Church of the Holy Ghost, Copenhagen Church of the Holy Ghost, Copenhagen The Church of the Holy Spirit (Danish: Helligåndskirken) in Copenhagen, Denmark, is one of the city's oldest churches. The first abbey in Copenhagen was a Franciscan monastery founded in 1238, just 12 years after the death of Francis of Assisi. Prior to that, Archbishop Eskil had founded two Cistercian monasteries, Esrom Abbey and Herrevad Abbey. Typically for the order, they had been founded at more remote locations in Northern Zealand and Skåneland. At first, the new institution in Copenhagen was more of a hostal and workshop for travelling monks than a monastery proper. It
Copenhagen metropolitan area is the area which is strategically managed by the Finger Plan. The modern post 2007 version includes the four provinces "Københavns by" (Copenhagen city), "Københavns omegn", "Nordsjælland" and "Østsjælland", with a total land area of 2 778 km² and over 2 million inhabitants (16 March 2018;updated statistics from 1 January 2018 on cities (Danish "byer", (singular) "by") published later). It should not be confused with the Øresund Region or the Capital Region of Denmark. The area has been planned according to the Finger Plan, which has given it six fingers of S-trains and a western connection S-line ("Ringbanen" or line