Børglum is a Danish

Denmark

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 village with a population below 200 (1 January 2011) in Hjørring

Hjørring

Hjørring Municipality is a municipality in North Denmark Region on the west coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 929,58 km², making it the largest in Vendsyssel, and it has a total population of 67,121...

 municipality, Region Nordjylland

Region Nordjylland

North Denmark Region or North Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...

 (until December 31, 2006; Løkken-Vrå

Løkken-Vrå

Until January 1, 2007 Løkken-Vrå was a municipality in North Jutland County on the northwest coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 181 km², and hads a total population of 8,828 . Its last mayor was Knud...

 municipality, North Jutland County

North Jutland County

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History

Børglum was the site of a royal gård from at least 1000. This was later converted for use as a monastery, Børglum Abbey

Børglum Abbey

Børglum Abbey was an important Premonstratensian abbey of medieval Denmark, located in Børglum parish, in the commune of Hjørring, approximately five kilometers east of Løkken in north central Jutland .- Origin :...

, which was developed from c. 1180 by the Premonstratensians. Some of the buildings still exist as a manor house

Manor house

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http://www.borglumkloster.dk. The abbey was also the seat, from about 1220 until 1536, of the Roman Catholic

Catholicism

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 Bishopric of Børglum.

A relatively unknown fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...

is titled "The Bishop of Børglum and his Warriors"http://www.fairytalescollection.com/Hans_Christian_Anderson/The_Bishop_of_Borglum_and_His_Warriors.htm.