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.svg)  Virum Location in theCapital Region of Denmark | |
| Coordinates:55°47′30″N12°27′35″E / 55.79167°N 12.45972°E /55.79167; 12.45972 | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Capital Region |
| Municipality | Lyngby-Taarbæk |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2830 |
Virum is a mostly residential, suburban neighbourhood inLyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, located on both sides ofLyngby Kongevej, approximately 15 km north of centralCopenhagen,Denmark. The neighbourhood is bordered byLake Furesø to the west,Holte inRudersdal Municipality to the north,Brede to the east andKongens Lyngby andSorgenfri to the south.
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The village of Virum is first mentioned in a papal letter from 1186 but is no doubt considerably older. The name "an open place which is easy to defend" ( vigi: "easily defendable place" and -rum: open place). In the letter, Pope Clement III gives the Virum as well as many other villages in the area toBishop Absalon. Absalon soon ceded the villages to theBishopric of Roskilde.
The Bishop of Roskilde constructed the small castle Hjortholm at the site inc. 1250. The castle was destroyed during theCount's Feud in 1535.Frederick III took over the estate in 1668. He renamed itFrederiksdal and constructed a small hunting lodge at the site.
The village of Virum was located where Virumgade is today. It belonged to the parish of Lyngby. The land was divided into three areas called "Geelsvang", "Mellemvang" and "Høftevang" which were subdivided into fields and crops were rotated in accordance with thethree-field system. The marchy land down towards Furesøen was grazed by livestock. In 1682, it consisted of 13 farms, three houses with land and 14 houses without land.[1]
The modern suburb was planned in connection with the conversion of theNorth Line into anS-train line.Virum railway station opened in 1936. The ambition was to create a healthy, well-functioning suburb with a population the size of a medium large Danish provincial town. The centre of the new suburb was Virum Torv, a mixed-use development centred on a roundabout next to the station. It contained retail space, service functions and apartments. Its northeastern corner was completed in 1939, its southeastern corner in 1943 and its southwestern corner less than a year later. A cinema, Virum Bio, was from the beginning located in the building on the southeastern corner. The same building also contained anIrma supermarket.[2]
Frederiksdal Castle is located in Virum. Its main building was built from 1744–45 and was used as a summer residence for Foreign Affairs, Privy Councilor Johan Sigismund Schulin. The Schulin Family still owns the estate.[3]
Virum railway station is located on theHillerød radial of theS-train network and is served by theB trains.Brede railway station in the eastern outskirts of Virum is served by theLokaltog service on theNærum Line betweenJægersborg in the south andNærum to the north.
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