Hillerød (dnk)

Hillerød

Hillerød ranks 2,699th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jasło, Senj, and Amol. Memorable people born in Hillerød include Carl Edvard Rotwitt, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, and Nicki Sørensen. Memorable people who died in Hillerød include Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, and Hans Scherfig. Hillerød has been the birth place of many cyclists, and soccer players and the death place of many architects, and painters. Hillerød is located in Denmark.

Hillerød is a Danish town with a population of 36,227 located in the centre of North Zealand approximately 30 km to the northwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. Hillerød is the administrative centre of Hillerød Municipality and also the administrative seat of Region Hovedstaden, one of the five regions in Denmark. It is most known for its large Renaissance castle, Frederiksborg Castle, now home to the Museum of National History. Hillerød station is the terminus of one of the radials of the S-train network as well as several local railway lines. The town is surrounded by the former royal forests of Gribskov to the north and Store Dyrehave to the south. Read more on Wikipedia