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  Kalundborg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kalundborg is very well known as the location of a large broadcasting facility, the Transmitter Kalundborg.
Kalundborg is mainly a trading and industrial town, but it is also well known for the beautiful five-spired church which is closely associated with King Valdemar I and the famous Archbishop Absalon.
Ferry lines connect Kalundborg to Aarhus on the Jutland peninsula, and to the island of Samsø.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalundborg   (157 words)

  
 Kalundborg, Denmark
Kalundborg, an important industrial town, lies on the fjord of the same name on the west coast of Zealand.
Near the place originally named "Hærvig" (Army Bay) where the fleet used to assemble before embarking on punitive expeditions, the fortified town of Kalundborg burgeoned in the 12th C. It was surrounded on all sides by walls and had a strongly defended castle, the towers of which included the "Folen", Denmark's largest medieval tower.
After Valdemar Atterdag had taken Kalundborg about 1340 he razed the old castle to the ground and replaced it with a larger one in the east of the town.
www.planetware.com /denmark/kalundborg-dk-z-kal.htm   (267 words)

  
 Kalundborg municipality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kalundborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in West Zealand County on the west coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark.
The municipalities of Samsø to the northwest, and Juelsminde on the Jutland peninsula to the west are thus also Kalundborg's municipal neighbors, albeit separated by water.
The harbour is conveniently located near to the Kalundborg train station, which connects to the cities of Holbæk and Copenhagen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kalundborg_municipality   (625 words)

  
 Danes' Great Green Machine
Kalundborg, a sleepy industrial town of 15,000, receives a steady stream of foreigners -- from German factory managers and Chinese city planners to Japanese journalists and U.S. academics -- all on a pilgrimage to see "green" industry in action.
Today in Kalundborg, waste heat from the local power plant warms fish farms and most of the area's homes and businesses, while excess steam is piped to an oil refinery and a biotech company.
Kalundborg has since inspired researchers in "industrial ecology," a field that looks for ways to pattern industrial systems after natural ecosystems, in which one organism's waste is another's food.
www.commondreams.org /headlines02/0303-07.htm   (1193 words)

  
 Kalundborg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kalundborg is a modern and living market town with the greatest deepsea harbour in Denmark and ferry service to Århus and Samsø.
Presumably it was Valdemar Atterdag, who to the end of the 1300-number was at the head of the building of the castle of Kalundborg and the ring walls around the whole lot.
It is exciting and stirring to move around in the big nature protection areas and also a lot of relics of the past in the form of antiquities and redoubts from different wars.
www.visitdenmark.com /uk/en-gb/productpage/produktside.htm?id=7833&Simple=True   (318 words)

  
 Waggoner-Ramsey - Person Page 10
Carl Høy was born circa 1801 at Kalundborg, Holbæk, Denmark.
Caroline Høy was born on 29 December 1879 at Kalundborg, Holbæk, Denmark.
Henrik Christoffer Høy was born on 25 December 1877 at Kalundborg, Holbæk, Denmark.
www.greybeard.org /TMG/p10.htm   (1665 words)

  
 www.statoil.com - Kalundborg - refinery
Statoil's refinery at Kalundborg near Copenhagen refines crude oil and condensate to petrol, jet fuel, diesel oil, propane, heating oil and fuel oil.
Kalundborg has an annual capacity of up to 5.5 million tonnes of refined products, depending on feedstock.
This in turn allowed Kalundborg to begin supplying petrol with only one per cent benzene – a carcinogenic – to the Danish market in 1997.
www.statoil.com /STATOILCOM/SVG00990.nsf/UNID/AE321BEDC8269C784125665D00495333?OpenDocument   (315 words)

  
 Garden State EnviroNet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
According to Vlademar Christensen, one of the architects of the symbiosis at Kalundborg and originator of the phrase, industrial symbiosis is "a cooperation between different industries by which the presence of each...
The Kalundborg example indicates that geographical closeness is very important for sharing energy, and is simply helpful in the transportation of material resources.
According to Gyproc's Finn Grobb, Kalundborg is a small society in which managers of the various firms often run into each other, providing opportunities to find out what is happening with their neighboring companies.
www.gsenet.org /library/03bus/denmark-.php   (1778 words)

  
 The Kalundborg Model
These exchanges of materials and energy between industrial firms, the community, and farmers began in the late 70s and have generated a significant return on investment and environmental benefits.
Novo uses the steam from Asnaes to heat the sludge and kill the microorganisms.
The Kalundborg industrial ecosystem is the ideal setting of industrial symbiosis, thus far.
www.members.tripod.com /ieprime/kalundborg.htm   (415 words)

  
 Kalundborg Industrial Symbiosis
The City of Kalundborg supplies district heating to the 20,000 residents, as well as water to the homes and industries.
This is a large portion of the entire Kalundborg exchange network, totaling over 1 million tons per year.
Kalundborg is a harbor town with buildings dating back to the 12th Century.
www.indigodev.com /Kal.html   (1079 words)

