Visit Holbaek Denmark

Holbaek is a town on the fjord and is located in North Zealand, approximately 60 km from Copenhagen. With its 26,942 inhabitants (2014), the North West Sealand's largest city. The city is the capital of Holbaek Municipality and belongs to Region Sealand. Holbaek is grown up around the former Holbaek Castle, which was founded in 1236 by Valdemar and the town became a town in 1287. About the name, there are two theories. Either it is a rewrite of "The cave creek," referring to the stream which in the Middle Ages ran through the city, or it is "the holy brook". In fact, the end of a small creek west of the harbor with the name Hulbæk.

Holbaek have traffic connections to Copenhagen and Roskilde by highway and railway, and much of the city's working-employed outside the municipality. The city's surrounding area is primarily found in Odsherred, which also carries a railway, Odsherreds rail, with terminals in Holbaek and Nykoebing. Until the early 1960s, Holbæk length south of the railroad scarce, but the expansion of both residential and commercial has stretched the city of the southern fields. Since the 1980s, Holbaek has been one of the fastest growing cities in Denmark.

Holbaek City

Holbaek city center is located in the area between the port and the railway station. The city's shopping streets are still the medieval street plan, which consists of Square, Ahlgade and Smedelundsgade, which is the main shopping streets. Ahlgade was for many years one of the widest streets, some provincial town could show. The square is one of Denmark's most comprehensive and could be called a street square.
In Kirkestræde is St.. Nicholas Church from 1872 significant remains of medieval Blackfriars Monastery from 1270 Holbaek County Venstreblad housed in Ahlgade. A few town fires through centuries has wiped out the historic homes, the existing houses are 2:00 to 3:00 floors and mostly built after the 1880s. South of the center included a shopping center in the 1990s. The port offers ferry service to Orø, a shipyard and a little fishing.

municipality belongs Orø. Holbaek found at Isefjorden south and the shallow Holbaek Fjord. There is dug a narrow fairway to Holbaek Harbour.

Skt. Nikolaj Church Holbaek

 St.. Nikolaj Church was built 1869-72 to replace the demolished Palace Chapel. The style is Romanesque. The altarpiece was painted in 1873 by Carl Bloch and depicts Christ with the child.

The Museum of Holbaek and Environs is located in the old half-timbered buildings in Klosterstræde. The buildings were founded in 1910

Dragsholm Castle

 Dragsholm Castle Built in the Middle Ages as the Bishop of Roskilde castle. Portions of the medieval buildings have been preserved in the south wing. In the 1690s was Dragsholm Castle rebuilt in Baroque style. During and after the Reformation was building used as a state prison. The most famous prisoner was the Earl of Bothwell, who was imprisoned here for three years. He died during his captivity, and is buried in Faarevejle Church.
One Denmark's renowned men, Chancellor Arild Huitfeldt (1541-1609), wrote Denmark's second major history of Denmark, the book of Denmark Chronicle on Dragsholm Castle. Today driven Dragsholm as one of the renowned and reputable manor house hotels.

Løvenborg is a tri-fold Renaissance chateau built in the early 1600s. The first castle on Instead mentioned in 1331, when it belonged to the bishop of Roskilde. Following The Reformation came the estate to the crown, which in 1547 sold it to His Barnekow (died in 1559). The buildings were rebuilt in the 1600s beginning, and from 1766 entered the castle which entailed estate of the barony Løvenborg.

Holiday
On the peninsula Tuse Headlands especially in the northern part is a large home range. Holbaek contains more than 2500 homes.

Tveje Merloese Church Holbaek

 Tveje Merløse church is one of Denmark's oldest village churches. It was built in the early 1100s of the White family. The ship was built in boulders and tower travertine. The church contains frescos from the 1100s and altarpiece of Joakim Skovgaard.
White genus was one of Denmark's big men genera in the Middle Ages. They had headquarters in Fjenneslev in Central Zealand, and built many churches, including Tveje Merløse and Fanefjord on Mon.

Parish Churches all stem from the Romanesque period, and most are built of boulders; churches in Hagested, Hørby and Udby however travertine. There are Roman murals in Tveje Merløse and Hagested and late Gothic from Isefiord Workshop in Sonder Asmindrup and Tuse; finally found frescoes from 1510-20 in Ågerup Church.

Holbaek Slots Ladegård go back to the early Middle Ages, when it belonged to the crown. In 1661, the farm was sold to Henry Thott and 1753-1809 amounted to an entailed estate with Erik Holm and Hagested Farm.

Culture and History
municipality retains 15 dolmens and about 70 burial mounds. In the reorganization and enlargement of agriculture in 1900 was over 200 ancient monuments demolished.
As in other coastal areas of Denmark has found discovered from Ertebølleruten culture. During excavations in the land of the Holbaek Slots Ladegård found swords, jewelry and tools from the Bronze Age. Sale At Instead there has probably been a village in the Viking Age. From historiography, we know that Holbaek was founded by King Valdemar second Victory around 1275th The city is mentioned in King Valdemar court roll.

The Danish kings had a greater number of castles around the Danish cities, places where they spent the night while traveling in Denmark. There was also a castle in Holbaek, just outside of the current boundary. There are only preserved castle hill and part of the moat.
Holbaek has produced its own carver Lorenz Jorgensen. He has carved altarpieces for many Danish churches. for rent in 1874 the railroad came Roskilde Kalundborg with a station in Holbaek. It gave A new business development in Holbaek. Odsherred course from Holbaek to Nykoebing was built in 1899, and in 1901 came Franks-Tølløse car to. These new railways were given additional roof in oplandet.Efter expansion of Holbaek motorway is there has been a move to Holbaek and the small towns in the surrounding area. many of municipality's residents commute to Roskilde and Copenhagen area.

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