elsinore
Helsingør [hɛlseˈŋøɔ̯ˀ], also known by its English name Elsinore, is a city in Helsingør municipality on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It is known internationally as the setting of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
The name is derived from *Hals meaning "narrow strait" and it referred to the narrow passage between what is now Elsinore and Helsingborg. The Rerum Danicarum Historica (1631) claims that the history of Elsinore can be traced back to 70 BC, but this information is highly dubious. The people were mentioned, as Helsinger, for the first time in King Valdemar the Victorious's book from 1231, but they should not be confused with the Helsings of Hälsingland in Sweden. Prior to the Middle Ages it was just a marketplace where people sold goods, including women. About 1200 AD the first church, Sct Olai Church, was built. A number of convents once surrounded the church, but now all that remains is the church building, today the cathedral of the Diocese of Elsinore.
Helsingør as we know it today was founded in the 1420s by the Danish king Eric of Pomerania. He established the Sound Dues in 1429 and built the castle 'Krogen', which was made bigger in the 1580s and named Kronborg. The oldest parts of the cathedral of Elsinore date back to the 1200s and tell us that the fishermen's village, as Elsinore was then, was a town of a certain importance. At least, there have always been some form of ferryboats crossing between Elsinore and Helsingborg.
Kronborg Castle is a main tourist attraction. Hamlet has been performed a number of times in its courtyard.
The Swedish city of Helsingborg lies a short distance across the Øresund from Elsinore. European route E55 traverses the two cities; ferries connect the two ends.
In fiction
- William Shakespeare's play Hamlet takes place at Kronborg Castle in Elsinore.
See also
- Tourism in Denmark
- Lake Elsinore, California is named for a local lake that was named after the Danish city in honor of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- Elsinore Theatre, a historic movie theatre in Salem, Oregon, United States
External links
- Helsingør Tourist Bureau website
- Port of Elsinore
- Helsingør municipality's official website (in Danish only)
- Photos
| 25 biggest cities of Denmark (with number of inhabitants according to Statistics Denmark [1]) |
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Copenhagen (1,086,800) | Århus (228,500) | Odense (145,600) | Aalborg (121,500) | Esbjerg (72,600) | Randers (55,700) | Kolding (54,900) | Vejle (49,900) | Horsens (49,700) | Roskilde (44,200) | Næstved (40,500) | Silkeborg (38,500) | Fredericia (37,100) | Elsinore (35,000) | Køge (33,600) | Viborg (33,200) | Holstebro (31,800) | Slagelse (31,800) | Herning (29,900) | Hillerød (28,100) | Svendborg (27,600) | Sønderborg (27,000) | Hjørring (24,800) | Holbæk (24,300) | Fredrikshavn (24,200)
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Coordinates: 56°02′N 12°37′E
Category: Cities and towns in Denmark |
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