Sorø

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Sorø is a city in east Denmark, located in Sorø municipality on the island of Zealand. The population is 6.996 (2003).

Sorø is the site of the municipal-council of Sorø municipality as well as the site of council of West Zealand County.

Sorø is by no means the biggest city in West Zealand, but it has great historical value. Sorø was founded in 1161 by Bishop Absalon, later the founder of Copenhagen. Sorø is, for instance, home to Sorø Akademi (Sorø Academy) an educational institution built in 1140 together with Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Bishop Absalon is buried and where Margaret I of Denmark was buried (later moved to Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde).

Many people live in Sorø but work in the greater metropolitan area of Copenhagen, or the town of Roskilde.

Sorø is scheduled to be regional seat for one of the five new regions under implantation in Denmark.

External links

• Tourist information (http://www.turismesyd.dk/default.asp?Sprog=3)
• Sorø municipality (http://www.soroe.dk/)da:Sorøno:Sorø

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