N�stved

City, Storstr�m amtskommune (county commune), southern Sj�lland (Zealand), Denmark, on the Sus� River. N�stved originated around a Benedictine monastery, founded in 1135. The monks moved at the end of the 12th century, and the town developed as a market centre for southern Sj�lland (chartered 1426). Chief among its medieval landmarks are Sankt Peder Church, the only survival of the