Ringsted
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Image:Skt Bendts Church Ringsted.jpg
Saint Bendt's Church (Skt. Bendts Kirke) in Ringsted, Denmark. Photograph: ©1963 Hans Jørn Storgaard Andersen.
Ringsted is a city in Ringsted municipality located in the middle of the Danish island of Zealand. The population is 30,800 (2004).
Ringsted is located approximately 70 km from Copenhagen and provides a railway station with both national and international stops (EuroCity).
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[edit] International Cities of Friendship
- Vammala - Finland
- Gyöngyös - Hungary
- Skövde - Sweden
- Halden - Norway
- Kutná Hora - Czech Republic
- Ringsted, Iowa, USA
[edit] Tourism
- Sankt Bendts Kirke ("Church of Saint Benedict")— Romanesque, former Benedictine abbey church, royal tombs.
- The Danish Tram Museum of Skjoldnæsholm[1] near Jystrup
[edit] History
Ringsted was the site of Sjællands landsting.
In 1137, Canute Lavard was killed in Haraldsted forest, leading to outbreaks of civil war.
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