Silkeborg

Silkeborg

      city, eastern Jutland, Denmark, on the Gudenå River and Langsø, a small lake, west of Århus. An episcopal town of some importance in the Middle Ages, its castle became a royal hunting and fishing base after the Reformation. The present city, dating from 1845 (chartered 1900), grew up around a paper mill. Now a rail junction, its products include farm machinery, electronics, and beer. It is also a noted health resort and a centre for the Silkeborg lakes, a chain of lakes on the Gudenå. The surrounding well-wooded country, the heather, and the hills, including Himmelbjerget (“Hill of Heaven”; 482 ft [147 m]) and Yding Forest Hill (Denmark's highest point; 568 ft [173 m]), make this one of the country's most scenic and popular resort districts. A few miles west of Silkeborg is a memorial to Denmark's distinguished dramatist Kaj Munk (Munk, Kaj), who was murdered there by the Nazis in 1944. Pop. (2008 est.) city, 41,674; (2005 est.) mun., 84,167.

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