Ringsted

Ringsted Municipality (Danish: Ringsted Kommune) is a kommune in the Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 295 km2, and has a total population of 35,906 (2023). Its mayor is Henrik Hvidesten, a member of Venstre. The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Ringsted. Ringsted municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007, during the nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Ringsted Abbey (Ringsted Kloster) was one of the earliest and most influential Benedictine houses in Denmark, active from the late 11th-century until the Danish Reformation. It was located at Ringsted on the Danish island of Zealand.

St. Bendt's Church (Danish: Sankt Bendts Kirke) is a church in Ringsted, Denmark, which was originally part of a Benedictine monastery that burnt down in the 18th century. Built in the Romanesque style, it is the oldest brick church in Scandinavia, dating back to about 1170 when it replaced a travertine church from about 1080. It is considered to be one of Denmark's architecturally finest churches. Furthermore, it is of special historical interest as it is the first Royal church in Denmark and it houses the tombs of many of Denmark's earlier monarchs and noblemen.

Ringsted railway station (Danish: Ringsted Station or Ringsted Banegård) is a railway station serving the town of Ringsted in central Zealand, Denmark. It is located in the centre of the town, on the southern edge of the historic town centre, and immediately adjacent to the Ringsted bus station. Ringsted station is an important railway junction where the main line Copenhagen–Fredericia, Copenhagen–Ringsted, and South Line railway lines all meet. The station opened in 1856, and its second and current station building designed by the architect Knud Tanggaard Seest was inaugurated in 1924. The station offers direct Intercity rail services to Funen, Jutland and Copenhagen, as well as regional rail services to Copenhagen, Odense and Næstved, all operated by the national railway company DSB.

Ringsted-Hallen is an indoor sports arena in Ringsted, Denmark primarily used for handball. The arena was built in 1997 and holds 1,600 spectators (approx. 600 seated). It is home to the Danish Handball League side TMS Ringsted.

Sørup is a manor house and estate located 6 kilometres south of Ringsted, Denmark. The current Historicist main building was constructed after a fire in 1909. It is now operated as a hotel and conference centre.

Zealand (Danish: Sjælland [ˈɕeˌlænˀ]) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020.Zealand is the 13th-largest island in Europe by area and the 4th most populous. It is connected to Sprogø and Funen by the Great Belt Fixed Link and to Amager by several bridges in Copenhagen. Indirectly, through the island of Amager and the Øresund Bridge, it is also linked to Scania in Sweden. In the south, the Storstrøm Bridge and the Farø Bridges connect it to Falster, and beyond that island to Lolland, from where the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel to Germany is planned. Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, with a population between 1.3 and 1.4 million people in 2020, is located mostly on the eastern shore of Zealand and partly on the island of Amager. Other cities on Zealand include Roskilde, Hillerød, Næstved, Helsingør, Slagelse, Køge, Holbæk and Kalundborg. Administratively, Zealand is divided between two Danish regions: The Copenhagen metropolitan area and North Zealand belong to the Capital Region, while the major and more rural part of the island belongs to the Zealand Region.

Ortved is a small village with a population of only 255 (1 January 2023) in Ringsted Municipality in the central part of the island of Zealand, Denmark, and is a part of region Sjælland. It lies on Roskildevejen main road close to the city of Ringsted. Ortved is also the village with Denmark's 5th most popular camping.

Rosengaard is a manor house and estate in Ringsted Municipality, Denmark.

Tybjerggaard is a manor house and estate in the parish of Tybjerg, Næstved Municipality, approximately 80 km southwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. The Rococo-style main building was built for Tyge Rothe in 1653. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. The estate covers 475 hectares of land.

Tybjerg Church (Danish: Tybjerg Kirke) is a Church of Denmark parish church situated on a small hill in the village of Tybjerg, just east of Tybjerggaard, Næstved Municipality, Denmark.

OZ7IGY is a Danish amateur radio beacon, and the world's oldest VHF and UHF amateur radio beacon and active since the International Geophysical Year in 1957. It is located near Jystrup, in Maidenhead locator JO55WM54, and transmits on the frequencies detailed in Table 1. Since 30 October 2012, when the Next Generation Beacons platform came into use, the 2 m and 6 m beacons have been frequency and time locked to GPS.Since 30 March 2013 all the beacons using the Next Generation Beacons platform transmit PI4 (a specialized digital modulation system), CW and unmodulated carrier in a one-minute cycle. The frequency precision of the Next Generation Beacons is typically better than 5 mHz. Over time all the OZ7IGY beacons will use the Next Generation Beacons platform.