Silkeborg
Silkeborg , city (1992 pop. 35,027), Århus co., central Denmark, on the Gudenå River. It is a tourist and health resort surrounded by beautiful lakes and woods. Its industries produce paper, textiles, and beer. Nearby is a memorial to the playwright Kaj Munk , who was murdered (1944) in Silkeborg by Nazi terrorists.
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Denmark. (World Market).
Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 1/1/2002; 39 words
; Angel Trains International, Britain, has completed a further deal with Danish State Railways (DSB) for 12 Siemens-built Desiro VT642 dmus worth Euros 31 million. Delivery will start in May for operation between Odense and Svendborg in central Denmark.
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Building a better brick.(Materials Science)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 12/1/2003; ; 437 words
; ...global engineering, environmental, and socioeconomic consulting firm, for ideas on how to make a housing project in the central Denmark city of Herning more environmentally friendly. Along with solar heating, alternative insulation materials, and rainwater...
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Jorn, Asger
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...born at Vejrum, Jutland, and grew up in Silkeborg. Initially he trained to be a teacher...ill with tuberculosis and returned to Silkeborg, where he spent ten months in a sanatorium...himself and by his contemporaries to the Silkeborg Museum.
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Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
MADSEN, Harald, and Carl SCHENSTR Ø M MADSEN. Nationality: Danish. Born: Silkeborg, Denmark, 20 November 1890. Career: Joined the Zircus Miehe at age 14, and remained with it for 11 years; he formed a trio of clowns...
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Gudenå
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, river, 98 mi (158 km) long, E Jutland, Denmark. The only Danish river of importance, it flows generally north, traversing several lakes, past Silkeborg, then NE past Randers (the chief port) to Randersfjørd and the Kattegat. It is partly navigable and has salmon fisheries.
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Kjeld Abell
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...technique. He later turned to ethical and social drama; Anna Sophie Hedvig (1939, tr. 1944), The Queen Walks Again (1943), Silkeborg (1946), and Skriget (1961) are arresting and powerful problem plays concerned with justice and social protest.
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Johannes Fibiger
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...predispositions in cancer development. Early Life and Education Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger was born on April 23, 1867 in Silkeborg, Denmark. He was the second child born to Christian Fibiger, a local physician, and Elfride Muller, a writer. He was named...
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