Helsingor - Kronborg, Carmelite Priory, Helsingor, Helsingor Municipality, Espergaerde, Snekkersten, Alsgarde, Helsingor Gymnasium (Paperback)

Chapters: Kronborg, Carmelite Priory, Helsingor, Helsingor Municipality, Espergaerde, Snekkersten, Alsgarde, Helsingor Gymnasium. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Helsingor - The name is derived from the word "hals" meaning "neck" or "narrow strait," referring to the narrow strait (Oresund) between what is now Helsingor and Helsingborg, Sweden. The Rerum Danicarum Historica (1631) claims that the history of Helsingor can be traced back to 70 BC, but this information is highly dubious. The people were mentioned as Helsinger (which may mean "the people of the strait"), for the first time in King Valdemar the Victorious's Liber Census Daniae from 1231, but they should not be confused with the Helsings of Halsingland in Sweden. Placenames show that the Helsinger may have had their main fort at Helsingborg and a fortified landing place at Helsingor, to control the ferry route across the strait. Before the Middle Ages Helsingor was just a marketplace where people sold goods. 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 Helsingor. The oldest parts of the cathedral of Helsingor date back to the 1200s and tell us that the fishermen's village, as Helsingor was then, was a town of a certain importance. At least, there have always been some form of ferryboats crossing between Helsingor and Helsingborg. Helsingor 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 expanded in the 1580s and named Kronborg. Kronborg Castle is a main tourist attraction. The play Hamlet has been performed a number of times in...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=94