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Region Zealand
Lejre Kommune

Lejre

Lejre is a railway town in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand in eastern . It has a population of 3,347. The town is located in Lejre Municipality in . The town's Old Norse name was Hleiðr or Hleiðargarðr.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lejre railway station and Allerslev Church.

Railway station
is a railway station serving the railway town of Lejre west of the city of on the island of , . The station is located in the central part of the town and also serves the nearby village of Gammel Lejre, the manor house and the archaeological open-air museum Land of Legends.

Church
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Manor estate
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a palatial mansion near Lejre, 12 km to the southwest of on the Danish island of . Today's Baroque building was completed in 1746 by Minister of State Johan Ludvig Holstein who commissioned J.C. Krieger to carry out the work.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Øm and Svogerslev.

Village
is a village with a population of 445 in Lejre Municipality, located six kilometers southwest of on the island of in . is situated 2½ km east of Lejre.

Village
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small satellite town located four kilometres west of , Denmark. The original village features a village pond, a Romanesque church, one of the smallest in Denmark, and a number of old farm buildings. is situated 4½ km northeast of Lejre.

Village
Photo: Moeng, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small town, with a population of 1,636, in Lejre Municipality on the island of Zealand in . Its old section is located alongside a small river, Lejre Å, approximately 2 kilometres from its mouth at . is situated 4½ km north of Lejre.

Lejre

Latitude
55.60434° or 55° 36′ 16″ north
Longitude
11.97371° or 11° 58′ 25″ east
Population
2,400
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DK LEJ
Open location code
9F7HJX3F+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26559018
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2617832
Wiki­data ID
Q2689028
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Lejre” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Lejre”
  • Belarusian: “Ляйрэ”
  • Cebuano: “Lejre”
  • Chinese: “莱尔”
  • Czech: “Lejre”
  • Danish: “Lejre”
  • Dutch: “Lejre”
  • Esperanto: “Lejre”
  • Finnish: “Lejre”
  • French: “Lejre”
  • German: “Lejre”
  • Hebrew: “ליירה”
  • Hungarian: “Lejre”
  • Italian: “Lejre”
  • Japanese: “レイレ”
  • Latvian: “Lejre”
  • Lithuanian: “Lairė”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lejre”
  • Polish: “Lejre”
  • Portuguese: “Lejre”
  • Spanish: “Lejre”
  • Swedish: “Lejre”
  • Turkish: “Lejre”

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