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Møgeltønder
Møgeltønder () is a small town in Denmark, located in Møgeltønder Parish, Tønder Municipality, in the southwestern corner of the Danish peninsula of Jutland 5 kilometres north of the Danish-German border and 4 kilometres west of Tønder. Møgeltønder is known for its picturesque main street, the large 12th-century church, and Schackenborg Castle. As of 2024, it has a population of 754.BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Møgeltønder Church Møgeltønder Church is one of the largest villag ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Møgeltønder Church
Møgeltønder () is a small town in Denmark, located in Møgeltønder Parish, Tønder Municipality, in the southwestern corner of the Danish peninsula of Jutland 5 kilometres north of the Danish-German border and 4 kilometres west of Tønder. Møgeltønder is known for its picturesque main street, the large Møgeltønder Church, 12th-century church, and Schackenborg Castle. As of 2024, it has a population of 754.BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark Møgeltønder Church Møgeltønder Church is one of the largest village churches in southern Jutland. The church was built in but had the nave extended and a larger choir added c1275. The tower with the tall spire was added in the 15th century. The church was owned by the counts Schack of S ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Møgeltønder Alley
Møgeltønder () is a small town in Denmark, located in Møgeltønder Parish, Tønder Municipality, in the southwestern corner of the Danish peninsula of Jutland 5 kilometres north of the Danish-German border and 4 kilometres west of Tønder. Møgeltønder is known for its picturesque main street, the large 12th-century church, and Schackenborg Castle. As of 2024, it has a population of 754.BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Møgeltønder Church |
Hans Schack, 4th Count Of Schackenborg
Hans Schack, Count of Schackenborg (14 January 1734 – 21 August 1796) was a Danish nobleman and enfeoffed count (). He was the fourth holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1741 to 1796. Biography Hans Schack was born on 14 January 1734 at Schackenborg Castle in Møgeltønder in the Kingdom of Denmark. Born into the noble family of Schack, he was the fifth child and eldest surviving son of the Danish nobleman and civil servant Otto Didrik Schack, and his wife Anna Ernestine Frederikke Vilhelmine Gabel .Danmarks Adels Aarbog, 1932 p. 66. At the early death of his father on 11 July 1741, he inherited the Countship of Schackenborg and assumed the title of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Møgeltønder Parish
Møgeltønder Parish () is a parish in the Diocese of Ribe in Tønder Municipality, Denmark. The parish contains the town of Møgeltønder Møgeltønder () is a small town in Denmark, located in Møgeltønder Parish, Tønder Municipality, in the southwestern corner of the Danish peninsula of Jutland 5 kilometres north of the Danish-German border and 4 kilometres west of Tønder .... References Tønder Municipality Parishes of Denmark {{SouthernDK-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schackenborg Castle
Schackenborg Castle (, ) is a château located in Møgeltønder Parish, Southern Jutland. From 1993 until 2014, it was the private residence of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the second son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. History Originally called Møgeltønderhus (Møgeltønder House), the former stronghold on the site was the property of the Roman Catholic bishops of Ribe. It served as protection against the Frisians in the south, and guarded the waterway that joined Vidå to Tønder. During the Reformation in Denmark, the mansion was confiscated from the Church by the Danish crown. Count Hans von Schack, a Schleswig nobleman and soldier, was given Møgeltønderhus as a token of King Frederick III of Denmark's gratitude for his military achievements in the Northern Wars. Schack demolished most of the mansion in 1661 due to its bad condition, building the more impressive, baroque style "Schackenborg Castle". In 1680, a street was laid out from the manor house, leading towa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Didrik Schack, 3rd Count Of Schackenborg
Otto Didrik Schack, Count of Schackenborg (19 March 1710 – 7 October 1741) was a Danish nobleman and lensgreve, enfeoffed count (). He was the third holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1719 to 1741. Biography Otto Didrik Schack was born on 19 March 1710 at Gram Castle in Gram, Denmark, Gram in the Duchy of Schleswig. Born into the noble family of Schack (noble family), Schack, he was the fifth child and eldest surviving son of the Danish nobleman and civil servant Hans Schack, 2nd Count of Schackenborg, Hans Schack, and his first wife Anna Margrethe Reventlow.Danmarks Adels Aarbog, 1932 p. 64. At the early death of his father on 22 September 1719, he inherited the Countship of Schackenborg and assumed the title of lensgreve, enfeoffed count. Due to his young age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Schack, 2nd Count Of Schackenborg
