Nyborg

Nyborg is a metropolis in important Denmark, positioned in Nyborg Municipality at the island of Funen and with a population of 16,528. Nyborg is one of the 14 big municipalities created on 1 January 2007. This exchange boosted the populace of Nyborg Municipality from around 18,000 to 31,009. Nyborg become first stated in 1193 inside the records of Denmark as Nyborg Castle, which nevertheless exists these days, but the city itself turned into not referred to before the yaer 1202.

In the 17th century, Nyborg was one of three fundamental, fortified cities in Denmark, together with Fredericia and Copenhagen. Each turned into placed close to an important frame of water - in Nyborg's case, the Great Belt. In 1659 the city turned into captured by way of the Swedes and relieved by way of an expeditionary fleet sent by means of the Dutch, then Denmark's allies, commanded by using admiral De Ruyter. In 1867 the fort became abolished and the metropolis accelerated beyond the ramparts. Much of the city's southern ramparts were destroyed in this procedure and transformed into residential areas.