Viborg

Viborg is one of the oldest cities in Denmark, with Viking settlements dating back to the late 8th century. Its central location gave the city great strategic importance, in political and religious matters, during the Middle Ages. A motte-and-bailey-type castle was once located in the city. Viborg's name is a combination of two Old Norse words: vé, meaning a holy place, and borg, meaning a fort, but the original name of the town was Vvibiærgh, where -biærgh means hill (modern Danish -bjerg (mountain).

In the science fiction book The Corridors of Time by Poul Anderson, a Danish-American writer who did considerable research on Danish history, a large part of the plot takes place in 16th-century Viborg. The protagonist - an American time traveller from the 20th century - arrives in the city in 1535 and gets involved with the adherents of the overthrown King Christian II and of the peasant rebel leader Skipper Clement, who face savage persecution in the city. Viborg is also the setting of "Number 13", a ghost story by the English writer M.R. James.

Viborg municipality is where the Apple Foulum Data Center is located which opened in September 2020.

Viborg is famous for Viborg Cathedral. The construction of the cathedral started in 1130 and took about 50 years. The building has burned to the ground and been re-built several times. Only the crypt of the original cathedral is still preserved. The cathedral was and is the locus of cult of Saint Kjeld of Viborg who was dean of the cathedral chapter there and had a great shrine there in the Middle Ages. The newest parts of the church are from a restoration between 1864 and 1876. The cathedral is famous for its many paintings by Danish painter Joakim Skovgaard, which depict stories from the Bible. Next to the cathedral is the Skovgaard museum, founded in 1937. Before the Protestant Reformation Viborg was the home of five monasteries, about 12 parish churches, several chapels and of course the cathedral. The Black Friars' church dates from the 13th century. …

Viborg is served by Viborg railway station. It is located on the Langå–Struer railway line and offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen and Struer and regional train services to Aarhus and Struer.

Saint Vibor Saint Kjeld (died 1150), Archdeacon, canonized 1188 Biskop Gunner (da, 1152–1251), Bishop, co-writer of the Law of Jutland Knud Mikkelsen (da, 1421-1478/1488), Bishop, contributor to the Law of Jutland Niels Kaas (1535 in Stårupgård –1594) politician, Chancellor of Denmark 1573-1594 Vitus Bering (1617–1675) poet, historian and Supreme Court justice Carl Gottlob Rafn (1769–1808) enlightenment scientist and civil servant Sophie Zahrtmann (1841 in Vammen – 1925) deaconess and nurse Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen (1856–1921), ornithologist, taught in Viborg Bertel Dahlgaard (1887–1972) politician and statistician Kåre Pugerup (born 1964) diplomat and Chief of Staff at the UN agency IFAD in Rome Torsten Nielsen (born 1967 in Sparkær) politician, Mayor of Viborg Municipality since 2014 Anders Primdahl Vistisen (born 1987 in Vridsted) DPP politician and MEP Christen Aagaard (16 …