- Ringsted
Ringsted is a city in
Ringsted municipality located in the middle of the Danish island ofZealand . The population is 20.188 (2008). [http://www.ringsted.dk/OmKommunen/OmRingsted/RingstedsHistorie.aspx] Ringsted has a high percentage of immigrants on a Danish scale, mostly fromMorocco ,Lebanon ,Palestine andTurkey .Ringsted is located approximately 60 km from
Copenhagen .ister cities
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Vammala -Finland
*Gyöngyös -Hungary
*Skövde -Sweden
*Halden -Norway
*Kutná Hora -Czech Republic
*Ringsted, Iowa ,USA Tourism and transport
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Sankt Bendts Kirke ("Church of Saint Benedict")— Romanesque, formerBenedictine abbey church, royal tombs.
* TheDanish Tramway Museum ofSkjoldnæsholm [http://www.sporvejsmuseet.dk/] is nearJystrup
* Ringstedrailway station is served by both DSB domestic trains and international (EuroCity ) services toHamburg . There are frequent services toCopenhagen ,Nykøbing Falster andOdense , although not all trains to Jutland stop at Ringsted. The bus station is in front of the railway station.History
Ringsted was the site of
Sjælland slandsting .In 1137,
Canute Lavard was killed inHaraldsted forest, leading to outbreaks of civil war.The town arms goes back to 1421. There have been a lot of discussion about what it portray. The traditional answer is at the top the hand of God and under that Virgin Mary with Jesus surrounded by three figures that worship her. It's probably: Knud Lavard, Erik Plovpenning, and Bennedikt of Nursia. [www.ringsted.dk/OmKommunen/OmRingsted/RaadhusetsHistorie.aspx]
External links
* [http://kommunefakta.netborger.dk/produkt/kfv3/dinkommune_resultat.asp?p=netborger&komid=329 Statistics and Figures]
* [http://www.ringsted.dk Ringsted municipality]
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