Zealand 47914 226161496 2008-07-17T02:39:57Z 86.147.39.54 {{Otheruses}} {{Geobox Settlement <!-- ---- Name section --> | name = Zealand | native_name = Sjælland | other_name = | other_name1 = | category = Island <!-- ---- Image --> | image = | image_size = 255px | image_caption = <!-- ---- Symbols --> | flag = | flag_size = | symbol = | symbol_size = 90px <!-- ---- Country etc. --> | country = Denmark | state= | region = [[Region Sjælland]] | district = | district_type = Municipality | district_label= <!-- ---- Municipal parts --> | part_type = | part_count = | part = | part1 = <!-- ---- Geography --> | area = 7031 | area_round = 0 <!-- rounding digits for calc. --> | location = <!-- 55|30|N|11|45|E --> | lat_d = 55 | lat_m = 30 | lat_s = 0 | lat_NS= N | long_d= 11 | long_m= 45 | long_s= 0 | long_EW= E | elevation = <!-- ---- Population --> | population_as_of = 2006 | population = | population_density= <!-- ---- Government --> | established_type = <!-- only for municipality/town article --> | established = | established1_type = | mayor = <!-- ---- Various codes --> | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST= +2 | postal_code = <ref>Postal website www.Postnumre.dk.</ref> | postal_code_type = Postal codes | area_code = | area_code_type= <!-- ---- Free fields --> | free_type = | free= | free1_type = | free1= <!-- ---- Map section --> | map = Map Denmark CIA extended.gif | map_size= | map_caption = '''Zealand''' (Sjælland) island (map center) is linked west to [[Fyn]] by the [[Great Belt Bridge]] and east to Sweden by the [[Oresund Bridge]]. | map_locator = <!-- Denmark --> | map_locator_x = 54.8 | map_locator_y = 75.5 <!-- ---- Website --> | website = }} <!-- [[Image:DenmarkZealand.png|200x|thumb|right|Map showing location of Sealand within Denmark.]] -- includes Amager --> '''Zealand''', properly '''Sealand''' ([[Danish language|Danish]]: ''Sjælland''; {{IPA|[ˈɕɛˌlænˀ]}}) is the largest [[island]] (7,031 km²) of [[Denmark]] (excluding [[Greenland]], which is a Danish territory) and the [[List of islands by area|95<sup>th</sup> largest island in the world]]. Zealand is connected to [[Funen]] by the [[Great Belt Bridge]] and to Sweden by the [[Øresund Bridge]], it is also over there somewhere >. The capital of Denmark, [[Copenhagen]], is partly located on the eastern shore of Zealand and partly on [[Amager]]. Other cities on the island include [[Roskilde]] and [[Elsinore]]. ==Mythological Origins== [[Image:Gefion.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Gefion fountain|Gefion]] carving Zealand from [[Sweden]].]] In [[Norse mythology]], the island was created by the goddess [[Gefjun]] after she tricked [[Gylfi]], the king of [[Sweden]], as told in the story of [[Gylfaginning]]. She removed a piece of land and transported it to Denmark, and it became the island of Zealand. The vacant area was filled with water and became [[Mälaren]].<ref>[[Den Store Danske Encyklopædi]], article ''Gefion''</ref> However, since modern maps show a similarity between Zealand and the Swedish lake [[Vänern]], it is sometimes identified as the hole left by Gefjun. ==Geography== On [[June 5]], [[2007]], the regional subsidiary of national broadcaster [[Danmarks Radio]] reported that a hill, [[Kobanke]], situated in the southeast near the town [[Rønnede]] in [[Faxe municipality]], with a natural point of terrain at 122.9 [[metre|m]] (403.21 [[foot|feet]]), was the highest natural point on '''Zealand'''. [[Gyldenløveshøj]], south of the city [[Roskilde]] has a height of 126 m (413.4 feet), but that is due to a man-made hill from the 1600s and its highest natural point is only 121.3 m (397.96 feet). [[Image:Belte_inter.png|right |thumb|360px| '''Zealand''' island (dan.: Sjælland) among [[Danish straits]], other Danish islands, and Sweden]] ==Cities, towns and villages== * [[Ballerup]] * [[Birkerød]] * [[Copenhagen]] (''København'') * [[Egebjerg]] * [[Elsinore]] (''Helsingør'') * [[Espergærde]] * [[Frederiksberg]] * [[Frederikssund]] * [[Frederiksværk]] * [[Haslev]] * [[Helsinge]] * [[Hillerød]] * [[Holbæk]] * [[Hundested]] * [[Humlebæk]] * [[Kalundborg]] * [[Kokkedal]] * [[Kongens Lyngby]] * [[Køge]] * [[Nykøbing Sjælland]] * [[Næstved]] * [[Præstø]] * [[Ringsted]] * [[Roskilde]] * [[Rørvig]] * [[Skovlunde]] * [[Slagelse]] * [[Slangerup]] * [[Solrød]] * [[Sorø]] * [[Tisvilde]] * [[Vallensbæk]] * [[Vordingborg]] * [[Ålsgårde]] ==References== {{reflist}} <!-- {{coor title dm|55|30|N|11|45|E|region:DK_type:isle_scale:2000000}} --> [[Category:Geography of Copenhagen]] [[Category:Islands of Denmark]] {{Denmark-stub}} [[bs:Zeland]] [[bg:Шеланд]] [[ca:Sjælland]] [[cs:Sjælland]] [[da:Sjælland]] [[de:Seeland (Dänemark)]] [[et:Sjælland]] [[es:Selandia]] [[eo:Sjælland]] [[eu:Sjaelland]] [[fr:Seeland (Danemark)]] [[gl:Selandia]] [[ko:셸란 섬]] [[hr:Zeland]] [[id:Sjælland]] [[is:Sjáland]] [[it:Zelanda (isola)]] [[lt:Zelandija]] [[hu:Sjælland]] [[nl:Seeland]] [[ja:シェラン島]] [[no:Sjælland]] [[nn:Sjælland]] [[pl:Zelandia (wyspa)]] [[pt:Zelândia (Dinamarca)]] [[ro:Zealand]] [[ru:Зеландия (остров)]] [[simple:Zealand]] [[fi:Själlanti]] [[sv:Själland]] [[vi:Zealand]] [[tr:Sjaelland]] [[uk:Зеландія (острів)]] [[zh:西兰岛]]