What is Esbjerg?
[[File:Esbjerg WaterTower.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Old [[water tower]] in Esbjerg]] [[Image:Esbjerg Kommune coa.svg|right|90px]] '''Esbjerg''' is a city in [[Denmark]], on the [[peninsula]] [[Jutland]]. It has about 82,000 [[inhabitant]]s and is the 5th largest city of [[Denmark]]. The growing began in the [[1860s]], because Denmark lost its [[North Sea]] [[harbor]]s to [[Prussia]] in the Danish-Prussian-Austrian war. The new harbor was built in Esbjerg. [[Category:Cities in Denmark]] [[Category:Port cities and towns of the North Sea]] [[Category:Region of Southern Denmark]] {{geo-stub}} {{authority control}}