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ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland) , the largest See also:island of the See also:kingdom of See also:Denmark. It is bounded N. by the See also:Cattegat, E. by the See also:Sound, separating it from See also:Sweden, and the Baltic See also:Sea, S. by narrow straits separating it from Falster, Moen, and smaller islands, and W. by the See also:Great See also:Belt, separating it from Funen. Its nearer point to Sweden is 3 m., to Funen Ir. Its greatest extent from N. to S. is 82 m., from E. to W. 68 m., but the outline is very irregular. The See also:area is 2636 sq. m. The See also:surface is for the most See also:part undulating, but on the whole little above sea-level; the highest elevations are in the See also:south-See also:east, where Cretaceous hills (the See also:oldest See also:geological formation on the island) reach heights of upwards of 350 ft. The See also:coast is indented by numerous deep bays and fjords; the Ise See also:Fjord in the See also:north, with its branches the See also:Roskilde Fjord on the east and the Lamme Fjord on the See also:west, penetrates inland for about 25 M. There are no See also:rivers of importance; but several large lakes, the most considerable being Arre and Esrom, occur in the north-east. The See also:soil is fertile and produces See also:grain, especially See also:rye and See also:barley, in great abundance, as well as potatoes and other vegetables, and See also:fruit. The scenery, especially in the neighbourhood of the fjords, is pleasant, lacking the barrenness of some portions of the kingdom. Zealand is divided into five amter (counties).

(I) Frederiksborg, in the north, named from the See also:

palace of Frederiksborg. In the north-east, where the coast approaches most nearly to Sweden, is Helsingor or See also:Elsinore. (2) Kjobenhavn, south of Frederiksborg. The See also:capital is that of the kingdom, See also:Copenhagen (Kjobenhavn. The only other See also:town of importance is the old See also:cathedral See also:city of Roskilde on the fjord of that name. Off the little See also:port of Kjoge in the south the Danes under Nils See also:Juel defeated the Swedes in 1677, and in another engagement in 1710 the famous Danish See also:commander Hvitfeldt sank with his See also:ship. (3) Holbaek, west of KjObenhavn. The See also:chief town, Holbaek, lies on an See also:arm of the Ise Fjord. In the west is the port of Kallundbcrg, with See also:regular communication by steamer with See also:Aarhus in See also:Jutland. It has a singular Romanesque See also:church of the 12th See also:century. The See also:district is diversified with small lakes, as the Ttis So. (4) Sorb, occupying the south-western part of the island.

The chief town, Sorb, lies among See also:

woods on the small Sor3 See also:lake. It was formerly the seat of a university, ano remains an important educational centre. Its church, of the 12th century, contains the tombs of the poet See also:Holberg (d. 1754) and of some of the Danish See also:kings. Slagelse in the west, an agricultural centre. is an See also:ancient town dating back to the 12th century. Here Hans See also:Christian See also:Andersen, the poet, received part of his See also:education. See also:Korsor is an important seaport. (5) Praesto, the most southerly See also:county. The capital, Praesto, is a small port on the inner See also:lagoon of a See also:bay of this name, on the east coast. In the west is the ancient town of See also:Naestved; in the south, Vordingborg, with a ruined See also:castle and a small See also:harbour. The railway here crosses a great See also:bridge on to the small Masnedo, whence there is a See also:ferry to Orehoved on Falster island, a See also:link in the See also:direct route between Copenhagen and See also:Berlin.

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