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Rødby
Rødby is a town located on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. It has a population of 1,957 (1 January 2024).BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark Until 2007, it was the seat of the former Rødby Municipality (Danish: ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune''), and is now located in Lolland Municipality in Region Sjælland. History The town is mentioned for the first time as the village "Ruthby" in the ''Danish Census Book'' from 1231. In the first centuries, Rødby was a trading post and an important ferry point for Scandinavian travellers going to the Duchy of Holstein and to the central parts of Europe. Rødby Municipa ...
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Rødbyhavn
Rødbyhavn () is a small town and harbour on the south coast of Lolland, Denmark, with a population of 1,516 (1 January 2024).BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark Since 2007 it has been a part of Lolland Municipality. Rødbyhavn ("Rødby Harbour") is located approximately southwest of the town of Rødby. It is a harbour on the northern shore of the Fehmarn Belt. A ferry service connects Rødbyhavn with Puttgarden on the island of Fehmarn. Thus one can drive or take the train from Copenhagen over the Fehmarn Belt, and on to Lübeck and Hamburg by European route E47, which in Germany is known as Bundesautobahn 1, autobahn A1 or Vogelfluglinie. The original Lalandia holiday resort is locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolland
Lolland (; formerly spelled ''Laaland'', literally "low land") is the List of islands of Denmark#List of 100 largest Danish islands, fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of . Located in the Kattegat, Belts and Sund area, it is part of Region Sjælland (Region Zealand). As of 1 January 2022, it has 57,618 inhabitants.statistikbanken.dk. People. Population. (Table) BEF4 (Islands). Danmarks Statistik. Retrieved 25 August 2022. Lolland is closely connected to the island of Falster to its east. The locality of Sundby, Lolland, Sundby forms a cross-island urban area with Nykøbing Falster, the largest conurbation partially on Lolland. The most populated settlement on Lolland proper is Nakskov. Overview Lolland is also known as the "pancake island" because of its flatness: the highest point of the entire island is above sea level, just outside the village of Horslunde. The island has been an important communication highway, among others for Nazi Germany during World War II. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fehmarn
Fehmarn (; ; from Old Wagrian Slavic languages, Slavic "''Fe More''", meaning "''In the Sea''") is an island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is Germany's third-largest island, after Rügen and Usedom. Fehmarn is separated from the German peninsula of Wagria in Holstein by the Fehmarn Sound, and from the southern Denmark, Danish island of Lolland by the Fehmarn Belt. It is connected to the Holsatian mainland by the Fehmarn Sound Bridge. The island belongs to the district of Ostholstein (East Holstein). The closest larger towns on the mainland are Heiligenhafen (''Saints’ Harbor'') and Oldenburg in Holstein (founded as ''Starigard''). Right opposite Fehmarn, on the tip of the Wagrian Peninsula, is Großenbrode. The Vogelfluglinie (Danish: Fugleflugtslinjen), an important transport corridor connecting the Danish capital of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand to the second-largest German city of Hamburg via Lübeck, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gutte Eriksen
Gudrum "Gutte" Agnete Tryde Eriksen (20 November 1918 – 8 July 2008) was a Danish ceramist whose works were influenced by the years she spent in Japan studying Asian techniques. It is above all the specially produced glaze which is the distinguishing feature of her undecorated pottery. As a result of both her work and her teaching, she has exerted considerable influence on Danish potters. Biography Born in Rødby on 20 November 1918, Gudrum Agnete Tryde Eriksen was the daughter of the parish priest Erik Eriksen (1870–1947) and Louise Tryde (1876–1966). From 1936, she attended the Danmarks Designskole, School of Arts and Crafts where she specialized in ceramics, graduating in 1939. While still studying, she exhibited at the Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Charlottenborg autumn exhibition in 1938, inspired by old artefacts she had seen in the National Museum of Denmark, National Museum. The demand for ceramics during the Second World War encouraged production in the early 1940s and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Vett
Emil Vett (7 November 1843 – 18 February 1911) was a Danish businessman who was a co-founder of Magasin du Nord. Early life and education Vatt was born on 7 November 1843 in Rødby on Lolland, the son of medical doctor Julius Theodor Emil Vett (1808–1869) and Karen Petrine Bjørn (1813–1881). At the age of 14, he became an apprentice in C. B. Christensen's textile shop in Aarhus. He worked in the shop for a total of nine years and ended up heading it for around a year after the owner had fallen ill. After C. B. Christensen's death, Vett worked briefly in Emil Secher's fashion shop. Career In 1868 Vett established Emil Vett & Co. in a partnership with Theodor Wessel. In 1876 Vett and Wessel moved the firm to Copenhagen. Over the next years it developed into the largest department store in the country under the name Magasin du Nord. The firm established its own textile factory on Landskronagade in Østerbro in 1887. Other activities After partly retiring from the day-to-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maribo
Maribo is a town in Lolland Municipality in Region Zealand, Region Sjælland on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. It was the municipal seat of the former Maribo Municipality, until 1 January 2007, and then it became the seat of the current Lolland Municipality. The merchant town of Maribo is located centrally on Lolland. Its population is 5,786 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark It has, among other facilities, a Gymnasium (school), gymnasium (Secondary school), a public international school, an Maribo Open-Air Museum, open-air museum and a Stiftsmuseum Maribo, cultural heritage museum. A brewery, "Maribo Bryghus" used to be located in the town, but it was c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudbjerg
