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AALBORG , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and seaport of See also:

Denmark, the seat of a See also:

bishop, and See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town of the amt (See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county) of its name, on the See also:

south See also:

BANK

bank of the Limfjord, which connects the See also:

North See also:

Sea and the See also:

CATTEGAT, or KATTEGAT (Scand. " cat's-throat ")

Cattegat. Pop. (1901) 31,457. The situation is typical of the north of See also:

JUTLAND (Danish Jylland)

Jutland. To the See also:

west the Limfjord broadens into an irregular See also:

AAR, or AARE

AAR See also:

lake, with See also:

low, marshy shores and many islands. North-west is the See also:

STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

Store Vildmose, a swamp where the See also:

MIRAGE (a French word, from mirer, to look at, se mirer, to be reflected)

mirage is seen in summer. South-See also:

east lies the similar See also:

LILLE

Lille Vildmose. A railway connects Aalborg with See also:

HJORRING

Hjorring, Frederikshavn and Skagen to the north, and with See also:

AARHUS

Aarhus and the lines from See also:

Germany to the south. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good and safe, though difficult of See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access. Aalborg is a growing See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial and commercial centre, exporting See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

fish. An old See also:

castle and some picturesque houses of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century remain. The Budolphi See also:

church See also:

DATES

dates mostly from the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 18th century, while the Frue church was partially burnt in 1894, but the See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of both is of the 14th century or earlier.

There are also an See also:

ancient See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and a museum of See also:

ART

art and antiquities. On the north See also:

side of the See also:

FJORD, or FIORD

fjord is Norre Sundby, connected with Aalborg by a See also:

PONTOON (Fr. ponton, from Lat. pons, a bridge)

pontoon and also by an See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

RAIL

rail-way See also:

BRIDGE

bridge, one of the finest See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

WORKS

works in the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom. Aalborg received town-privileges in 1342, and the bishopric dates from 1554.

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