Ringsted, Denmark
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as Odense was for Funen and Viborg for Jutland. On the occasion of religious festivals people from all over the island assembled here; justice was also dispensed at the "Thing" site.

In the Middle Ages Ringsted was one of the most important towns in the country. The first church was built about 1080; the body of Duke Knud Lavard, who was slain by Magnus the Strong, a son of King Niets (1104-34), was buried here. In 1169 Knud Lavard, who was revered by the people, was canonised. After 1160 King Valdemar I had a new and larger church built, and until 1341 the kings of Denmark were buried here. The town grew up around the church and the Benedictine Monastery which had been founded several decades earlier but was destroyed by fire in 1800. Industries became established in the town in the 19th century and the railroad arrived.