This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Monument Attractions In Randers

x
Randers is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,687 . Randers is the municipality's main town and the site of its municipal council. The municipality is also a part of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which has 1.2 million inhabitants. By road it is 38.5 kilometres north of Aarhus, 43.8 kilometres east of Viborg, and 224 kilometres northwest of Copenhagen. Randers became a thriving market town in medieval times, and many of its 15th-century half-timbered houses remain today, as does St Martin's Church, also from that period. Trade by sea was facil...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Monument Attractions In Randers

  • 3. Niels Ebbesen Randers
    Niels Ebbesen hælle was a Danish squire and national hero, known for his killing of Count Gerhard III. Little is known of Ebbesen's background. He seems to have belonged to the Jutlandish gentry. Like many other of his class, he probably supported the Holstein occupiers during the years of chaos, but later turned against them and when Count Gerhard campaigned in Jutland in 1340, Ebbesen supported the Jutlandish guerrillas. On 1 April, he and 47 of his warriors entered Randers and hid until nightfall. They got into the Count's headquarters and entered his bedroom. They cut off the count's head over the end of the bed. Not wishing the act to be secret, Ebbesen's men beat a drum and shouted that the Count had been executed. When the Holsteiners gave chase, Ebbesen and his men fled toward the...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Randers Videos

Shares

x

Places in Randers

x
x

Near By Places

Menu