Nykøbing Falster

Nykøbing Falster, city, western Falster island, Denmark, on Guldborg Sound. It was founded around a 12th-century castle where Christopher II died (1332) and where Christian V was married (1667), and it was chartered in 1539. The city is now a commercial centre. Medieval remains include ruins of the castle (destroyed 1767) and a 15th-century Gothic church that was part of a monastery until 1532. The house where Peter the Great stayed in 1716 is now a local museum. Pop. (2008 est.) 16,260.