"Today a hospital - 350 years ago a palace"

Augustenborg | Sonderborg | Denmark | 2012-08

Augustenborg Palace is a Rococo-style palace in the southwestern part of Augustenborg, Als Island, Denmark, overlooking Augustenborg Fjord. The palace owes its name to Duchess Auguste. The original half-timbered manor house was built in 1660-4 by Ernest Günther. The largest room in the castle was the church hall, which dates from the late 18th century. It is a successor building of an older chapel from 1671, which was demolished before the construction of the castle. Origin: wikipedia

"The Church with the 2 towers"

Cemetery | Broager | Denmark | 2012-08

In Broager, between Sonderborg and Krusa, there is Denmarks only 2-towered church. Around this nice building it is the cemetery and a monument to remember the Broager victims of World War 1. In Nybol there is a little church with cemetery which I visited later that day.

"That´s why the victory column in Berlin was built"

Dybbol Banke | Sonderborg | Denmark | 2012-08

The Battle of Dybbøl (Danish: Slaget ved Dybbøl) was the key battle of the Second Schleswig War and occurred on the morning of 18 April 1864 following a siege starting on 7 April. Denmark suffered a severe defeat against the German Confederation, which decided the war. During the battle around 3,600 Danes and 1,200 Prussians were either killed, wounded or disappeared. On the field of Dybbøl were formerly national symbols of both warring sides: the Danish Dybbøl Mill and the German Düppeldenkmal. Dybbøl Mill still stands, but the German victory monument was blown up in 1945. Origin: wikipedia

"Where Margarete spends her summer holiday" - Part 2

Palace | Grasten | Denmark | 2012-08

Gråsten Palace (Danish: Gråsten Slot) is best known for being the summer residence of the Danish Royal Family. It is located in Gråsten in the Jutland region of southern Denmark. The main house has a modern, all-white facade, with Venetian doors opening onto sweeping, manicured lawns and gravel walkways. The grounds include a huge stables court. Origin: wikipedia

"Where Margarete spends her summer holiday" - Part 1

Palace | Grasten | Denmark | 2012-08

Gråsten Palace (Danish: Gråsten Slot) is best known for being the summer residence of the Danish Royal Family. It is located in Gråsten in the Jutland region of southern Denmark. The main house has a modern, all-white facade, with Venetian doors opening onto sweeping, manicured lawns and gravel walkways. The grounds include a huge stables court. Origin: wikipedia

"Almost european capital of culture 2017"

Sønderborg | Denmark | 2012-08

The town of Sønderborg is home to Sønderborg Castle (Sønderborg Slot and has a population of 27,304 (1 January 2012). Sønderborg castle is in the centre of the town, and houses a museum focusing on the history and culture of the area. Origin: wikipedia

"Just beneath the summer palace of Margarete"

Grasten | Denmark | 2012-08

Gråsten (German: Gravenstein), is a town with a population of 4,194 (1 January 2012) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark by the Nybøl Nor at an inlet of the Flensburg Fjord. It belongs to the Sønderborg municipality in Region of Southern Denmark. Origin: wikipedia

"Watch the skeleton of a whale"

Kommandørgården | Rømø | Denmark | 2012-08

The Kommandørgården ("Kommandeurshof") is one of the old, rich perquisites Rømø and has long been inhabited by the Chief Administrator of the island. The Kommandeurshof is today one of the sites of the Danish National Museum. Origin: wikipedia

"A long way to go swimming"

Beach | Rømø| Denmark | 2012-08

Northern Europe widest sandy beach (Havsand south and Juvre sand in the north), which is at low water about 2.5 km wide and 8.5 km long, the majority of these masses of sand is removed from the neighboring island of Sylt and washed up on Rømø. It is wider than the Kniepsand at Amrum. Origin: wikipedia

"Walking on the oceanfloor"

Mudflat Hiking Tour | Rømø | Denmark | 2012-08

As we stayed in Rømø we took part in a mudflat hiking tour. With other 30 visitors we walked over the mudflat and looked for some blow lugs.

"The eternal rest of whaling captains"

Rømø Kirke | Rømø | Denmark | 2012-08

The Rømø Kirke, from the year 1200, expanded in the 17th and 18 Century, is dedicated to the patron saint of sailors Saint Clement. The church is surrounded by a cemetery with grave stones of rich whaling captains, known as Commander stones. Origin: wikipedia

"Sylt´s sand is washed up here" - Part 2

Beach | Rømø | Denmark | 2012-08

Rømø is a Danish island in the Wadden Sea. The island has 650 inhabitants as of 1 January 2011 and covers an area of 129 km². Rømø is a popular tourist spot each year, attracted by the clothing optional beaches which can be driven on with motor vehicles legally. Rømø is now the southernmost of Denmark's Wadden Sea Islands. From 1864 until 1920, it belonged to Germany and was part of the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein. Origin: wikipedia

"Sylt´s sand is washed up here" - Part 1

Beach | Rømø | Denmark | 2012-08

Rømø is a Danish island in the Wadden Sea. The island has 650 inhabitants as of 1 January 2011 and covers an area of 129 km². Rømø is a popular tourist spot each year, attracted by the clothing optional beaches which can be driven on with motor vehicles legally. Rømø is now the southernmost of Denmark's Wadden Sea Islands. From 1864 until 1920, it belonged to Germany and was part of the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein. Origin: wikipedia

"Relaxing days in South Jütland" - Part 3

Rendbjerg | Sonderborg | Denmark | 2012-08

Rendbjerg/Denmark was the place where we spent our summer holiday 2012. We hired a house and lived there for about 3 weeks. It was a perfect relaxing time with a harbour and a playground nearby. We made some daytrips f.e. to Flensburg/Germany (20km) and to the island Romo/Denmark (100km).

"Relaxing days in South Jütland" - Part 2

Rendbjerg | Sonderborg | Denmark | 2012-08

Rendbjerg/Denmark was the place where we spent our summer holiday 2012. We hired a house and lived there for about 3 weeks. It was a perfect relaxing time with a harbour and a playground nearby. We made some daytrips f.e. to Flensburg/Germany (20km) and to the island Romo/Denmark (100km).

"Relaxing days in South Jütland" - Part 1

Rendbjerg | Sonderborg | Denmark | 2012-08

Rendbjerg/Denmark was the place where we spent our summer holiday 2012. We hired a house and lived there for about 3 weeks. It was a perfect relaxing time with a harbour and a playground nearby. We made some daytrips f.e. to Flensburg/Germany (20km) and to the island Romo/Denmark (100km).

"British Victims of the World War 2"

British War Cemetery | Berlin | Germany | 2012-08

My second visit in the summer 2012 at the British War Cemetery after the first in june. This time the sun was shining and so I can see the shadows of the thousands of gravestones.

"Silent atmosphere under old trees"

Sacrow Cemetery | Berlin | Germany | 2012-08

Some hundred meters away from the Sacrow Castle and the Sacrow Church there is an old cemetery: The Sacrow Cemetery. It is not big, only some graves, but it has a silent atmosphere.

"A campanile in Berlin"

Heilandskirche | Berlin | Germany | 2012-08

The Protestant Church of the Redeemer (German: Heilandskirche) is located in the south of the village of Sacrow, which since 1939 is incorporated to Potsdam, the capital of the German Bundesland of Brandenburg. It is famous for its Italian Romanesque Revival architecture with a separate campanile (bell tower) and for its localization. It has been built in 1844.
Origin: wikipedia. Unfortunatly the Bell Tower was wrapped because of work.