Hillerod

Hillerod is a Danish town with a population of 32,689 2018 positioned in the centre of North Zealand about 30 km to the north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Hillerod is the executive centre of Hillerod Municipality and also the administrative seat of Region Hovedstaden Capital Region of Denmark, one of the five regions in Denmark. It is maximum recognised for its massive Renaissance fort, Frederiksborg Castle, now domestic to the Museum of National History. Hillerød station is the terminus of one of the radials of the S-educate network in addition to numerous neighborhood railway traces.

The metropolis is surrounded by means of the former royal forests of Gribskov to the north and Store Dyrehave to the south. Hillerød changed into founded all through the early medieval instances. The name is first referred to in 1552 as Hylderødz, deriving from the male name Hildi and the suffix -rod, that means "clearing in the forest. In 1550, crown prince Frederick received Hillerødsholm in exchange for another houses. His son, Christian IV, tore down most of the vintage buildings and built a new fort between 1602 and 1625.