Ribe

This airticle is aboot the Dens toun. For ither uisses, see Ribe (disambiguation).

Ribe
Toun
The main street o Ribe
Seal
Ribe Location in Denmark
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.ribe.dk

Ribe (German: Ripen), the auldest extant Dens toun, is in soothwast Jutland an haes a population o 8,187 (1 Januar 2012). 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.

History

For the Catholic ecclesiastical history, see Roman Catholic bishopric o Ribe.

Establisht in the first decade o the 8t century 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.

Timeline

• Early 8t century AD, foondin o Ribe.
• The Treaty o Ribe was proclaimed in 1460.
• 3 September 1580: a great fire destroys a lairge pairt o the toun. 11 streets an 213 hooses burn doun.
• 11–12 October 1634: a storm tide floods the ceety wi watterlevels risin tae 6.1 metres abuin average.
• 1 Januar 2007: the Municipality o Ribe ceased tae exist as it mergit wi the municipalities o Esbjerg an Bramming, now formin a new municipality o Esbjerg.
• 4 Juin 2010: residents celebratit the ceety's 1300t anniversary wi a toun-wide pairty

Demografics

The follaein table shows the population o Ribe. Data frae afore the 18t century are estimates, the rest are taken frae the offeecial census.

Year Population 1500 ~5,000 1591 ~4,500 1641 ~3,500 1672 ~2,000

Year Population 1769 1,827 1801 1,994 1850 2,984 1901 4,243

Year Population 1976 7,452 1981 7,646 1986 7,709 1990 7,636

Year Population 1996 8,105 2000 7,984 2001 8,031 2002 8,033

Year Population 2003 8,006 2004 7,990 2006 8,081

Twin ceeties an touns

Ribe Stork

(alphabetic leet)

• Balleroy, région Basse-Normandie, Fraunce
• Ely, coonty o Cambridgeshire, Unitit Kinrick.
• Güstrow, state o Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
• Krems, federal state o Lawer Austrick, Austrick.
• Leikanger, coonty o Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
• Ratzeburg, state o Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
• Strängnäs, county o Södermanland, Swaden.
• Tainan (Cheenese: 台南市), Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan).

Freemit airtins

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