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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 886 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RANDERS , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Denmark, 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 its name in See also:

JUTLAND (Danish Jylland)

Jutland, on the Gudenaa at the point where it begins to widen into Randers See also:

FJORD, or FIORD

Fjord, an inlet of the See also:

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

Cattegat. Pop. (1901) 20,057. The town is 15 M. from the open Cattegat and 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 has 15 ft. See also:

DEPTH

depth on the See also:

bar. The See also:

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

chief exports are See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter and eggs; the chief imports See also:

SUGAR

sugar, See also:

PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum, See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

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

iron. Two See also:

RAILWAYS

railways run See also:

north to See also:

AALBORG

Aalborg, continuing the See also:

main See also:

East Jutland See also:

LINE

line from the See also:

south, anal an eastward See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch serves Grenaa and Aebeltoft on the See also:

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

coast. Though a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of considerable antiquity—being mentioned in ro86 as the See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-place of insurgents against Knud, the See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint —Randers has few remains of old buildings and bears the See also:

STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

stamp of a compact, See also:

MODERN

modern manufacturing town that owes its importance to its distilleries, manufactories of gloves, railway carriages, &c. St See also:

Marten's See also:

church See also:

DATES

dates from the 14th See also:

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

century, but was frequently altered and enlarged down to 187o. It has See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good woodwork of the 17th century. The high school is housed in a See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval monastery, which was restored in 1894–97. There is a statue to See also:

STEEN, JAN HAVICKSZ (1626-1.679)

Steen S. Blither (1782-1848), the See also:

NATIONAL

national poet and novelist of Jutland.

Randers is best known in See also:

HISTORY

history as the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the assassination of See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

Gerhard by Niels Ebbeson in 1340. In the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages it had six churches and four monastic establishments, the See also:

OLDEST

oldest a See also:

BENEDICTINE

Benedictine nunnery (1170). The See also:

Grey Friars' See also:

BUILDING

building was turned into a See also:

castle (Dronningborg) after the See also:

Reformation; its church was burned down in 1698.

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