  
 Waggoner-Ramsey - Person Page 13
Jensen was born on 28 October 1892 at Kalundborg, Holbæk, Denmark.
Henriette Mathea Jensen was born on 7 June 1895 at Strandstrode 217, Kalundborg, Holbæk, Denmark.
Marthe Sofie Jensen was born on 29 November 1886 at Kalundborg, Holbæk, Denmark.
www.greybeard.org /TMG/p13.htm   (2256 words)

  
 Industrial Ecology: Kalundborg, Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The establishment of 'industrial ecosystems,' however, is a relatively new phenomenon, with the best known example being located in Kalundborg, Denmark.
At Kalundborg, steam and various raw materials such as sulfur, fly ash and sludge are exchanged in what is the world's most elaborate industrial ecosystem.
For example, gas captured from the oil refinery which had previously been flared off is now sent to the electrical power station which expects to save the equivalent of 30,000 tonnes of coal a year.
www.colorado.edu /AmStudies/lewis/ecology/kalund.htm   (173 words)

  
 Dollars and Sense: The Magazine of Economic Justice
The town attracted attention as a prototype; however, the factors which make Kalundborg tick as an industrial ecosystem may be difficult to replicate elsewhere.
Companies in Kalundborg are not in direct competition, so there is little fear of revealing trade secrets or jeopardizing competitive advantage by sharing information about materials and processes.
But in the absence of the small town cohesion that exists in a Kalundborg, such settings may be a step toward building a common base of information and trust.
www.dollarsandsense.org /archives/1997/0597dougherty.html   (1465 words)

  
 Eco-Industrial Development: The case of the United States
The Kalundborg model goes beyond material exchanges in a limited way to other types of collaborations in worker training and worker safety (Gertler, 1995).
There are several projects in the U.S. such as the Mississippi Ecoplex, Chattanooga Smart Park, and Londonderry New Hampshire that have used the central energy flow or the sharing of steam and water resources as a core anchor for their activities.
Kalundborg, Styria, and petrochemical complexes like the Houston Ship Channel, developed spontaneously, not as the result of policies and strategies based on industrial ecology.
www.environmental-expert.com /articles/article63/article63.htm   (4191 words)

  
 Pharmaceutical Technology - Novo Nordisk Insulin Bulk Plant, Kalundborg, Sweden
In April 2005 Novo Nordisk broke ground for a further new facility in Kalundborg.
The project in Kalundborg was managed, designed and engineered by Novo Nordisk Engineering (a separate branch of the company developed for the fast track construction of pharmaceutical facilities).
The facility is described by the company as a production 'superhighway', which has six plants in one combining all the main processes of insulin production, from fermentation to purification of insulin crystals under one roof.
www.pharmaceutical-technology.com /projects/novo   (1084 words)

  
 Untitled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kalundborg's refined products are also supplied to the northwest European market, mainly Germany and France.
Although it is a relatively small and simple refinery, Kalundborg is a plant with high-energy efficiency and relatively low cash operating costs for a plant of its size and configuration.
In addition, all central operating units (with exception of Kalundborg refinery which will be ready by mid-2005) are during 2004 certified according to the same standard, and also to the environmental standard ISO 14001 (an updated list is available at www.statoil.com).
www.bridge.com /com/newswindow.asp?storyid=FFJYQPN   (6348 words)

  
 Kalundborg og Omegns Museum - August and Ane Rasmussen
One of these acquaintances was Karoline Graves, who was a docent and attendant at Kalundborg Regional Museum, but who was probably best known for her efforts as a folklore collector and author.
She and August corresponded for a number of years, and in 1912 she presented a Danish edition of Rasmussen's memoirs to the library of Kalundborg Regional Museum.
This contact was established through co-operation between Kalundborg Regional Museum and University of Wisconsin, which has been going on for a number of years.
www.kalmus.dk /html/august.html   (4070 words)

  
  DANHOSTEL Kalundborg Youth Hostel Denmark
DANHOSTEL Kalundborg is located in the middle of green western Zealand.
Kalundborg is an old town, with a town centre dating from the Middle Ages.
Kalundborg has a lovely beach which holds a blue flag.
www.danhostel.dk /vandrerhjem.asp?lan=uk&id=101   (146 words)

