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ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 962 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland) ,
the largest

island

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

of the kingdom of Denmark. It is bounded N. by the Cattegat, E. by the Sound, separating it from Sweden, and the Baltic Sea, S. by narrow straits separating it from Falster, Moen, and smaller islands, and W. by the

Great

GREAT

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 area is 2636 sq. m. The surface is for the most part undulating, but on the whole little above sea-level; the highest elevations are in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

, where Cretaceous hills (the oldest geological formation on the

island

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

) reach heights of upwards of 350 ft. The

coast

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

is indented by numerous deep bays and fjords; the Ise Fjord in the north, with its branches the

Roskilde

ROSKILDE, or ROESKILDE

Fjord on the

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

and the Lamme Fjord on the west, penetrates inland for about 25 M. There are no rivers of importance; but several large lakes, the most considerable being Arre and Esrom, occur in the north-east. The soil is fertile and produces grain, especially rye and barley, in

great

GREAT

abundance, as well as potatoes and other vegetables, and 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 palace of Frederiksborg. In the north-east, where the

coast

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

approaches most nearly to Sweden, is Helsingor or Elsinore. (2) Kjobenhavn,

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

of Frederiksborg. The

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

is that of the kingdom, Copenhagen (Kjobenhavn. The only other town of importance is the old cathedral city of

Roskilde

ROSKILDE, or ROESKILDE

on the fjord of that name. Off the little port of Kjoge in the south the Danes under Nils Juel defeated the Swedes in 1677, and in another engagement in 1710 the famous Danish

commander

COMMANDER

Hvitfeldt sank with his ship. (3) Holbaek, west of KjObenhavn. The

chief

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

town, Holbaek, lies on an arm of the Ise Fjord. In the west is the port of Kallundbcrg, with regular communication by steamer with Aarhus in Jutland. It has a singular Romanesque church of the 12th century. The

district

DISTRICT

is diversified with small lakes, as the Ttis So. (4) Sorb, occupying the south-western part of the island. The

chief

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

town, Sorb, lies among woods on the small Sor3 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 Holberg (d. 1754) and of some of the Danish kings. Slagelse in the west, an agricultural centre. is an ancient town dating back to the 12th century. Here Hans Christian Andersen, the poet, received part of his education. Korsor is an important seaport. (5) Praesto, the most southerly county. The

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

, Praesto, is a small port on the inner lagoon of a bay of this name, on the east coast. In the west is the ancient town of Naestved; in the south, Vordingborg, with a ruined castle and a small harbour. The railway here crosses a great bridge on to the small Masnedo, whence there is a ferry to Orehoved on Falster island, a link in the direct route between Copenhagen and Berlin.

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