Silkeborg

Silkeborg is a town in central Denmark, located in Silkeborg municipality in Jutland.

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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 Langs?, which at the eastern side of the town, resolves into the Guden River (Gudenaa).

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Silkeborg was the home town of COBRA painter Asger Jorn, and has several interesting art museums and excibitions, including Silkeborg Museum with its large Asger Jorn collection.

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

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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.

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Denmark: The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark) is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located at in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germa...

Silkeborg municipality: Silkeborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 255 km?, and has a total population of 55.080 (2005). Its mayor is Jens Erik J?rgensen, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konse...

Jutland: Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: J?tland) 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. Its terrain is relatively flat, with low hills and peat bogs. It has an area of 29,775 km? (11,496 square m...