a considerable town of Denmark, in North Jutland, with a bishop's see, remarkable for being the seat of the chief court of justice in the province. The hall where the council assembles has the archives of the country, and escaped the terrible fire that happened in the year 1726, and which burned the cathedral-church, that of the Black Friars, the town-house, and the bishop's palace; but they have all been rebuilt more magnificent than before. It is seated on the lake Water, in a peninsula, 25 miles northwest of Sleiwick, and 110 north-by-west of Copenhagen.

E. Long. 9° 50'. N. Lat. 56° 20'.