Borup, in Køge Municipality, 40 kilometres southwest of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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, Denmark

Denmark

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, is a railway town

Railway town

A railway town is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site.In Victorian Britain, the spread of railways greatly affected the fate of many small towns...

 on the railroad between Roskilde

Roskilde

Roskilde is the main city in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark on the island of Zealand. It is an ancient city, dating from the Viking Age and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network....

 and Ringsted

Ringsted

Ringsted, a city in Ringsted municipality, is in the middle of the Danish island of Zealand. The municipal population is about 31,000 and the city population is 21,151 .Ringsted is approximately 60 km from Copenhagen.-Modern hotspot:...

. With a population of 4,228 (1st January 2011), it is the second largest town of the municipality.

Geography

Borup is located on the east central Zealand 14 kilometres west of Køge

Køge

Køge Municipality is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand approx. 40 km. southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² , and has a total population of 56,637...

, 11 kilometres northeast of Ringsted and 18 kilometres southwest of Roskilde between the two small lakes Borup Lake (Danish: Borup Sø) on the western outskirts of the town and the larger Kimmerslev Lake (Danish: Kimmerslev Sø) on the southeastern outskirts.

History

In 1967 Borup was known for an air-raid shelter

Air-raid shelter

Air-raid shelters, also known as bomb shelters, are structures for the protection of the civil population as well as military personnel against enemy attacks from the air...

 build in the town, by the doomsday cult

Doomsday cult

Doomsday cult is an expression used to describe groups who believe in Apocalypticism and Millenarianism, and can refer both to groups that prophesy catastrophe and destruction, and to those that attempt to bring it about...

 The Orthon cult.

1st April 1970 Borup became the municipal seat of Skovbo Municipality

Skovbo municipality

Skovbo is a former municipality in Roskilde County on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. It covered an area of 132 km², and had a total population of 14,873...

, until it was merged with Køge Municipality 1st January 2007.