What is Kolding?
[[Image:Coat of arms of Kolding.svg|right|90px]] '''Kolding''' is a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[seaport]] found at the head of [[Kolding Fjord]] in [[Region Syddanmark]] (''Region of Southern Denmark''). Kolding is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has many industrial companies. With a population of 86,000 [[inhabitant]]s, Kolding is the seventh largest in Denmark. [[Image:Church in Kolding - Denmark.jpeg|thumb|Evangelical [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] church in Kolding]] ==History== ===Battles of Kolding=== [[Image:Józef Brandt, Czarniecki pod Koldyngą.jpg|thumb|Battle of Kolding, 1658]] ====1658==== In the Battle of Kolding on [[December 25]], [[1658]], the [[alliance]] of Polish and Danish forces under [[hetman]] [[Stefan Czarniecki]] defeated the Swedish forces of [[Charles X Gustav of Sweden]]. ====1849==== A battle between German and Danish troops in the town on [[April 23]] [[1849]] during the [[First War of Schleswig]]. ==The fireworks accident in Seest== {{main|Seest fireworks disaster}} On [[November 3]], [[2004]], [[N. P. Johnsen's Fireworksfactory]] in Seest exploded. One [[firefighter]] died, 85 people were injured, and around 2000 people were evacuated during this accident in Kolding,. ==Important places in Kolding== * The [[Museet på Koldinghus]], the [[museum]] of the city. It has a collection of Danish art from the late Middle Ages to the 1940s, and a very large collection of items in [[gold]] and [[silver]]. * The [[Trapholt]] [[art]] museum. * The [[Designskolen Kolding]], a university school of [[design]] ==Sister cities== The following cities are sisters of Kolding:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kolding.dk/data/0021803.asp?sid=19734&uid=21803 |title=Venskabsbyer<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-02-28 |archive-date=2007-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610221648/http://www.kolding.dk/data/0021803.asp?sid=19734&uid=21803 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Anjo]], [[Japan]] (since 1997) * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Delmenhorst]], [[Ger