Ribe

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This article is about the city of Ribe in Denmark. For other uses, see Ribe (disambiguation).

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Ribe is the name of the oldest town of Denmark. It is also the name of the surrounding Municipality, and County

1 History of Ribe
2 Attractions
3 Famous People from Ribe
4 Education in Ribe
- 4.1 List of Schools
5 Demographics
6 Friendship towns
7 Trivia
8 External links

History of Ribe

Established ca. 710, Ribe is the oldest city in Denmark.

When Ansgar the Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, set out on the "Mission to bring Christianity to the North", he made a request in 860 to the King of Denmark, that the first Scandinavian church be built in Ribe. This was not coincidental, since Ribe already at that point, was the most important tradecity of Scandinavia. However we can only confirm the presence of a bishop and thus a cathedral in Ribe from the year 948.

The town has many well-preserved old buildings, of which ca. 110 houses are under Heritage Protection. Denmark's oldest town hall is found on the town's Von Støckens Plads. The building was erected in 1496, and was purchased by the city for use as a town hall in 1709.

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Attractions

Churches
- Ribe Cathedral (Ribe Domkirke) www.ribe-domkirke.dk (Danish Only)
- Saint Catharinæ Church and Monastery.
Museums
- Ribe Wiking Museum (Museet Ribes Vikinger) www.ribesvikinger.dk
- Ribe Art Museum (Ribe Kunstmuseum) www.ribe-kunstmuseum.dk
- Ribe Wiking Center (Ribe Vikingecenter) www.ribevikingecenter.dk
- Denmark's oldest province museum (Antikvarisk Samling)
Wadden Seas Center (Vadehavscentret) www.vadehavscentret.dk
Mando Mill (Mandø Mølle)
The Mandø House (Mandøhuset)
Hotels
- Danhostel Ribe (Danhostel Ribe Vandrerhjem) www.danhostel-ribe.dk

For further attractions and activities, the website of the the tourist board is a good place to look: Official Tourism website

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Famous People from Ribe

The American immigrant photografer Jacob A. Riis famous for his book How the Other Half Lives, a pioneering work of photojournalism. He was also a longtime friend of Theodore Roosevelt.
Danish Pietist clergyman and hymn writer. Hans Adolf Brorson
Protagonist of the Danish Reformation, Hans Tausen, was the Bishop of Ribe from 1542-1562.
The father of Modern Brewing: Emil Christian Hansen. At the Carlsberg Laboratories in Copenhagen, he was the first to discover that yeast was composed of different kinds of fungi and that the yeast culture could be cultivated. With this discovery, he was able to produce hybrid yeast. This yeast, known as Saccharomyces carlsbergensis, which allowed the brewing of lager beer, is today used in in the vast majority of beer production worldwide.
The poet Anders Christensen Bording.
The Windsurfing World Champion Bjørn Dunkerbeck.
Playwright Kjeld Abell.

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Education in Ribe

The town of Ribe, has a long History as a center of education, namely the Gymnasium (High School) called Ribe Katedralskole has its roots in the Latin School of Ribe, dating back to at least 1145. Although confirmed to be older, this is the date for the oldest still existing document, that confirms the schools existence. With it's over 850 years of age, it is a longtime contender to being the oldest school in the Country of Denmark. Currently the title is held by Roskilde Katedralskole in Roskilde, which dates back to around 1000. A.D.

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List of Schools

Ribe Katedralskole. http://www.ribekatedralskole.dk
The State College of Education in Ribe (Teacher Training College) http://www.ribesem.dk, Part of The University College of West Jutland http://cvu-vest.dk
Ribe Business College. http://www.ribehs.dk (Danish Only)
VUC (Adult Education Center). http://www.vuc-ribeamt.dk

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