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'''Viborg''' ({{IPA|da|ˈviˌpɒˀ|audio=Da-Viborg.ogg}}) is a city in central [[Jutland]], [[Denmark]], the capital of both [[Viborg municipality]] and [[Region Midtjylland]]. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the [[Courts of Denmark|High Court]] for the [[Jutland]] peninsula. Viborg Municipality is the second-largest [[Denmark|Danish]] municipality, covering 3.3% of the country's total land area.<ref>[http://www.viborg.dk/db/Kommune.nsf/Alle/9477EDB57BEB5E58C12572E600217769?OpenDocument Viborg Kommune statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405210719/http://viborg.dk/db/Kommune.nsf/Alle/9477EDB57BEB5E58C12572E600217769?OpenDocument |date=April | '''Viborg''' ({{IPA|da|ˈviˌpɒˀ|audio=Da-Viborg.ogg}}) is a city in central [[Jutland]], [[Denmark]], the capital of both [[Viborg municipality]] and [[Region Midtjylland]]. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the [[Courts of Denmark|High Court]] for the [[Jutland]] peninsula. Viborg Municipality is the second-largest [[Denmark|Danish]] municipality, covering 3.3% of the country's total land area.<ref>[http://www.viborg.dk/db/Kommune.nsf/Alle/9477EDB57BEB5E58C12572E600217769?OpenDocument Viborg Kommune statistics] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405210719/http://viborg.dk/db/Kommune.nsf/Alle/9477EDB57BEB5E58C12572E600217769?OpenDocument |date=5 April 2011 }}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Viborg is one of the oldest cities in Denmark, with [[Viking]] settlements dating back to the late 8th century.<ref>[http://www.viborghistorie.dk/tidslinie/?periodfile= Viborg History]</ref> Its central location gave the city great strategic importance, in political and religious matters, during the [[Middle Ages]]. A [[motte-and-bailey]]-type castle was once located in the city. | Viborg is one of the oldest cities in Denmark, with [[Viking]] settlements dating back to the late 8th century.<ref> | ||
Under the leadership of King Vibor, Viborg was impenetrable behind their walls | |||
[http://www.viborghistorie.dk/tidslinie/?periodfile= Viborg History]</ref> Its central location gave the city great strategic importance, in political and religious matters, during the [[Middle Ages]]. A [[motte-and-bailey]]-type castle was once located in the city. Viborg's name is a combination of two Old Norse words: ''[[vé]]'', meaning a holy place, and ''borg'', meaning a fort, but the original name of the town was ''Vvibiærgh'', where ''-biærgh'' means hill (modern Danish ''-bjerg'' (mountain).<ref>{{cite web|title=Den Store Danske website|date=9 May 2017 |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Viborg_-_by_i_Jylland}}</ref> | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
Viborg municipality is where the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[Foulum Data Center]] is located which opened in September 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Apple scraps $1 billion Irish data centre over planning delays |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-ireland-idUSKBN1IB0XT/ |access-date=7 September 2024 | | Viborg municipality is where the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[Foulum Data Center]] is located which opened in September 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Apple scraps $1 billion Irish data centre over planning delays |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-ireland-idUSKBN1IB0XT/ |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=Reuters |date=10 May 2018}}</ref> | ||
==Sights== | ==Sights== | ||
