Fredericia

Fredericia is a city located in Fredericia municipality inside the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is a part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring towns of Kolding and Vejle. It became based in 1650 by using Frederick III, after whom it become named. The city itself has a populace of 39,922 January 2014 and the Fredericia municipality has a population of 50,324. After the devastation as a result of the Thirty Years War in a in large part unfortified Jutland, King Christian IV realized the necessity of constructing a robust citadel in Jutland, and decided that this undertaking might be blended together with his plans for building a big metropolis in Jutland.

A fortified encampment was built on a point of land called Lyngs Odde, close to the modern-day location of Fredericia, with a rampart stretching to either facet of the factor, as a consequence defensive the encampment from assaults. However, the fortifications had been not best, and while Swedish Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson invaded Jutland, he changed into capable to break via the ramparts.