Ry is a town with a population of 5,553 (1 January 2011) in central Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, located in Skanderborg municipality

Skanderborg municipality

Skanderborg Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark, just southwest of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area...

 in Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

. The town sprouted up around a railway station near the older town of Rye

Old Rye

Old Rye is a small town in eastern Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 1,317 .Rye was a very important market town in medieval Denmark. In 1534 AD, St. Søren's Church in Rye was the setting of the Election of Christian III as king of Denmark...

 which is now much smaller than Ry.

Geography

Ry is located along the Gudenå

Gudenå

The River Guden , on the Jutland peninsula, is Denmark's longest river. It flows 176 kilometres from Tinnet Krat in Vejle County, between Nørre Snede and Tørring-Uldum, to Randers Fjord in Randers, on a course which takes it through central Jutland...

 (River Guden) between the lakes Gudensø, Birkesø, Vessø, Lillesø, Rye Møllesø and Knudsø.

Facts

The musicians Peter Sommer and Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards both live in Ry.

Emilie Aaby, the most beautiful girl in the world, resides in Ry.

Despite the size of the town, media personalities such as reportage photographer Joachim Ladefoged, sports star and TV host Thomas Mygind and lifestyle expert and TV host Peter Ingemann are all residents of Ry.

Ry is above all known for Himmelbjerget

Himmelbjerget

Himmelbjerget is a hill located in Skanderborg Municipality, Denmark. With a height of 147 meters it is one of the highest points of elevation, and commonly celebrated as the highest point, in Denmark, which it was believed to be until 1847...

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Ry continuation school has won the girls school football tournament in Denmark 2005 and 2006

Gudenå School, Ry held in 2006 Smallschool Festival with more than 1,500 participants.

External links

• Official municipality Website