The village of Virum is first mentioned in a papal letter from 1186 but is no doubt considerably older. The name "an open place which is easy to defend" ( vigi: "easily defendable place" and -rum: open place). In the letter, Pope Clement III gives the Virum as well as many other villages in the area tio to Bishop Absalon. Absalon soon ceded the villages to the Bishopric of Roskilde.
The Bishop of Roskilde constructed the small castle Hjortholm at the site in c. 1250. The castle was destroyed during the Count's Feud in 1535. Frederick III took over the estate in 1668. He renamed it Frederiksdal and constructed a small hunting lodge at the site.
The village of Virum was located where Virumgade is today. It belonged to the parish of Lyngby. The land was divided into three areas called "Geelsvang", "Mellemvang" and "Høftevang" which were subdivided into fields and crops were rotated in accordance with the three-field system. The marchy land down towards Furesøen was grazed by livestock. In 1682, it consisted of 13 farms, three houses with land and 14 houses without land.[1]
The modern suburbedit
The modern suburb was planned in connection with the conversion of the North Line into an S-train line. Virum station opened in 1936. The ambition was to create a healthy, well-functioning suburb with a population the size of a medium large Danish provincial town. The centre of the new suburb was Virum Torv, a mixed-use development centred on a roundabout next to the station. It contained retail space, service functions and apartments. Its northeastern corner was completed in 1939, its southeastern corner in 1943 and its southwestern corner less than a year later. A cinema, Virum Bio, was from the beginning located in the building on the southeastern corner. The same building also contained an Irma supermarket.[2]
Sightsedit
Frederiksdal Castle is located in Virum. Its main building was built from 1744–45 and was used as a summer residence for Foreign Affairs, Privy Councilor Johan Sigismund Schulin. The Schulin Family still owns the estate.[3]
^"Det gamle Virum - fra landsby til soveb". nybohuse.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^"Ugens lokalhistoriske billede: Udbygning af Virum" (in Danish). Det Grønne Område. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^"Frederiksdal Slot". Frederiksdalslot.dk. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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virum, mostly, residential, suburban, neighbourhood, lyngby, taarbæk, municipality, located, both, sides, lyngby, kongevej, approximately, north, central, copenhagen, denmark, neighbourhood, bordered, lake, furesø, west, holte, rudersdal, municipality, north, . Virum is a mostly residential suburban neighbourhood in Lyngby Taarbaek Municipality located on both sides of Lyngby Kongevej approximately 15 km north of central Copenhagen Denmark The neighbourhood is bordered by Lake Fureso to the west Holte in Rudersdal Municipality to the north Brede to the east and Kongens Lyngby and Sorgenfri to the south VirumNeighbourhoodVirum SquareVirumLocation in the Capital Region of DenmarkCoordinates 55 47 30 N 12 27 35 E 55 79167 N 12 45972 E 55 79167 12 45972CountryDenmarkRegionCapital RegionMunicipalityLyngby TaarbaekTime zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Postal code2830 Contents 1 History 1 1 The modern suburb 2 Sights 3 Transport 4 Notable residents 5 Gallery 6 References 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp Virum Wyrum seen on a map from c 1780The village of Virum is first mentioned in a papal letter from 1186 but is no doubt considerably older The name an open place which is easy to defend vigi easily defendable place and rum open place In the letter Pope Clement III gives the Virum as well as many other villages in the area tio to Bishop Absalon Absalon soon ceded the villages to the Bishopric of Roskilde The Bishop of Roskilde constructed the small castle Hjortholm at the site in c 1250 The castle was destroyed during the Count s Feud in 1535 Frederick III took over the estate in 1668 He renamed it Frederiksdal and constructed a small hunting lodge at the site The village of Virum was located where Virumgade is today It belonged to the parish of Lyngby The land was divided into three areas called Geelsvang Mellemvang and Hoftevang which were subdivided into fields and crops were rotated in accordance with the three field system The marchy land down towards Furesoen was grazed by livestock In 1682 it consisted of 13 farms three houses with land and 14 houses without land 1 The modern suburb edit The modern suburb was planned in connection with the conversion of the North Line into an S train line Virum station opened in 1936 The ambition was to create a healthy well functioning suburb with a population the size of a medium large Danish provincial town The centre of the new suburb was Virum Torv a mixed use development centred on a roundabout next to the station It contained retail space service functions and apartments Its northeastern corner was completed in 1939 its southeastern corner in 1943 and its southwestern corner less than a year later A cinema Virum Bio was from the beginning located in the building on the southeastern corner The same building also contained an Irma supermarket 2 Sights editFrederiksdal Castle is located in Virum Its main building was built from 1744 45 and was used as a summer residence for Foreign Affairs Privy Councilor Johan Sigismund Schulin The Schulin Family still owns the estate 3 Transport editVirum station is located on the Hillerod radial of the S train network and is served by the B trains Brede Station in the eastern outskirts of Virum is served by the Lokaltog service on the Naerum Line between Jaegersborg in the south and Naerum to the north Notable residents editJan Popiel born 1947 ice hockey player Kirsten Ortwed born 1948 artist and sculptor Marianne Halfdan Nielsen born 1956 sailor Klaus Berggreen born 1958 footballer John Helt born 1959 footballer Stine Bosse born 1960 businesswoman Morten Wedendahl born 1961 composer Torsten Stiig Jansen born 1963 journalist and diplomat Henrik Sass Larsen born 1966 former MF and minister Morten Egeblad Christoffersen born 1968 windsurfer Berit Christoffersen born 1973 rower Jakob Piil born 1973 bicycle racer Sofia Osmani born 1979 politician and mayor Mikkel Beckmann born 1983 footballer Thomas Kristensen born 1983 footballer Mikkel Basse born 1996 footballerGallery edit nbsp Frederiksdal Castle nbsp The remains of the ramparts of Hjortholm castle nbsp Virum church nbsp Virum villageReferences edit Det gamle Virum fra landsby til soveb nybohuse dk in Danish Retrieved 17 February 2017 Ugens lokalhistoriske billede Udbygning af Virum in Danish Det Gronne Omrade Retrieved 17 February 2017 Frederiksdal Slot Frederiksdalslot dk Retrieved 3 August 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Virum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Virum amp oldid 1158855988, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
