HOLBK

city and port, Vestsjlland amtskommune (county commune), northern Sjlland (Zealand), Denmark, on Holbk Fjord. An old-established market town chartered in 1250, it is a rail junction with small industries and a modern harbour that supports fishing and shipbuilding. The local museum comprises farmsteads, workshops, and merchants' houses of former times. Pop. (1986 est.) city, 21,512; (1988 est.) mun., 30,860.