Veng Abbey (Veng Kloster) was one of Denmark's earliest Benedictine monasteries. It was located in the village of Veng near Skanderborg, Region of Southern Denmark. Veng Church, the former abbey church, is still in use as a parish church and is the oldest remaining in the country.
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Galten is a former railway town in central Denmark, at the Aarhus-Hammel-Thorsø railroad which was closed in 1956. The town is located in Skanderborg Municipality, Region Midtjylland, Jutland – about 17 kilometres – west of Aarhus and is now more or less a satellite town of Aarhus. Today, Galten has almost fused with the neighbouring eastern town of Skovby into an urban area with a population of 9,363.
To the west of the town of Galten, there are beautiful landscapes. The scenery between Galten and the nearby lakeside town of Ry is characterised by the gently rolling hilly landscape, that is so characteristic of eastern Jutland.
Galten is home to the STARCO Europe A/S, a global group for specialty tire and wheel engineering and manufacturing, and furniture maker Skovby Møbelfabrik.
In 2022, Galten became twin city with the German city Würzburg located in Franconia. A small wine shop exists in Galten selling only Franconian wines.
There is a movement to have a stop in Galten on the new Aarhus-Silkeborg railway line.
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Until 1 January 2007 Galten municipality was a municipality in Aarhus County in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 72.73 km2, and had a total population of 11,086. Its last mayor was Jens Grønlund, a member of the Venstre political party. The site of its municipal council was the town of Galten.
The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a kommunalreform that combined the following parishes: Galten, Sjelle, Skivholme, Skovby, Skørring, Stjær, and Storring parishes.
Galten municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen. It was merged with existing Hørning, Ry, and Skanderborg municipalities to form the new Skanderborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 416 km2 and a total population of 49,469 in Region Midtjylland.
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Svejstrup is a hamlet in Skanderborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark. It is between the towns of Skanderborg and Ry. It is one of the highest villages in Denmark, with an elevation of 80–100 meters.
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Låsby is a small town in the province of Jutland in Denmark with a population of 2,086. It is situated on the main road between Silkeborg and Aarhus.
The town was the location of the flagship property of Det Blå Marked, a chain of Danish antique markets, and which was a major tourist attraction, bringing in over half a million visitors to the town every year. Det Blå Marked was closed in summer 2021, as fewer and fewer visitors came in recent years.
In April 2005 it had its 15 minutes of fame as it became the first place in Denmark to experience the exploding toad phenomenon.
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Lillering Forest is a forest and protected Natura 2000 area in Denmark. It is located in peninsular Denmark in Aarhus Municipality, south of Harlev and some 10 km. west of Aarhus. It is a deciduous forest covering some 50 hectares and it is composed mainly of beech and European ash. It is privately owned but protected and partially managed by Aarhus Municipality and the Danish Nature Agency. The Natura 2000 site covers 135 hectares and also encompasses Tåstrup Bog, Tåstrup Lake and Stjær Forest, south of Lillering Forest. The southern section with Stjær Forest is within, and managed by, Skanderborg Municipality.
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