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Silkeborg Municipality
Silkeborg Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 857.16 km2, and has a population of 101,574 (1. January 2025). Its mayor is Helle Gade, of the party Social Democrats (Denmark). The main town and the site of its municipal council is the town of Silkeborg. On 1 January 2007 Silkeborg municipality was, as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merged with Gjern, Kjellerup, and Them municipalities to form the new Silkeborg municipality. 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. Locations The town of Silkeborg The town of Silkeborg is divided into a northern and southern part by the lake, '' Silkeborg Langsø'', which at the eastern side of the town, resolves into the Guden River ('' Gudenaa''). Silkebor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Denmark
Denmark is divided into five regions of Denmark, regions, which contain 98 municipalities (, ; , ). The Capital Region of Denmark, Capital Region has 29 municipalities, Region of Southern Denmark, Southern Denmark 22, Central Denmark Region, Central Denmark 19, Region Zealand, Zealand 17 and North Denmark Region, North Denmark 11. The government intends to merge R. Hovedstaden with R. Sjælland 1 January 2027 to form Region Østdanmark (Region of Eastern Denmark). The regional council will have 47 members, and will be elected Tuesday 18 November 2025 in the ordinary 2025 Danish local elections. This structure was established per an administrative reform (Danish: ''Strukturreformen''; English: (''The'') ''Structural Reform'') of the public sector of Denmark, effective 26 June 2005 (council elections 15 November 2005), which abolished the 13 Counties of Denmark, counties (; singular ) and created five Regions of Denmark, regions (; singular ) which unlike the counties (1970–2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjellerup
Kjellerup is a Danish town with a population of 5,247 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from It is located 17 km north of and 20 km south of Viborg in Central Jutland. The town was the seat of the former [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asger Jorn
Asger Oluf Jorn (3 March 1914 – 1 May 1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and author. He was a founding member of the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International. The largest collection of Jorn's works—including his major work '' Stalingrad''—can be seen in the Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark. Jorn willed his property and the works of art located inside to the Municipality of Albissola Marina (Savona), so the Italian museum called "Casa Museo Jorn" was created for displaying his works. Early life He was born in Vejrum, in the northwest corner of Jutland, Denmark, and baptized Asger Oluf Jørgensen. He was the second oldest of six children, an elder brother to Jørgen Nash. Both of his parents were teachers. His father, Lars Peter Jørgensen, a fundamentalist Christian, died from pneumonia (contracted after a car crash) when Asger was 12 years old. His mother, Maren, ''née'' Nielsen, was more liberal but nevertheless a deeply c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COBRA (avant-garde Movement)
COBRA or Cobra, often stylized as CoBrA, was a European avant-garde art group active from 1948 to 1951. The name was coined in 1948 by Christian Dotremont from the initials of the members' home countries' capital cities: Copenhagen (Co), Brussels (Br), Amsterdam (A). History During the time of Netherlands in World War II, occupation of World War II, the Netherlands had been disconnected from the art world beyond its borders. CoBrA was formed shortly thereafter. This international movement of artists who worked experimentally evolved from the criticisms of Western society and a common desire to break away from existing art movements, including the "detested" Realism (arts), naturalism and the "sterile" Abstraction (art), abstraction. Experimentation was the symbol of an unfettered freedom, which, according to Constant, was ultimately embodied by children and the expressions of children. CoBrA was formed by Karel Appel, Constant Nieuwenhuys, Constant, Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silkeborg Langsø
Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 52,571 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Silkeborg is the seat of , with a population of 101,574 as of 2025. Silkeborg is located in the middle of the ic peninsula, slightly west of the geographical centre of |
Hjejlen
SS ''Hjejlen'' ( Danish for ''The Golden Plover'') is the world's oldest coal burning operational paddle steamer, built in 1861 by Baumgarten & Burmeister, commissioned by a group of citizens headed by paper manufacturer Michael Drewsen. She is used to carry tourists between Silkeborg and Himmelbjerget, but in 1932 she also became a public mail boat. Engine ''Hjejlens steam engine has two cylinders, each with a bore of and a stroke of . The engine yields and propels the vessel at up to . ''Hjejlens 150th anniversary In 2011 ''Hjejlen'' celebrated her 150th anniversary with Queen Margrethe II Margrethe II (; Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid, born 16 April 1940) is a member of the Danish royal family who reigned as Queen of Denmark from 14 January 1972 until her abdication on 14 January 2024. Having reigned for exactly ... in attendance. A commemorative coin was issued by the National Bank of Denmark. See also * Hjejleselskabet References {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fårvang
Fårvang is a town, with a population of 1,391 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from in , in . Fårvang is situated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjern
Gjern is a former railway town in central Denmark with a population of 1,529 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from located in in in |
Voel
Voel is a town, with a population of 1,965 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from in , in . It is located 10 km east o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ans, Denmark
Ans is a town in Silkeborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region in Denmark. It is situated at the southern shore of Tange Sø (''Tange Lake''), 8 km southeast of Rødkærsbro, 10 km southwest of Bjerringbro, 17 km north of Silkeborg Silkeborg () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 52,571 (1 January 2025).Viborg. Ans Church, built in 1935 as a mission house, is located in the town. VisitAarhus References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
