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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 4 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AARHUS , a seaport and See also:

bishop's see of See also:

Denmark, on the See also:

east See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

JUTLAND (Danish Jylland)

Jutland, of which it is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

PORT

port; the second largest See also:

TOWN

town in the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom, and See also:

capital 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 Aarhus. Pop. (19o1) 51,814. The See also:

DISTRICT

district is See also:

low-lying, fertile and well wooded. The town is the junction of See also:

RAILWAYS

railways from-all parts of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. 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, and agricultural produce is exported, while See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

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

iron are among the See also:

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

chief imports. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral of the 13th See also:

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

century (extensively restored) is the largest See also:

church in Denmark. There is a museum of See also:

ART

art and antiquities. To the See also:

south-See also:

west (13 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail), a picturesque region extends west from the railway junction of Skanderborg, including several lakes, through which flows the Gudenaa, the largest See also:

RIVER

river in Jutland, and rising ground exceeding soo ft. in the Himmelbjerg. The railway traverses this pleasant district of moorland and See also:

wood to Silkeborg, a See also:

MODERN

modern town having one of the most attractive situations in the kingdom. The bishopric of Aarhus See also:

DATES

dates at least from 951.

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