MARIBO

city, Storstrms amtskommune (county commune), central Lolland Island, Denmark, on Maribo Lake. The city (chartered 1416) grew up around an early 15th-century Bridgettine convent, the chapel of which survives as the cathedral of the Lolland-Falster diocese. The Diocesan Museum displays prehistoric and medieval artifacts and a collection of Danish paintings. The region is famous for its cheese and has old-established sugar refineries. Pop. (1986 est.) city, 5,510; (1988 est.) metropolitan area, 11,527.