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Since the 1990s, Viborg has had a reputation as one of Denmark's leading cities for [[sports]]. It started with [[Team handball|handball]], a popular sport in Denmark, when the women's handball team became one of best five clubs in Europe, and continued when both the men's handball team and the professional [[Football (soccer)|football]] team established themselves in their respective domestic leagues. From 1998 to 2008, [[Viborg FF]] was a member of the [[Danish Superliga]], reaching an all-time high by winning the [[Danish cup]] in [[1999–2000 Danish Cup|2000]]. | Since the 1990s, Viborg has had a reputation as one of Denmark's leading cities for [[sports]]. It started with [[Team handball|handball]], a popular sport in Denmark, when the women's handball team became one of best five clubs in Europe, and continued when both the men's handball team and the professional [[Football (soccer)|football]] team established themselves in their respective domestic leagues. From 1998 to 2008, [[Viborg FF]] was a member of the [[Danish Superliga]], reaching an all-time high by winning the [[Danish cup]] in [[1999–2000 Danish Cup|2000]]. | ||
Viborg hosts the annual Haervejsmarchen international two-day walking festival, which regularly attracts 8,000 participants, including many from outside Denmark. | Viborg hosts the annual Haervejsmarchen international two-day walking festival, which regularly attracts 8,000 participants, including many from outside Denmark. It includes marked routes of distances of up to 45 kilometres a day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Haervejsmarchen website|url=http://www.haervejsmarchen.dk}}</ref> The walk is affiliated to the [[IML Walking Association]].<ref>{{cite web|title=IML Walking Association website|url= http://www.imlwalking.org/#/members/Viborg}}</ref> | ||
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Viborg is also home to [[The Animation Workshop]], an art school based in a former army barracks on the outskirts of town. The school, which achieved official recognition from the Danish government in 2003, offers students a Bachelor of Arts in character animation. | Viborg is also home to [[The Animation Workshop]], an art school based in a former army barracks on the outskirts of town. The school, which achieved official recognition from the Danish government in 2003, offers students a Bachelor of Arts in character animation. | ||
==Transportation== | ==Transportation== | ||
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==Notable people== | ==Notable people== | ||
[[File:Vitus Bering 1.jpg|thumb|140px|Vitus Bering]] | [[File:Vitus Bering 1.jpg|thumb|140px|Vitus Bering]] | ||
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=== Public service and thinking === | === Public service and thinking === | ||
* [[ Saint Vibor]] | |||
* [[Saint Kjeld]] (died 1150), Archdeacon, canonized 1188 | * [[Saint Kjeld]] (died 1150), Archdeacon, canonized 1188 | ||
* [[Biskop Gunner]] ([[:da:Gunner (biskop i Viborg)|da]], 1152–1251), Bishop, co-writer of the Law of Jutland | * [[Biskop Gunner]] ([[:da:Gunner (biskop i Viborg)|da]], 1152–1251), Bishop, co-writer of the Law of Jutland | ||
* [[Knud Mikkelsen]] ([[:da:Knud Mikkelsen|da]], 1421-1478/1488), Bishop, contributor to the Law of Jutland | * [[Knud Mikkelsen]] ([[:da:Knud Mikkelsen|da]], 1421-1478/1488), Bishop, contributor to the Law of Jutland | ||
* [[Niels Kaas]] (1535 in Stårupgård –1594) politician, [[Chancellor]] of Denmark 1573-1594 | * [[Niels Kaas]] (1535 in Stårupgård –1594) politician, [[Chancellor]] of Denmark 1573-1594 | ||
* [[Vitus Bering (1617–1675)|Vitus Bering]] (1617–1675) poet, historian and Supreme Court justice | * [[Vitus Bering (1617–1675)|Vitus Bering]] (1617–1675) poet, historian and Supreme Court justice | ||
* [[Carl Gottlob Rafn]] (1769–1808) enlightenment scientist and civil servant | * [[Carl Gottlob Rafn]] (1769–1808) enlightenment scientist and civil servant | ||
* [[Sophie Zahrtmann]] (1841 in Vammen{{snd}}1925) [[deaconess]] and nurse | * [[Sophie Zahrtmann]] (1841 in Vammen{{snd}}1925) [[deaconess]] and nurse | ||
* [[Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen]] (1856–1921), ornithologist, taught in Viborg | * [[Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen]] (1856–1921), ornithologist, taught in Viborg | ||
* [[Bertel Dahlgaard]] (1887–1972) politician and statistician | * [[Bertel Dahlgaard]] (1887–1972) politician and statistician | ||
