The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Aalborg

AALBORG, âl′bork (“eel-town”), Denmark, the chief city of N. Jutland; on the south side of the Limfjord (a sea-arm which joins the Cattegat to the North Sea), and on the Danish State Ry., which crosses the fjord by an iron bridge 990 feet long, one of the finest pieces of engineering in the kingdom. An important commercial town as far back as the 11th century (Wallenstein sacked it in 1627, the Swedes in 1644 and 1657). Despite a shallow harbor it has much trade, by means of small vessels, with Scandinavia and England; and it manufactures liquors, leather, lumber, soap, cement, cotton goods, etc. A bishop's seat, it has a cathedral; also two old churches, an old castle, a museum, and a well equipped library. Pop. 33,500.