Skive

city, Denmark
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://mainten.top/place/Skive
Feedback
Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login).
Thank you for your feedback

Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.

External Websites

Skive, city, central Jutland, Denmark, on southeastern Salling Peninsula and Skive Fjord. It was mentioned in the 13th century and chartered in 1326. Skive has one of the busiest harbours on Limfjorden, and its industries include iron foundries, machine shops, meat-packing, tobacco factories, and fisheries. In the past it suffered greatly from fires, and the Romanesque Gamle Kirke (Old Church) is one of the few remaining old buildings. The 16th-century manor house of Krabbesholm, nearby, has since 1907 been a folk high school, a voluntary school for adult education. To the southwest are a national park (1934) and an open-air ...(100 of 137 words)