* [[Kåre Pugerup]] (born 1964) diplomat and Chief of Staff at the [[UN]] agency [[IFAD]] in Rome | * [[Kåre Pugerup]] (born 1964) diplomat and Chief of Staff at the [[UN]] agency [[IFAD]] in Rome | ||
* [[Torsten Nielsen]] (born 1967 in Sparkær) politician, Mayor of [[Viborg Municipality]] since 2014 | * [[Torsten Nielsen]] (born 1967 in Sparkær) politician, Mayor of [[Viborg Municipality]] since 2014 | ||
* [[Anders Primdahl Vistisen]] (born 1987 in [[Vridsted]]) [[Danish People's Party|DPP]] politician and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] | * [[Anders Primdahl Vistisen]] (born 1987 in [[Vridsted]]) [[Danish People's Party|DPP]] politician and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] | ||
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* [[Kristian Mantzius]] (1819–1879) actor, popular with his audience but not his bosses | * [[Kristian Mantzius]] (1819–1879) actor, popular with his audience but not his bosses | ||
* [[Jeppe Aakjær]] (1866–1930) poet and novelist, a member of the [[Jutland Movement]] | * [[Jeppe Aakjær]] (1866–1930) poet and novelist, a member of the [[Jutland Movement]] | ||
* [[Anders Randolf]] (1870–1930) Danish American actor in American films <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709856/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2020</ref> | * [[Anders Randolf]] (1870–1930) Danish American actor in American films<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709856/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2020</ref> | ||
* [[Benjamin Christensen]] (1879–1959), film director, screenwriter and actor <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159725/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2020</ref> | * [[Benjamin Christensen]] (1879–1959), film director, screenwriter and actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159725/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2020</ref> | ||
* [[Tyge Hvass]] (1885 in Randrup{{snd}}1963) a Danish [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalist]] architect | * [[Tyge Hvass]] (1885 in Randrup{{snd}}1963) a Danish [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalist]] architect | ||
* [[A. W. Sandberg]] (1887–1938) a Danish film director and screenwriter <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761244/ IMDb Database] retrieved 26 May 2020</ref> | * [[A. W. Sandberg]] (1887–1938) a Danish film director and screenwriter<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761244/ IMDb Database] retrieved 26 May 2020</ref> | ||
* [[Jens Klok]] (1889–1974) a Danish architect with the [[Royal Danish Navy]] | * [[Jens Klok]] (1889–1974) a Danish architect with the [[Royal Danish Navy]] | ||
* [[Gudrun Houlberg]] (1889–1940) actress <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585422/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2020</ref> | * [[Gudrun Houlberg]] (1889–1940) actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585422/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2020</ref> | ||
* [[Olaf Wieghorst]] (1899–1988), painter of the American West | * [[Olaf Wieghorst]] (1899–1988), painter of the American West | ||
* [[Peter Seeberg]] (1925–1999), writer, worked in Viborg as a museum custodian | * [[Peter Seeberg]] (1925–1999), writer, worked in Viborg as a museum custodian | ||
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* [[Peer Hultberg]] (1935–2007), a Danish author and psychoanalyst, lived in Viborg as a child | * [[Peer Hultberg]] (1935–2007), a Danish author and psychoanalyst, lived in Viborg as a child | ||
* [[Freddy Milton]] (born 1948 in Overlund) a Danish comics artist and writer | * [[Freddy Milton]] (born 1948 in Overlund) a Danish comics artist and writer | ||
* Poul Martin Bonde (born 1958) songwriter and spokesperson of [[Smukfest]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1641964/ IMDb Database] retrieved | * Poul Martin Bonde (born 1958) songwriter and spokesperson of [[Smukfest]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1641964/ IMDb Database] retrieved 3 May 2021</ref> | ||
