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Egå
Egå is a both a suburban district and a stream in the Municipality of Aarhus in Denmark. Name Egå means 'Oak-stream' in English. The Egå stream The Egå stream runs north of the city of Aarhus, in the bottom of the flat valley of Egådalen. The whole valley of Egådalen - 1,5 km wide and 6 km long - was created as a tunnel valley at the end of the last ice age and holds numerous evidence of prehistoric human activities, from the Stone Age to present times. The Egå stream has its source at Geding Lake and from here it flows through the Geding-Kasted bog, the lake of Egå Engsø, the suburban area of Egå and the beach park of Åkrogen, before it terminates at the Bay of Aarhus. The Egå suburb The suburban area of Egå is located approximately 7 km north of the Aarhus city centre and is named after the Egå stream, that flows through the area. Egå originated as a rural village, probably in the Viking Age. A runestone, from c. 970–1020 in the late Viking Ag ...
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Egå Engsø
Egå Engsø is an artificial lake and wetland site located in the north of the town of Aarhus between Vejlby, Risskov and Lystrup. Engsø means 'meadow lake' and Egå means 'oak stream', referring to the stream that drains the lake into the Aarhus bay. The lake area is bordered by the Djursland motorway to the north and the Aarhus-Grenaa railway and the municipal heating pipes from Studstrup Power Station to the south and west. Background Egå Engsø was created by re-flooding meadows on land previously drained in the 1950s for agricultural use. By the 1990s the water quality and natural ecosystem in and around the Egå river into which the site drained had declined due to the effect of nitrate fertilizer (eutrophication) use, through intensive farming in the area. Aarhus Municipality, Aarhus County and the Danish Forest and Nature Agency resolved to construct the lake as part of Vandmiljøplan II (English: ''Action Plan for the Aquatic Environment II'') from 1998 to reduce t ...
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Ã…krogen
Åkrogen (lit.: River-nook) is an urban, public beach and park in the northern parts of Aarhus, Denmark. Åkrogen is situated in both the neighborhood of Risskov and the suburb of Egå on the Bay of Aarhus at Egå Marina. The beach park is divided by the marina in a southern and a northern section. Kalø Vig and Helgenæs is in the east and a bit inland to the west is the lake of Egå Engsø. The beach itself is fairly slim, between wide, with a beachline stretching for some at the southern section and in the northern section. It is coarse sandy beach with gravel and several coastal protections composed of rows of boulders extending into the sea. A few short stretches of the beach are broader with white sand. The waters are very shallow with a sandy bottom and reach a depth of some from the coast. Saline content is 20-35‰ and there's a weak northbound current. Åkrogen is a popular beach for windsurfers and kitsurfers due to the shallow waters and brisk winds. Each ...
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Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest of Copenhagen. The largest city in Jutland, Aarhus anchors the Central Denmark Region and the statistical region ' (''LØ'') (lit.: Province East Jutland). The LØ is the second most populous statistical region in Denmark with an estimated population of 903,974 (). Aarhus Municipality defines the greater Aarhus area as itself and eight adjacent municipalities totalling 952,824 inhabitants () which is roughly analogous to the municipal and commercial collaboration Business Region Aarhus. The city proper, with an estimated population of 285,273 inhabitants (), ranks as the 2nd-largest city in Denmark. Aarhus dates back to at least the late 8th century and is among the oldest cities in Denmark. It was founded as a harbour settlement at the ...
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Danish Runic Inscription 107
Danish Runic Inscription 107 or DR 107 is the Rundata listing for a Viking Age memorial runestone that was found at Egå, Denmark. Description The inscription on DR 107 consists of three runic text bands carved in the younger futhark with two bands in arches with the third band in the center. The inscription is classified as being carved in runestone style RAK, which is the classification for runic text bands that have straight ends with no attached serpent or beast heads. The runestone was first recorded, with its top section missing, as being part of a wall in Egå. Before the historic significance of runestones was understood, they were often re-used as material in the construction of bridges, walls, and buildings. It was noted that prior to this, the stone had been in the bank near a bridge, and may have been associated with some local grave mounds. The top section was located in 1839, and the repaired stone is in height. The runestone was moved to Copenhagen, and is now in the ...
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Geding Lake
Geding Lake (Danish: Geding Sø) is a lake west of the Aarhus suburb of Tilst in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark. The stream Egå and the Egå river valley begins here. The lake is bounded by the Aarhus-Randers Rail Line to the west. Geding Lake is also known under the older name ''Gjeding Sø''. The lake is connected to a myth and folk story stating that Geding Lake, Brabrand Lake and ''Lading Lake'' was created during a battle between two giants that lived in the hills '' Hasle Høj'' and '' Borum Eshøj''.Se §108 fra Evald Tang KristensenDanske Sagn Silkeborg Bogtrykkeri (1895). Until 1997, the hills on the eastern side of the lake were used for skiing including a ski lift provided by ''Aarhus SKi Club'', but due to lack of snow for years these activities have stopped. Environmental conditions Geding Lake is rich in calcium. The ecosystem of the lake has experienced problems with heightened levels of chlorophyll some 3 times higher than the targeted levels. The catchment a ...
