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Niels Peder Christian Holsøe
Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (27 November 1826 – 1 January 1895) was a Danish architect, known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways. Biography Holsøe was born at Øster Egesborg near Vordingborg on the island of Zealand, Denmark. He was the son of pastor Lauritz Christian Holsøe (1789-1862) and Vilhelmine Euphrosyne Margrethe, née Feddersen (1797-1871). He was initially trained as a mason, and later was a private student of Gustav Friedrich Hetsch (1788–1864). Afterwards he attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts building school and ornament school from 1842 to 1849 and again from 1851 to 1852, interrupted by his participation in the First Schleswig War. He designed a number of public buildings, especially railway stations in cities including Silkeborg (1871), Varde (1874), Ringkøbing (1875), Ribe (1883), Svendborg (1876), Aarhus East (1877), Thisted (1881), Faaborg (1882) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
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Ribe Railway Station
Ribe () is a town in south-west Jutland, Denmark, with a population of 8,257 (2022). It is the seat of the Diocese of Ribe covering southwestern Jutland. Until 1 January 2007, Ribe was the seat of both a surrounding municipality and county. It is now part of the enlarged Esbjerg Municipality in the Region of Southern Denmark. History The town was a center of commercial activity in the early 8th century, and this may have originated with royal influence. Coins may have been struck there in 720. Whichever king was involved in the digging of the Kanhave Canal may have been involved in the establishment of Ribe also. Trade contacts were mostly with Frisia and England. Of the over 300 sceatas found in Denmark, 216 come from in or around Ribe, most of them the Wodan type, and these were likely minted in Ribe in the early eighth century. The Ancient Diocese of Ribe was established in 948 with the consecration of Leofdag of Ribe as its first bishop. Early in the ninth century a 2-mete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viborg Railway Station
Viborg station ( da, Viborg Station or ''Viborg Banegård'') is a railway station serving the city of Viborg in Jutland, Denmark. Viborg station is located on the Langå-Struer Line from Langå to Struer. The station was opened in 1863 with the opening of the Langå-Viborg section of the Langå-Struer Line. It was moved to its current location in 1896. It offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen and Struer as well as regional train services to Aarhus and Struer. The train services are operated by Arriva and DSB. History The station opened in 1863 to serve as terminus of the new railway line from Langå to Viborg. In 1864, the railway line was continued to Skive and in 1865 to Struer. In 1893, Viborg station also became the southern terminus of the new Viborg-Aalestrup railway line, which connected with the Hobro-Aalestrup-Løgstør Line a month later. The original Viborg station was a terminal station, and trains arriving there had to end their journeys (terminate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård
Frederiksberg Ældre Kirkegård is a cemetery in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. It was established in 1734 behind Frederiksberg Church. Burials * C.F. Gerner Andersen * Kai Normann Andersen * Peter Andersen * Christian Augustinus * Ludvig Augustinus * William Augustinus * Christian Bache * Kristian Bahnson * N.E. Bank-Mikkelsen * Vilhelm Bardenfleth * Frederik Barfod * Thorkil Barfod * Waldemar Gustav Otto Bauditz * Johan Christian Theodor Bayer * Julius August Bentzien * Niels Viggo Bentzon * Ole Berggreen * Theodor Bergh * F.J. Billeskov Jansen * Gert Due Billing * Børge Binderup * Johanne Bindesbøll * Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll * Thorvald Bindesbøll * Anne Birch * Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod * Vilhelm Bjerring * August Blom * Holger Boland * Kjeld Bonfils * Ludvig Bramsen * C.F. Bricka * Edvard Brink * Lily Broberg * Ane Brügger * Johannes Brøndsted * Frederik Bøgh (forfatter) (nedlagt) * Nicolai Bøgh * Andreas Lorentz Casse * Carl Claudius * Jona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarhus Hospital
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest of Copenhagen. The largest city in Jutland, Aarhus anchors the Central Denmark Region and the statistical region ' (''LØ'') (lit.: Province East Jutland). The LØ is the second most populous statistical region in Denmark with an estimated population of 903,974 (). Aarhus Municipality defines the greater Aarhus area as itself and eight adjacent municipalities totalling 952,824 inhabitants () which is roughly analogous to the municipal and commercial collaboration Business Region Aarhus. The city proper, with an estimated population of 285,273 inhabitants (), ranks as the 2nd-largest city in Denmark. Aarhus dates back to at least the late 8th century and is among the oldest cities in Denmark. It was founded as a harbour settlement at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