* [[Frank Hvam]] (born 1970) stand-up-comedian <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0404809/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2020</ref> | * [[Frank Hvam]] (born 1970) stand-up-comedian<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0404809/ IMDb Database] retrieved 25 May 2020</ref> | ||
* [[Morten Lund (musician)|Morten Lund]] (born 1972) jazz drummer | * [[Morten Lund (musician)|Morten Lund]] (born 1972) jazz drummer | ||
* [[Lise Rønne]] (born 1978) a Danish journalist and TV presenter <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1238773/ IMDb Database] retrieved 26 May 2020</ref> | * [[Lise Rønne]] (born 1978) a Danish journalist and TV presenter<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1238773/ IMDb Database] retrieved 26 May 2020</ref> | ||
* [[Rasmussen (singer)|Rasmussen]] (born 1985) stage name of ''Jonas Flodager Rasmussen'', Danish singer and actor | * [[Rasmussen (singer)|Rasmussen]] (born 1985) stage name of ''Jonas Flodager Rasmussen'', Danish singer and actor | ||
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[[File:Finn Døssing.jpg|thumb|150px|Finn Døssing, 2011]] | [[File:Finn Døssing.jpg|thumb|150px|Finn Døssing, 2011]] | ||
* [[Charles Buchwald]] (1880 in Bjerringbro{{snd}}1951) amateur footballer, won silver medals at the 1908 and [[1912 Summer Olympics]] | * [[Charles Buchwald]] (1880 in Bjerringbro{{snd}}1951) amateur footballer, won silver medals at the 1908 and [[1912 Summer Olympics]] | ||
* [[Finn Døssing]] Jensen (born 1941) former footballer, 349 appearances for [[Viborg FF]] | * [[Finn Døssing]] Jensen (born 1941) former footballer, 349 appearances for [[Viborg FF]] | ||
* [[Ulrik Wilbek]] (born 1958) successful handball coach and Mayor of Viborg since 2018 | * [[Ulrik Wilbek]] (born 1958) successful handball coach and Mayor of Viborg since 2018 | ||
* [[Nicolai Vollquartz]] (born 1965) football referee | * [[Nicolai Vollquartz]] (born 1965) football referee | ||
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Viborg is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with: | Viborg is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with: | ||
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bayeux]], France<ref name="Bayeux twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=4#tabs3 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131127063207/http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013 | *{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bayeux]], France<ref name="Bayeux twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=4#tabs3 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131127063207/http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2013 |title=National Commission for Decentralised cooperation |access-date=26 December 2013 |work=Délégation pour l'Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) |language=fr }}</ref> | ||
==Climate== | |||
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|location= Viborg ([[Midtjyllands Airport]]) (1993–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2000) | |||
|metric first=Yes | |||
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|Jan record high C = 11.3 | |||
|Feb record high C = 12.2 | |||
|Mar record high C = 22.2 | |||
|Apr record high C = 26.8 | |||
|May record high C = 28.4 | |||
|Jun record high C = 30.1 | |||
|Jul record high C = 32.7 | |||
|Aug record high C = 34.6 | |||
|Sep record high C = 27.8 | |||
|Oct record high C = 23.0 | |||
|Nov record high C = 16.0 | |||
|Dec record high C = 12.3 | |||
|Jan record low C = -28.4 | |||
|Feb record low C = -21.0 | |||
|Mar record low C = -16.3 | |||
|Apr record low C = -7.8 | |||
|May record low C = -4.0 | |||
|Jun record low C = 1.1 | |||
|Jul record low C = 3.7 | |||
|Aug record low C = 1.0 | |||
|Sep record low C = -2.3 | |||
|Oct record low C = -5.3 | |||
|Nov record low C = -18.0 | |||
|Dec record low C = -24.0 | |||
|Jan high C = 3.7 | |||
|Feb high C = 4.0 | |||
|Mar high C = 6.8 | |||
|Apr high C = 12.2 | |||
|May high C = 16.2 | |||
|Jun high C = 18.9 | |||
|Jul high C = 21.2 | |||
|Aug high C = 21.2 | |||
|Sep high C = 17.3 | |||
