Hjejlen ("The Golden Plover") is an historic steamboat that sails from Silkeborg to Himmelbjerget.

Silkeborg is a town in central Denmark, located in Silkeborg municipality in Jutland. Image File history File links Hjejlen, old steamboat in Silkeborg, Denmark. ... Image File history File links Hjejlen, old steamboat in Silkeborg, Denmark. ... Himmelbjerget, The Heaven Mountain is a hill in Denmark with a height of 147 meters. ... Silkeborg municipality is a municipality in central Denmark, in the county of Aarhus, on the peninsula of Jutland. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland, German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ...

The town is home of the Tollund man which resides in the Silkeborg Museum. The town is divided north and south by the lake, the Silkeborg Langsø, which at the eastern side of the town, resolves into the Guden River (Gudenaa). The Tollund Man lived during the late 5th century BC and/or early 4th century BC. He was buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. ... Gudenåen is Denmarks longest river, 160 km long. ...

Silkeborg was the home town of COBRA painter Asger Jorn, and has several interesting art museums and excibitions, including Silkeborg Museum with it's large Asger Jorn collection. COBRA was a post-World War II European avant-garde movement (the name is derived from the initials of the members home cities: Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam). ... Asger Jorn (March 3, 1914 - May 1, 1973) was born in Vejrum, Jutland, Denmark under the name Oluf Jørgensen. ...

The town is also notable for the large number of car dealerships located there.

In 1944, the priest and playwright Kaj Munk was shot by the Gestapo nearby. At Silkeborg Bad the Germans had their headquarter in Jutland during World War II. 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (mostly referred to as Kaj Munk) (January 13, 1898 - January 4, 1944) was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, known for his cultural engagement and his martyrdom during Word War II. He was born Kaj Harald Leininger Petersen at Lolland, Denmark. ... The Gestapo was the official secret police force of Nazi Germany. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ...

Friendship cities

• Finland: Savonlinna
• Iceland: Árborg
• Norway: Arendal
• Poland: Gizycko
• Sweden: Kalmar
• Germany: Kaiserslautern
• US: Corona, California

Savonlinna or Nyslott in Swedish, (literally Newcastle) is a municipality of about 28,000 inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. ... Árborg is the largest city in Southern Iceland. ... Arendal (N 58 27, E 8 56) is a town in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. ... Motto: none Voivodship Warmia i Mazury Municipal government Urząd Miejski w Giżycku Mayor Jolanta Piotrkowska Area 13,9 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 29 800 - 2148/km² Founded City rights - - Latitude Longitude 54°02 N 21°46 E Area code +48 87 Car plates NGI Twin towns - Municipal Website Giżycko... Kalmar (population 59,308) is a Municipality in southeastern Sweden, on the mainlands coast of the Baltic Sea, strategically watching over the narrow sound to the large island Öland, since 1972 connected by the Öland bridge. ... Map of Germany showing Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern is a town in the south of the Land Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. ... ... Corona is a city located in Riverside County, California. ...

External links

• Official municipality website