Editing Skørping (section)

==Attractions==
The town is located in the middle of the [[Rold Forest]] (''Rold Skov''), Denmark's second largest forested area; [[Lake Madum]] and Large Oks Lake (''Store Økssø'') lie south of the town of Skørping.

''[[Rebild National Park|Rebild Bakker]]'' ("Rebild Hills") is a [[national park]] consisting of [[Calluna|heather]]-covered hills, located in the municipality near the village of Rebild.  The area was purchased in 1911 by a group of Americans of [[Danish people|Danish descent]]. The effort was led by [[Max Henius]], a Danish-American [[biochemist]].  In 1912 the park was given to the Danish state as a present with three conditions:
* That the area should remain in a natural state;
* That it would be open to the public;
* That Danish-Americans could celebrate American holidays at the park.

The Rebild National Park Society Inc. is an American non-profit company, whose purpose is to arrange an annual [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day (4th of July)]] festival at the park.  The first Rebild Festival took place in 1912, when King [[Christian X of Denmark|Christian X]] spoke to a crowd of 10,000.  The day has been celebrated every year since then, with the exception of the periods during World War I and World War II. It is the largest [[Fourth of July]] celebration outside the United States, and features speeches by American and Danish politicians, as well as general entertainment.

The park is visited by 400,000 people each year, making it one of Denmark's major tourist attractions.  It has many hiking trails, and [[sheep]] wander loose in the hilly terrain.  There is also a full-size reproduction of [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s [[log cabin]] and a [[totem pole]] in the park.