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Geding-Kasted Mose
Geding-Kasted Mose is a bog about 7 kilometers north-west of Aarhus, in the western section of the Egå river valley though which the river Egå runs. The bog covers about 30 hectares of which a sizable portion is used as meadows for grazing cattle. Other parts are cultivated but as the area is low-lying it is more or less flooded during winter. The bog has some waterholes and old peat pits which are now mostly concealed by thickets of primarily downy birch and grey willow. Geding-Kasted Bog is one of the most important catchment areas for the water supply in Aarhus Municipality and the city of Aarhus. Flora and fauna Geding-Kasted Bog has a major biodiversity with many different plant and animal species. Especially downy birch and grey willow dominate but on the meadows there is also globeflower, branched bur-reed, western marsh orchid, saw-wort and Irish fleabane. Insects are important pollinators for the flowers in bog and as prey for toads, reptiles and birds. Due to ...
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Administrative Divisions Of Aarhus Municipality
Aarhus Municipality is divided in many different ways, often on layered levels. Politically it is a part of the multi-member constituency ''Østjyllands Storkreds'' which covers the eastern coast of East Jutland from Randers to Vejle Fjord. Aarhus Municipality itself is divided in 4 folketing constituencies, ''Århus Sydkredsen'', ''Århus Vestkredsen'', ''Århus Nordkredsen'', ''Århus Østkredsen'', which are again divided in a total of 45 wards, each with one polling station. The diocese of Aarhus is divided in a number of deaneries of which 4 resides in Aarhus Municipality with a total of 58 parishes. Administratively Aarhus Municipality operates with 25 districts or local communities (''Lokalsamfund'') which can be amalgamations of parishes, neighborhoods or former and present towns. In addition there are 28 postal districts within the municipality, some of which are colloquially used to denote areas and neighborhoods in the city of Aarhus. The urban area and immediate suburbs ...
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Skæring
Skæring is a suburb of Aarhus in Denmark. It is situated some 10 km. north-east of Aarhus C and is one of the wealthier suburbs. Skæring Parish had a population of 4977 as of (2006) of which 4.402 were members of the Church of Denmark. Skæring is known for good beaches, the marina ''Kaløvig BÃ¥delaug'' and the former military shooting range Skæring Hede which is today a public park and memorial for five resistance fighters who were executed there during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... In addition, 2 movies have been filmed in Skæring. Neighborhoods of Aarhus {{CentralDK-stub ...
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Aarhus Municipality
Aarhus Municipality ( da, Aarhus Kommune), known as Ã…rhus Municipality ( da, Ã…rhus Kommune) until 2011, is a municipality in Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 349,983 as of 2020. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Aarhus. Neighbouring municipalities are Syddjurs to the north, Favrskov to the northwest, Skanderborg to the southwest, and Odder to the south. Aarhus Municipality was not merged with other municipalities in the nationwide ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007) due to its already relatively large size and population. The municipality is part of Business Region Aarhus and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016. Politics Aarhus City Council (''Aarhus ByrÃ¥d'') is also the municipal government. The city council consists of 31 members elected for four ...
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Gymnasium (Denmark)
The Danish gymnasium offers a 3-year general academically-oriented upper secondary programme which builds on the 9th-10th form of the ''Folkeskole'' and leads to the upper secondary school exit examination (the ''studentereksamen''). This qualifies a student for admission to higher education Preparatory, subject to the special entrance regulations applying to the individual higher education programmes. Colloquially, ''gymnasium'' refers to what is formally called ''STX''. Apart from the common academic gymnasium, there are other types of occupation-oriented upper secondary education in Denmark. The main ones are ''højere handelseksamen'' or HHX ("Higher Commercial Examination Programme"), ''højere teknisk eksamen'' or HTX ("Higher Technical Examination Programme"), and ''højere forberedelseseksamen'' or HF ("Higher Preparatory Examination Programme"). Gymnasium Types of Institutions , an academically-oriented general upper secondary education which leads to an upper ...
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Marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo from freighters. The word ''marina'' may also refer to an inland wharf on a river or canal that is used exclusively by non-industrial pleasure craft such as canal narrowboats. Emplacement Marinas may be located along the banks of rivers connecting to lakes or seas and may be inland. They are also located on coastal harbors (natural or man made) or coastal lagoons, either as stand alone facilities or within a port complex. History In the 19th century, the few existing pleasure craft shared the same facilities as trading and fishing vessels. The marina appeared in the 20th century with the popularization of yachting. Facilities and services A marina may have refuelling, washing and repair facilities, marine and boat chandlers, ...
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National Museum Of Denmark
The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from Strøget at the center of Copenhagen. It contains exhibits from around the world, from Greenland to South America. Additionally, the museum sponsors SILA - The Greenland Research Center at the National Museum of Denmark to further archaeological and anthropological research in Greenland. The museum has a number of national commitments, particularly within the following key areas: archaeology, ethnology, numismatics, ethnography, natural science, conservation, communication, building antiquarian activities in connection with the churches of Denmark, as well as the handling of the Danefæ (the National Treasures). Exhibitions The museum covers 14,000 years of Danish history, from the reindeer-hunters of the Ice Age, Vikings, and works of religious ...
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