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Kongens Lyngby | |
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_21-03-06.jpg) Lyngby Church | |
.svg)  Kongens Lyngby Location in theCapital Region of Denmark | |
| Coordinates:55°46′30.0″N12°30′07.0″E / 55.775000°N 12.501944°E /55.775000; 12.501944 | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Capital Region |
| Municipality | Lyngby-Taarbæk |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2800 |
Kongens Lyngby ([ˈkʰʌŋŋ̍sˈløŋˌpyˀ],Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short formLyngby) is the seat and commercial centre ofLyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs ofCopenhagen,Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of a branch ofMagasin du Nord as well as Lyngby Storcenter. The district is also home to several major companies, includingCOWI A/S,Bang & Olufsen,ICEpower a/s andMicrosoft. TheTechnical University of Denmark relocated to Lyngby from central Copenhagen in the 1970s.Lyngby station is located on theHillerød radial of Copenhagen'sS-train network.
The name Kongens Lyngby is first recorded in 1348. At that time large parts ofNorth Zealand belonged to the Catholic Church (represented by Roskilde Cathedral and the name Lyngby was associated with several places.Store Lyngby belonged to Arresø church. "Our" Lyngby, on the other hand, was crown land. It may therefore have been to distinguish it from these other places that the name emerged.[1]
The original Lyngby village is now known asBondebyen. Kongens Lyngby was also the site of a watermill,Lyngby Watermill, which is first mentioned in 1492 but is probably several hundred years older.
A royal road,Lyngby Kongevej, was created in 1584 to provide an easy link between Copenhagen and Frederick's newFrederiksborg Castle from where it was later extended toFredensborg andHelsingør. It was the first of a number of royal roads created byFrederick II and his successorChristian IV.[2]
In the 18th century, a growing number of country houses were built in the area by civil servants and merchants from Copenhagen. Kongens Lyngby had no market rights but developed into a local service centre with an increasing number of craftsmen and merchants.[3]
TheNorth Line came to Lyngby in 1863 and was extended toHelsingør in 1864. This enabled citizens from Copenhagen to settle permanently in the area. Several factories opened in the area, includingChristian Hasselbalck's curtain factory in 1892 which later became the town's largest employer.
In the 1930s, Kongens Lyngby developed into a modern suburb. The North Line was converted into anS-train line with more stations and Kongens Lyngby gradually merged with the neighboring settlements.
The Open Air Museum (Frilandsmuseet) is located in Lyngby and is visited by more than 200,000 people each year. The museum includes more than 100 historic buildings that were moved to the area. The Lyngby Culture House (Lyngby Kulturhus) contains several restaurants and cafes, along with a cinema - the Cinema Palace (Kinopalæeet) which opened in 2001.[4] Near to Lyngby station, Templet (The Temple) is a venue which regularly hosts concerts.
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