|Oct high C = 12.5 | |||
|Nov high C = 7.7 | |||
|Dec high C = 4.7 | |||
| year high C = | |||
|Jan mean C = 1.3 | |||
|Feb mean C = 1.6 | |||
|Mar mean C = 3.3 | |||
|Apr mean C = 7.8 | |||
|May mean C = 11.4 | |||
|Jun mean C = 14.5 | |||
|Jul mean C = 16.7 | |||
|Aug mean C = 16.7 | |||
|Sep mean C = 13.4 | |||
|Oct mean C = 9.2 | |||
|Nov mean C = 5.2 | |||
|Dec mean C = 2.3 | |||
| year mean C = | |||
|Jan low C = -1.1 | |||
|Feb low C = -0.9 | |||
|Mar low C = -0.1 | |||
|Apr low C = 3.4 | |||
|May low C = 6.7 | |||
|Jun low C = 10.2 | |||
|Jul low C = 12.2 | |||
|Aug low C = 12.2 | |||
|Sep low C = 9.5 | |||
|Oct low C = 6.0 | |||
|Nov low C = 2.7 | |||
|Dec low C = -0.1 | |||
| year low C = | |||
|precipitation colour = green | |||
|Jan precipitation mm = 67.7 | |||
|Feb precipitation mm = 45.9 | |||
|Mar precipitation mm = 55.5 | |||
|Apr precipitation mm = 40.8 | |||
|May precipitation mm = 48.1 | |||
|Jun precipitation mm = 63.3 | |||
|Jul precipitation mm = 59.3 | |||
|Aug precipitation mm = 68.7 | |||
|Sep precipitation mm = 84.5 | |||
|Oct precipitation mm = 86.7 | |||
|Nov precipitation mm = 81.1 | |||
|Dec precipitation mm = 77.0 | |||
|year precipitation mm = 778.5 | |||
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | |||
| Jan precipitation days = 12.6 | |||
| Feb precipitation days = 9.6 | |||
| Mar precipitation days = 11.2 | |||
| Apr precipitation days = 8.2 | |||
| May precipitation days = 8.0 | |||
| Jun precipitation days = 9.6 | |||
| Jul precipitation days = 9.4 | |||
| Aug precipitation days = 10.3 | |||
| Sep precipitation days = 12.2 | |||
| Oct precipitation days = 12.8 | |||
| Nov precipitation days = 13.9 | |||
| Dec precipitation days = 13.9 | |||
| year precipitation days =131.6 | |||
| Jan humidity = 89.7 | |||
| Feb humidity = 86.7 | |||
| Mar humidity = 82.6 | |||
| Apr humidity = 74.5 | |||
| May humidity = 73.2 | |||
| Jun humidity = 74.9 | |||
| Jul humidity = 77.3 | |||
| Aug humidity = 80.1 | |||
| Sep humidity = 84.5 | |||
| Oct humidity = 87.3 | |||
| Nov humidity = 90.8 | |||
| Dec humidity = 97.7 | |||
| year humidity = | |||
|Jan snow days = 7.3 | |||
|Feb snow days = 6.3 | |||
|Mar snow days = 4.9 | |||
|Apr snow days = 1.6 | |||
|May snow days = 0.1 | |||
|Jun snow days = 0 | |||
|Jul snow days = 0 | |||
|Aug snow days = 0 | |||
|Sep snow days = 0 | |||
|Oct snow days = 0.2 | |||
|Nov snow days = 2.6 | |||
|Dec snow days = 5.8 | |||
|year snow days =28.8 | |||
|source 1 = Danish Meteorological Institute (precipitation, sun and snow 1971–2000, humidity 2008–2020)<ref name = DMI1>{{cite web | |||
| url = http://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/Rapporter/TR/2002/tr02-12.pdf | |||
| title = Danish Climatological Normals 1971–2000 for selected stations | |||
| publisher = [[Danish Meteorological Institute]] | |||
| access-date = 11 July 2025 | |||
| archive-date = 15 March 2018 | |||
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180315144636/https://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/Rapporter/TR/2002/tr02-12.pdf}}</ref> | |||
|source 2 = IEM<ref name = IEM1>{{cite web | |||
|url=https://www.mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/sites/monthlysum.php?station=EKKA&network=DK__ASOS | |||
|title= [EKKA] Karup [1972-] Monthly Summaries | |||
|publisher=The Iowa Environmental Mesonet | |||
|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref> | |||
}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[St. John's Priory, Viborg]] | * [[St. John's Priory, Viborg]] | ||
* [[Chronicle of the Expulsion of the Grayfriars#Chapter 2 Concerning the Friary at Viborg]] | * [[Chronicle of the Expulsion of the Grayfriars#Chapter 2 Concerning the Friary at Viborg]] | ||
"Gymnasium" is the Danish equivalent of high school. | "Gymnasium" is the Danish equivalent of high school. It is not what English speakers call a gym, or place to work out. It offers a very rigorous education for college-bound students. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Viborg (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a city in central Jutland, Denmark, the capital of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. Viborg is also the seat of the Western High Court, the High Court for the Jutland peninsula. Viborg Municipality is the second-largest Danish municipality, covering 3.3% of the country's total land area.[1]
