Guldborg is a city in Denmark. It is located in the municipality
of Guldborgsund Kommune and region of Region Sjælland, in the
southeastern part of the country, 100 km southwest of Copenhagen,
the capital of the country. Guldborg is located 1 meter above sea
level, and has 533 inhabitants. Guldborg is located on the island of
Lolland.
The land around Guldborg is very flat. In the north,
the sea is closest to Guldborg. The highest point in the area has a
height of 16 meters and is 1.3 km west of Guldborg. The nearest
larger town is Nykøbing Falster, 14.0 km southeast of Guldborg. In
the region around Guldborg, islands, seabeds, forests, and
navigation are remarkably common.
There are about 52 people
per square kilometer around Guldborg is quite densely populated. The
climate is continental. The average temperature is 7 °C. The warmest
month is July, at 18 °C, and the coldest is January, at −4 °C.
Guldborg extends over the parish communities (Danish: Sogn) Majbølle Sogn on Lolland, which belonged to Harde Musse Herred until the Danish municipal reform of 1970, and Brarup Sogn auf Falster, which at the time belonged to Falsters Nørre Herred, both in the then Maribo office. After this administrative reform, Majbølle Sogn belonged to Sakskøbing Kommune, Brarup Sogn to Nørre Alslev Kommune, both in Storstrøms Amt. With the municipal reform at the beginning of 2007, both municipalities were merged into the newly formed Guldborgsund Municipality in the Sjælland region.
Mads Kruse Andersen - Danish Olympic champion in rowing 2008