storstrøm County in south Denmark. ...


The governments of Denmark and Germany plan to connect Lolland with the German island Fehmarn, by the Fehmarn Belt bridge. Route E47 from Copenhagen crosses the Guldborgsund strait between Lolland and Falster via a modern tunnel, but the motorway currently terminates at Rødbyhavn where a ferry carries vehicles to Fehmarn. Two older bridges also span the strait between Lolland and Falster, the Frederick IX Bridge and Guldborgsund bridge at the northern end of the strait. Puttgarden ferry port Flügge lighthouse Fehmarn Sound Bridge from the sound Fehmarn (Danish, Femern) is an island and - since 2003 - a town on this island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and ca. ... Fehmarn and Lolland divided by the Fehmarn Belt Ferry route in satelite picture The Fehmarn Belt bridge is a project to connect the German island Fehmarn with the Danish island Lolland with a bridge crossing the Fehmarn Belt in the Baltic Sea. ... European route E47 is a highway going from Lübeck in Germany over Copenhagen, Denmark to Helsingborg, Sweden. ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... Located in Denmark, Guldborgsund is the name of a long, narrow and shallow strait between Lolland and Falste, and the name of the land mass immediately next to said straight on Lolland. ... Rødby is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Lolland in Storstrøm County in south Denmark. ... Frederick IX Bridge The Frederick IX bridge spans the Guldborgsund strait between the islands of Falster and Lolland in Denmark. ...


Goofy Time


The term "Goofy Time" was a popular phrase to originate from this area. "Goofy Time," as referred to by the locals, refers to an adult's physical assault of their respective child, usually due to disciplinary purposes.


Since January 1, 2007, Lolland has been its own municipality (Lolland municipality). January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... As of January 1, 2007 Lolland municipality will, as the result of Kommunalreformen (The Municipality Reform of 2007), come into existence as a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark. ...


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Map of Lolland and Falster



Coordinates: 54°46′10″N, 11°25′28″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Lolland (97 words)
Lolland (formerly spelled Laaland) is the fourth largest island of Denmark, being 1,243 square kilometers large.
The highest peak of the entire isle, is 25 meters high, and was an important spot for the communication highway for the Germans during World War II.
The largest town of Lolland is Nakskov, with 10,000 residents.
Lolland, Denmark (184 words)
The island of Lolland lies to the west of Falster, facing the German Baltic coast.
The islands of Lolland, Falster and Møn, together with the nearby smaller islands, are known by the Danes as the "South Sea Islands".
The south of the island is reached by a ferry plying between Puttgarden in Germany and Rødbyhavn.
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