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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 17 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VIBORG , a See also:

town of See also:Denmark, See also:capital of the amt (See also:county) of its name, lying in the See also:bleak midland See also:district of See also:Jutland, though the immediate situation, on the small Viborg See also:lake, is picturesque. Pop. (1901) 8623. It has a station on the railway See also:running See also:east and See also:west between Langaa and Vemb. The most notable See also:building is the See also:cathedral (113o-1169, restored 1864-1876). The See also:Black Friars' See also:church is of the 13th See also:century, and the museum possesses specimens of the See also:Stone, See also:Bronze and See also:Iron Ages, also See also:medieval antiquities. The Borgevold See also:Park See also:borders the lake on the site of a former See also:castle. The See also:industries embrace distilleries, iron foundries and manufactures of See also:cloth. Thecountry to the See also:south attains to a certain degree of beauty near Lake Hald, where the ground is slightly elevated.

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