▁the ▁fer ry ▁to ▁Or ø ▁( is land ). ▁ ▁Near ▁the ▁har bor ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁substantial ▁mar ina . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Hol b æ k ▁is ▁first ▁mentioned ▁in ▁official ▁documents ▁in ▁Ab sal on ' s ▁letter ▁of ▁ 8 ▁June ▁ 1 1 9 9 , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁granted ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁his ▁est ates ▁to ▁Sor ø ▁Kloster kir ke ▁in ▁Sor ø . ▁It ▁was ▁called ▁Hol b æ k ga ard , ▁a ▁larger ▁farm ▁belonging ▁to ▁a ▁no blem an , ▁around ▁which ▁the ▁city ▁eventually ▁developed . ▁ ▁Next ▁it ▁appears ▁in ▁Val dem ar ▁the ▁Victor ious ' s ▁book ▁of ▁properties ▁( see ▁Kong ▁Val dem ars ▁J or deb og ▁on ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁Wikipedia ) ▁in ▁ 1 2 3 1 . ▁Val d mar ▁broke ▁ground ▁for ▁Hol b æ k ▁S lot ▁( Hol b æ k ▁Castle ) ▁in ▁ 1 2 3 6 . ▁ ▁Hol b æ k ▁grew ▁from ▁then ▁on ▁but ▁is ▁not ▁mentioned ▁again ▁until ▁around ▁ 1 4 0 0 ▁when ▁Margaret ▁I ▁came ▁for ▁a ▁court ▁proceed ing ▁that ▁granted ▁her ▁territ ories ▁in ▁J ut land . ▁The ▁event ▁may ▁have ▁triggered ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁city ▁se al , ▁which ▁shows ▁the ▁three ▁trees ▁by ▁the ▁water ▁that ▁are ▁the ▁prominent ▁features ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁se al . ▁ ▁Econom y ▁Comp an ies ▁head qu arter ed ▁in ▁Hol b æ k ▁include