History
Viborg is one of the oldest cities in Denmark, with Viking settlements dating back to the late 8th century.[2] Its central location gave the city great strategic importance, in political and religious matters, during the Middle Ages. A motte-and-bailey-type castle was once located in the city. Viborg's name is a combination of two Old Norse words: vé, meaning a holy place, and borg, meaning a fort, but the original name of the town was Vvibiærgh, where -biærgh means hill (modern Danish -bjerg (mountain).[3]
Economy
Viborg municipality is where the Apple Foulum Data Center is located which opened in September 2020.[4]
Sights
Viborg is famous for Viborg Cathedral. The construction of the cathedral started in 1130 and took about 50 years. The building has burned to the ground and been re-built several times. Only the crypt of the original cathedral is still preserved. The cathedral was and is the locus of cult of Saint Kjeld of Viborg who was dean of the cathedral chapter there and had a great shrine there in the Middle Ages. The newest parts of the church are from a restoration between 1864 and 1876.[5] The cathedral is famous for its many paintings by Danish painter Joakim Skovgaard, which depict stories from the Bible. Next to the cathedral is the Skovgaard museum, founded in 1937.[6]
Before the Protestant Reformation Viborg was the home of five monasteries,[7] about 12 parish churches, several chapels and of course the cathedral. The Black Friars' church dates from the 13th century.[5] Today only the cathedral and a few remains of the Franciscan and the Dominican monasteries are left.
Sports
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Since the 1990s, Viborg has had a reputation as one of Denmark's leading cities for sports. It started with handball, a popular sport in Denmark, when the women's handball team became one of best five clubs in Europe, and continued when both the men's handball team and the professional football team established themselves in their respective domestic leagues. From 1998 to 2008, Viborg FF was a member of the Danish Superliga, reaching an all-time high by winning the Danish cup in 2000.
Viborg hosts the annual Haervejsmarchen international two-day walking festival, which regularly attracts 8,000 participants, including many from outside Denmark. It includes marked routes of distances of up to 45 kilometres a day.[8] The walk is affiliated to the IML Walking Association.[9]
Education
Viborg is home to a number of educational institutions, including Viborg Katedralskole (cathedral school). Denmark's oldest educational institution celebrated its 900th birthday in 2000. The school is believed to have been founded about 1060, at the same time as the city became the seat of a bishop. The church needed to educate boys and young men to enter into the church's service, and to that purpose it created a school. Its current monumental home was built in 1926 to accommodate a larger number of students and later the school added a dormitory to house the many students from outer regions or islands not close to a gymnasium. Although this role is now basically obsolete, the dorm continues to be a popular solution for many students wanting to get away from home or for a small number of students from Greenland. Viborg Katedralskole is today one of four gymnasiums in Viborg.
Viborg is also home to The Animation Workshop, an art school based in a former army barracks on the outskirts of town. The school, which achieved official recognition from the Danish government in 2003, offers students a Bachelor of Arts in character animation.
Transportation
Rail
Viborg is served by Viborg railway station. It is located on the Langå-Struer railway line and offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen and Struer and regional train services to Aarhus and Struer.
