Helsingor

Helsingor, classically recognized in English as Elsinore, is a town in japanese Denmark. Helsingor Municipality had a population of 61,519 on 1 January 2015. It is known for its fortress Kronborg, which William Shakespeare maximum possibly had in mind for his well-known play Hamlet. The HH Ferry route connects Helsingor with Helsingborg in Sweden. The call Helsingor is derived from the word hals that means "neck" or "narrow strait", relating to the narrowest point of the resund among what is now Helsingor and Helsingborg, Sweden.

The people have been cited as Helsinger which may also imply "the humans of the strait" for the primary time in King Valdemar the Victorious's Liber Census Daniae from 1231 not to be burdened with the Helsings of Halsingland in Sweden. Helsingor as it's miles recognized nowadays become founded in the 1420s via the Danish king Eric of Pomerania. He hooked up the Sound Dues in 1429, meaning all foreign ships passing thru the strait had to pay a toll, which constituted up to two-thirds of Denmark's kingdom profits.

With this income Eric of Pomerania constructed the citadel Krogen. The citadel turned into multiplied within the 1580s and renamed Kronborg. All ships needed to prevent in Helsingor to get their shipment taxed and pay a toll to the Danish Crown, however it additionally generated a significant change for the metropolis. In 1672 Helsingor had grown into the 0.33 biggest town in Denmark. Johan Isaksson Pontanus attributes a long and in part fictitious history to Helsingor.