  
 Kalundborg og Omegns Museum - West-Zealanders in the American Civil War
One illustrative and stirring moment in one such fate – that of Christian Jensen - is the bloody New Year’s battle between Confederates and Unionists at Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, from December 31 to January 2, 1863 (fig.
The victory claimed by the Union Army on this occasion, 140 years ago, may be debatable from a military view, but its political impact was great: it gave to President Lincoln’s administration a sorely needed boost at a moment when the president’s policies were at a very low ebb in the public opinion.
In this context, the Danish immigrants’ participation in the war was a dramatic chapter in which the ultimate degree of integration was demonstrated by their willingness to go to war, and possibly die, for a new homeland.
www.kalmus.dk /civilwar/westzealanders1.htm   (5369 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Kalundborg, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
15,304), Vestsjælland co., central Denmark, a port on the Kalundborg Fjord, an arm of the Store Bælt. It is a commercial, industrial, and communications center.
Founded c.1170, the city has a 12th-century church laid out in the form of a Greek cross.
The novelist Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) was born in Kalundborg.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kalundbo.html   (154 words)

  
 www.statoil.com - Bigger ships for Kalundborg
The whole 100-metre-wide channel is scheduled to be ready in early July.
A deepwater jetty has been established jointly just outside the refinery perimeter by the Port of Kalundborg and Statoil, and leased to the group.
Statoil is currently installing unloading equipment on this facility, which will also come into operation during July – six months ahead of schedule.
www.statoil.com /STATOILCOM/SVG00990.nsf/UNID/4125671A00404489412568DC004443D8?OpenDocument&kat=nyhet   (189 words)

  
 Transmitter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These plants, which can be used if necessary also as radio telescope, are established on free standing constructions, whereby there are also numerous special designs, like the radio telescope in Arecibo.
Some cities in Europe, like Muehlacker, Ismaning, Langenberg, Kalundborg, Hoerby and Allouis became famous as sites of powerful transmitters.
Some transmitting towers like the radio tower Berlin or the TV tower Stuttgart became landmarks of cities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Radio_transmitter   (2089 words)

  
 Wrist World Wide - Kalundborg
Kalundborg is mainly known for it being Denmark's largest export port for Grain and its proximity to the bunkering and supply positions in the Great Belt.
Popular for bunkering, supply and crew change, the Great Belt carries a large amount of traffic inbound and outbound the Baltic Sea.
Wrist Europe (Aalborg) established an office in Kalundborg in September 2000 after taking over Wulff's Eftf.
www.wrist.com /default.aspx?m=2&i=171   (140 words)

  
 Kalundborg Kommune - Turisme - engelsk version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Whether you are looking for culture, nature, an active or a passive holiday, your wishes can be met in Kalundborg and its surrounding district.
The Loch Ness nature reserve is a former gravel-pit now supplied with paths and planted areas, with a lake harbouring some 40 different species of ducks and geese.
In the Kalundborg region there are many old churches in different building styles.
www.kalundborg.dk /info.asp?infoId=1286143   (316 words)

  
 Waggoner-Ramsey - Person Page 15
She was buried on 13 August 1838 at Kalundborg, Holbæk, Denmark; From church records.
She married Adolf Moritz Høyer, son of Hans Phillip Hansen Høyer and Karen Nielsdatter Moller, on 10 December 1851 at Kalundborg, Holbæk, Denmark.
Theodora Elizabeth Ostermann was born on 14 January 1851 at Kalundborg, Holbæk, Denmark.
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 Jørgen Schultz Shipping A/S - Shipping company since 1926
Kalundborg, with its geographical position close to the international deep-sea route to the Baltic, is
Three harbours are situated at the head of Kalundborg Fjord: the harbours of Kalundborg, the Asnaes Power Plant and the Statoil Refinery.
Kalundborg Harbour is the deep-water harbour of the region with a water depth of 12 metres.
www.schultzshipping.dk /port.html   (231 words)

  
 Poul Erik Dyrlund
Dyrlund, Poul Erik, educational consultant, Holbækvej 51, 4400 Kalundborg, Denmark.
Born 30 Oct. 1949 at Sorø, son of farm-owner Henning Dyrlunbd and housewife Else D. Folkeskole (primary school) and the trade union movement's internal training courses.
Employee with and later chairman of the General Union of Workers (SiD) at Kalundborg.
www.folketinget.dk /BAGGRUND/Biografier_english/Poul_Erik_Dyrlund.htm   (127 words)

  
 Toke Nørby. A Danish Shipmail Route
As the illustration to the left shows, the official announcement of the new shipmail route between Aarhus and Kalundborg was dated on 19 April 1836.
The route was to be opened on 1 May 1836 as a Passenger and Mail carrying route.
According to a circular from the General Post Office (GPO) dated on 5 April 1836, the mail service on this route took place in the period 1836.05.01-1836.10.31 where Dania left Kalundborg at 8 am on Wednesdays and Sundays.
www.norbyhus.dk /dania.html   (647 words)

  
 Kalundborg Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
Kalundborg is an old city and in its surroundings, a lot of finds from the stone age, the bronze age, the iron age and the viking age have been found.
These finds are collected in the Kalundborg og omegns museum and they tell the history of the region.
Outside the museum, in the garden, is a miniature model of how kalundborg most have looked like in the past, when the castle and the fortifications were still present.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Denmark/Vestsjaellands_Amt/Kalundborg-162480/Things_To_Do-Kalundborg-BR-1.html   (350 words)

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