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Ribe (German: Ripen), the auldest extant Dens toun, is in soothwast Jutland an haes a population o 8,187 (1 Januar 2012).[1] Till 1 Januar 2007, it wis the seat o baith the surroondin municipality, an county. Ribe is nou pairt o the enlairgit Esbjerg Municipality in the Region o Soothren Denmark.
Ribe | |
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Toun | |
![]() The main street o Ribe | |
Coordinates: 55°19′42″N 08°45′44″E | |
Kintra | Denmark |
Region | Soothren Denmark (Syddanmark) |
Municipality | Esbjerg |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 8,187 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 6760 |
Website | www |
Establisht in the first decade o the 8t century[2] an first attestit in a document datit 854 AD; Ribe is the auldest toun in Denmark.
Whan Ansgar the Airchbishop o Hamburg-Bremen, set oot on the "Mission tae bring Christianity tae the North", he made a request in 860, tae the King o Denmark, that the first Scandinavie kirk be built in Ribe. This wis no coincidental, syne Ribe awready at that point wis ane o the maist important trade ceeties in Scandinavie. Housomeivver the presence o a bishop, an thus a cathedral, in Ribe can anerlie be confirmit frae the year 948 AD.
The toun haes mony well-preservit auld buildings, Ribe Cathedral, an aboot 110 hooses are unner Heritage Protection. Denmark's auldest toun haw is foond on the toun's Von Støckens Plads. The biggin wis erectit in 1496, an wis purchased bi the ceety for uise as a toun haw in 1709.
The follaein table shows the population o Ribe. Data frae afore the 18t century are estimates, the rest are taken frae the offeecial census.
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