Hans Schack, Count of Schackenborg (4 March 1676 – 22 September 1719) was a Danish nobleman and enfeoffed count (). He was the second holder of the Countship of Schackenborg from 1683 to 1719. Biography Hans Schack was born on 4 March 1676 in Ribe in the Kingdom of Denmark. Born into the noble family of Schack, he was the second child and eldest surviving son of the Danish nobleman and civil servant Otto Didrik Schack, and his second wife Sophie Dorothea von Marschalk.Danmarks Adels Aarbog, 1932 p. 63. At the death of his grandfather in February 1676, his father had inherited the large manors of Schackenborg and |
County Of Schackenborg
The Countship of Schackenborg was a Danish and for a period German majorat in the southern part of Jutland, which existed from 1676 to 1924. History The Countship of Schackenborg was established on 23 June 1676 by King Christian V of Denmark for Otto Didrik Schack, a member of the noble family of Schack.Danmarks Adels Aarbog (1932), p. 62.Danske Len (1916), p. 91. It consisted of the manors of Schackenborg, Sødamgård, Solvig, and Store Tønde. The holder of the county carried the title of ''enfeoffed count'' (). The countship was inherited by members of the Schack family during its entire existence. It was dissolved in 1924. List of counts of Schackenborg *Otto Didrik Schack, 1st Count of Schackenborg (1652–1683) *Hans Schack, 2nd Count of Schackenborg (1676–1719) *Otto Didrik Schack, 3rd Count of Schackenborg (1710–1741) *Hans Schack, 4th Count of Schackenborg Hans Schack, Count of Schackenborg (14 January 1734 – 21 August 1796) was a Danish nobleman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freya Clausen
Freya Christine Clausen (born 17 November 1978), also known as Freya, is a Danish singer/songwriter and television personality, based in Copenhagen. She worked as an MTV VJ, then moved to VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global's networks division based in New Y ... in 2010. She has released two solo albums, ''Tea with the Queen'' and ''Chasing My Tale''. Since 2010 she has hosted the pan-Scandinavian TV channel Star!'s broadcasts from Stockholm Fashion Week by Berns. Freya released a new single called "Into The Fire" on 29 September 2014. References 1978 births Living people Danish television personalities English-language singers from Denmark 21st-century Danish women singers People from Tønder Municipality Musicians from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tønder Municipality
Tønder (; ) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a population of 7,477 (as of 1 January 2025), it is the main town and the administrative seat of the Tønder Municipality. History The first mention of Tønder might have been in the mid-12th century, when the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi mentioned the landmark ''Tu(r)ndira'', which might have been a reference to either Tønder, or the nearby town of Møgeltønder. Tønder was granted port privileges by the Hanseatic League in 1243, making it Denmark's oldest privileged market town. In 1532 it was hit by severe floods, with water levels reaching 1.8 m in St Laurent's church. In the 1550s, Tønder's port lost direct access to the sea due to Levee, dykes being built to the west of town at the direction of Duke John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev, Hans the Elder of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev, the son of Frederick I of Denmark. The town centre is dominated by houses from the late 17th and early 18th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svend Wiig Hansen
Svend Wiig Hansen (20 December 1922 – 15 March 1997) was a Danish sculptor and painter. Biography Wiig Hansen was born in Møgeltønder. He was initially undecided about his career, working as a circus clown and a singer until a job requiring his help in the completion of climbing angels convinced him he should become a sculptor. After studying at the Danish Academy under Johannes Bjerg and Einar Utzon-Frank (1946–1950), his early sculptures included his monumental burnt clay ''Torso'' (1951) inspired by Aristide Maillol and his cement ''Moder Jord'' (Mother Earth, 1953) influenced in part by precolumbian sculpture. The gigantic group sculpture of ''Mennesket ved havet'' ( Men at Sea, (1994) near Esbjerg is inspired by Cycladic art and the figures on Easter Island. ''Slægt løfter slægt'' (1997), which was installed for a period on Gammel Strand in Copenhagen, depicts a naked couple bearing a naked woman. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tønder
Tønder (; ) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a population of 7,477 (as of 1 January 2025), it is the main town and the administrative seat of the Tønder Municipality. History The first mention of Tønder might have been in the mid-12th century, when the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi mentioned the landmark ''Tu(r)ndira'', which might have been a reference to either Tønder, or the nearby town of Møgeltønder. Tønder was granted port privileges by the Hanseatic League in 1243, making it Denmark's oldest privileged market town. In 1532 it was hit by severe floods, with water levels reaching 1.8 m in St Laurent's church. In the 1550s, Tønder's port lost direct access to the sea due to Levee, dykes being built to the west of town at the direction of Duke John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev, Hans the Elder of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev, the son of Frederick I of Denmark. The town centre is dominated by houses from the late 17th and early 18th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