Until 1 January 2007 Rudbjerg was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') on the southwest coast of the island of Lolland in the former Storstrøm County, southern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 143 km², and had a total population of 3,432 (2005). Its last mayor was Tom Larsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The main town and the site of its municipal council was Dannemare. Rudbjerg municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Holeby, Højreby, Maribo, Nakskov, Ravnsborg, and Rødby municipalities to form the new Lolland municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 892 km² and a total population of 49,469 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Sjælland Region Zealand () is an administrative region of Denmark. It is one of the five classified NUTS-2 statistical regions of Denmark. It was established on 1 Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E47
European route E47 is a road (part of the United Nations international E-road network) connecting Lübeck in Germany to Helsingborg in Sweden via the Danish capital Copenhagen. It is also known as the Vogelfluglinie (German) or Fugleflugtslinjen (Danish). The road is of motorway standard all the way except for in Germany and 6 km (4 miles) of city roads in Helsingør, Denmark; there are also two ferry connections. Improvements A fixed link between Germany and Denmark was planned to have been completed by 2020, now delayed to 2029. It will be a tunnel rather than a bridge. The road across Fehmarn will be widened from two to four lanes before the tunnel opens. A construction start ceremony was held for this on 25 August 2023. Although a bridge-tunnel combination (the Øresund Bridge) has been constructed between Denmark and Sweden further south, a very frequent ferry service continues to operate between Helsingør in Denmark and the northern terminus of the E47 at Hels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophus Halle
Sophus Halle (13 December 1862 – 1924) was a Denmark, Danish teacher, organist and composer. He was born in Rødby and had no music lessons before he came to Jonstrup Seminarium in 1879 - 1882, where he was taught organ and music theory by Carl Mortensen. After being hired as a teacher in Copenhagen, he continued his organ practice and worked as a substitute organist in several churches. From 1896 he was hired as organist at the Immanuel Church until 1905 when he became school inspector at Hans Tavsensgades School and gave up the organist job. In continuation of his duties, Halle was engaged in the Folk music, folk song, i.a. as co-founder of the Danish Choral Association and as a member of a Singing Commission set up by the Copenhagen School Board. His musical legacy consists of a number of choral songs, some collections of children's songs and several books of organ music for church services. In addition, he wrote various books on educational topics. See also *List of Danish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knud Holscher
Knud Helmuth Holscher (born 6 May 1930 in Rødby, Denmark) is a Danish architect and industrial designer. For many years he was a partner in KHR Architects with Svend Axelsson and designed many of their works together. Biography Holscher studied with Erik Christian Sørensen and professor Arne Jacobsen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, graduating in 1957. He joined the office of Arne Jacobsen in 1960 and moved to England to oversee construction of Jacobsen's St Catherine's College, Oxford in 1962. Holscher was awarded the British Design Award in 1965 and 1966 for work done in collaboration with Alan Tye before accepting a partnership in established Danish architectural office Krohn and Hartvig Rasmussen, later renamed KHRAS. Knud Holscher retired from KHRAS in 1995 and has since headed his own office ''Knud Holscher Design''.Poul Erik Skriver: ''Knud Holscher, Architect and Industrial Designer'', Stuttgart/London: Edition Axel Menges, 2000. Page 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Højreby
Until 1 January 2007 Højreby was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') on the island of Lolland in Storstrøm County in south Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 128 km², and had a total population of 4,049 (2005). Its last mayor was Jytte Frijs, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party. The site of its municipal council was the town of Søllested. Højreby municipality ceased to exist as the result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with existing Holeby, Maribo, Nakskov, Ravnsborg, Rudbjerg and Rødby Rødby is a town located on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. It has a population of 1,957 (1 January 2024).Lolland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakskov
Nakskov is a market town on the island of Lolland in south Denmark. The town has a population of 12,200 (1 January 2025) and is the largest town on the island of Lolland. It is located in Lolland municipality in Region Sjælland. Nakskov is situated on the western coast of the island of Lolland, one of the agriculturally richest of the Denmark, Danish islands. It lies adjacent to the inner part of the Nakskov Fjord, an inlet from the Langeland Belt (''Langelandsbælt'') that runs between the islands of Lolland and Langeland. Nakskov Fjord is a Nature reserve, wildlife reserve, known for its bird life. Nakskov is one of the most environmentally conscious and cleanest towns of Denmark. Technological and environmental enterprises have replaced the earlier heavy industries, and in recent years, local government has restored the town. History The area of the current town of Nakskov was settled during the Neolithic period and has been continuously inhabited since. The town received tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
