Roskilde

Roskilde
Ros·kil·de (rŭʹskē'lə)
A city of eastern Denmark on Sjaelland Island west of Copenhagen. It was the capital of Denmark from the tenth century until 1443. Population: 49,110.

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      city, eastern Zealand (Sjælland), Denmark, at the head of Roskilde Fjord. It is named for its legendary founder, Hroar (Ro), and the sacred springs (kilde), several of which remain nearby. The former seat of Danish kings (c. 1020–1416) and capital of Denmark (until 1443), it has been a bishopric since about 1060 and was Denmark's most important ecclesiastical centre until the Reformation. The Treaty of Roskilde with Sweden was drafted there in 1658.

      Roskilde is the largest rail junction and traffic centre on Zealand, and its development has been stimulated by proximity to Copenhagen (with which it was connected by the first Danish railway in 1847). Roskilde also lies on the major rail and road connections that link Sweden with Germany via the bridge and tunnel systems across the Great Belt (1997–98) and The Sound (2000). The city hosts several institutions of higher learning and research, including Roskilde University (1972) and Risø National Laboratory (1958), and many of Roskilde's traditional industries have now been replaced by more research-oriented business.

      The city's partly Romanesque, partly Gothic cathedral was begun by the bishop (later archbishop) Absalon about 1170 (consecrated 1464) on the site of two earlier churches. The cathedral is the royal mausoleum where 38 Danish kings and queens are buried, including 16 in an unbroken line from the Reformation to 1972. A museum of Viking relics, including 1,000-year-old longboats, opened in 1969. Pop. (2008 est.) city, 45,824; (2005 est.) mun., 79,441.

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