Ribe

Ribe is a small town in western , bordering the , . It is the oldest town in Denmark, with around 100 old listed houses, far more than anywhere else in Denmark outside of .
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  • Type: Town with 8,260 residents
  • Description: town in Denmark
  • Postal code: 6760

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ribe Cathedral and Museum of the Vikings of Ribe.

Church
or Our Lady Maria Cathedral is located in the ancient city of Ribe, on the west coast of southern , . It was founded in the Viking Age as the first Christian church in Denmark by Ansgar, a missionary monk from Hamburg, under permission of the pagan King Horik I.

Museum
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kærbøl and Nørre Farup.

Village
Photo: Sapfan, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Ribe.

Hamlet
is a village on the peninsula of . It is a part of Esbjerg Municipality in the Region of Southern Denmark. is situated 3½ km northwest of Ribe.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km southeast of Ribe.

Ribe

Latitude
55.3284° or 55° 19′ 42″ north
Longitude
8.7648° or 8° 45′ 53″ east
Population
8,260
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DK RIB
Open location code
9F7C8QH7+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 597643755
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2614813
Wiki­data ID
Q322361
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Zulu—“Ribe” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: Ribe
  • Armenian: Ռիբե
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  • Belarusian: Рыбэ
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  • Chinese: 里伯
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  • Esperanto: Ripen
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  • German: Ripen
  • Greek: Ρίμπε
  • Hebrew: ריבה
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  • Icelandic: Ribe
  • Icelandic: Rípar
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  • Japanese: リーベ
  • Korean: 리베
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  • Persian: ریبه
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  • Slovenian: Ribe, Danska
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  • Tatar: Рибе
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  • Ukrainian: Рібе
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  • Zulu: i-Ribe
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ribe”. Photo: Hjart, CC BY-SA 4.0.