Notable people
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Public service and thinking
- Saint Vibor
- Saint Kjeld (died 1150), Archdeacon, canonized 1188
- Biskop Gunner (da, 1152–1251), Bishop, co-writer of the Law of Jutland
- Knud Mikkelsen (da, 1421-1478/1488), Bishop, contributor to the Law of Jutland
- Niels Kaas (1535 in Stårupgård –1594) politician, Chancellor of Denmark 1573-1594
- Vitus Bering (1617–1675) poet, historian and Supreme Court justice
- Carl Gottlob Rafn (1769–1808) enlightenment scientist and civil servant
- Sophie Zahrtmann (1841 in VammenTemplate:Snd1925) deaconess and nurse
- Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen (1856–1921), ornithologist, taught in Viborg
- Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972) politician and statistician
- Kåre Pugerup (born 1964) diplomat and Chief of Staff at the UN agency IFAD in Rome
- Torsten Nielsen (born 1967 in Sparkær) politician, Mayor of Viborg Municipality since 2014
- Anders Primdahl Vistisen (born 1987 in Vridsted) DPP politician and MEP
Arts
- Christen Aagaard (1616—1664) poet, academic and theologian
- Carl Deichman (1705–1780) Norwegian mine operator, book collector and philanthropist
- Mads Alstrup (1808–1876) first Danish portrait photographer with his own studio
- Kristian Mantzius (1819–1879) actor, popular with his audience but not his bosses
- Jeppe Aakjær (1866–1930) poet and novelist, a member of the Jutland Movement
- Anders Randolf (1870–1930) Danish American actor in American films[10]
- Benjamin Christensen (1879–1959), film director, screenwriter and actor[11]
- Tyge Hvass (1885 in RandrupTemplate:Snd1963) a Danish functionalist architect
- A. W. Sandberg (1887–1938) a Danish film director and screenwriter[12]
- Jens Klok (1889–1974) a Danish architect with the Royal Danish Navy
- Gudrun Houlberg (1889–1940) actress[13]
- Olaf Wieghorst (1899–1988), painter of the American West
- Peter Seeberg (1925–1999), writer, worked in Viborg as a museum custodian
- Johann Otto von Spreckelsen (1929–1987), architect
- Peer Hultberg (1935–2007), a Danish author and psychoanalyst, lived in Viborg as a child
- Freddy Milton (born 1948 in Overlund) a Danish comics artist and writer
- Poul Martin Bonde (born 1958) songwriter and spokesperson of Smukfest[14]
- Frank Hvam (born 1970) stand-up-comedian[15]
- Morten Lund (born 1972) jazz drummer
- Lise Rønne (born 1978) a Danish journalist and TV presenter[16]
- Rasmussen (born 1985) stage name of Jonas Flodager Rasmussen, Danish singer and actor
Sport
- Charles Buchwald (1880 in BjerringbroTemplate:Snd1951) amateur footballer, won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics
- Finn Døssing Jensen (born 1941) former footballer, 349 appearances for Viborg FF
- Ulrik Wilbek (born 1958) successful handball coach and Mayor of Viborg since 2018
- Nicolai Vollquartz (born 1965) football referee
- Nikolaj Jacobsen (born 1971) a handball coach and former player with 148 caps for Denmark
- Steffen Højer (born 1973) former football player, 380 club caps, many for Viborg FF
- Brian Buur (born 1977) (as Brian Sorensen) a former Danish darts player
- Henrik Dalsgaard (born 1989 in Roum) footballer, over 300 club caps, played for Brentford.
In popular culture
In the science fiction book The Corridors of Time by Poul Anderson, a Danish-American writer who did considerable research on Danish history, a large part of the plot takes place in 16th-century Viborg. The protagonist - an American time traveller from the 20th century - arrives in the city in 1535 and gets involved with the adherents of the overthrown King Christian II and of the peasant rebel leader Skipper Clement, who face savage persecution in the city.
Viborg is also the setting of "Number 13", a ghost story by the English writer M.R. James.
Twin towns—sister cities
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Viborg is twinned with:
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Climate
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See also
- St. John's Priory, Viborg
- Chronicle of the Expulsion of the Grayfriars#Chapter 2 Concerning the Friary at Viborg
"Gymnasium" is the Danish equivalent of high school. It is not what English speakers call a gym, or place to work out. It offers a very rigorous education for college-bound students.
References
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External links
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