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Copenhagen - Denmark
Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark and both in political and in cultural and economic regard the center.
Copenhagen belongs to the most important metropolises of Northern Europe and belongs there to the most beautiful and most frequented towns.
Story of Copenhagen
In the 12th century a castle which should safeguard a small trading port to Sweden was built at the Øresund. The one who then became København correspondingly also got a newly founded settlement the name Købmandens Havn with the castle. 1254 received the young Copenhagen town charter, it, however, became 1369 as an unpleasant competitor of the Hanseatic League together with the castle destroys.
But the development couldn't be impeded any more: 1416 became the rebuilt city of residence of the king and the capital function 1443 took it of Roskilde. Copenhagen flourished under Christian IV in first half of the 17th century. on.
Copenhagen experienced catastrophes, epidemics and wars in its history again and again. 1658 and 59 became the town of the Swedes besieged, two town fires a third of the town-dwellers died after epidemics away and 1728 as well as 1795 raged in the 18th century. In preventative blows 1801 and 1807 shot at the Englishmen the capital of Denmark neutral until then and caused primarily considerable damage by the enormous blaze triggered in the second attack. After the victory of the Englishmen Copenhagen had to deliver all ships anchoring here, soon, however, could recover again from this defeat.
The town grew by moves of the country in the 19th century so quickly that the fastening systems had to be dragged. 1848 forced public demonstrations in Copenhagen King Frederik VII. to reforms.
The population dropped temporarily the 20th century since many people moved to the suburbs in the course. Copenhagen was occupied by German troops between 1940 and 45.
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