NYBORG

city and port, Fyn amtskommune (county), eastern Funen Island, Denmark, on the Great Belt (strait) and Nyborg Fjord. Named for the castle (borg) built in 1170 to protect the Great Belt and chartered in 1292, it was the favourite meeting place of the Danehof (assembly of nobles and clergy) from 1282 to 1413. The Great Charter, Denmark's first constitution, was issued there in the former year. A large Swedish army surrendered outside the city in 1659. The castle, birthplace (1481) of King Christian II, was restored in 1923 as a museum. Nyborg is the terminus for the ferry to Sjlland (Zealand). The city has a large oil storage plant, and shipbuilding and textile industries are economically important. Pop. (1981) city, 15,466; (1983 est.) mun., 18,498.