"Almost 1000 years old"
Gamle Kirke | Rinkenaes | Denmark | 2012-09
Nearby to our holiday village Rendbjerg is the comunity of Rinkenaes. In Rinkenaes there are 2 churches. One older one, known as one of the oldest in Denmark, the other one is new (built in 1932). Here are the pics from the older one, the gamle kirke.
"Water all around it"
Castle | Glücksburg | Germany | 2012-09
Glücksburg Castle (Danish: Lyksborg slot) is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe. It was for the Duke's lines of the house Glücksburg a headquarter and was temporary residence of the Danish royal family. The building is located in Glücksburg near Flensburg Fjord. The family members of the house Glücksburg are related to almost all European dynasties. Origin: wikipedia
"The german door to the Baltic Sea"
Selent | Preetz | Kiel | Germany | 2012-09
As we visited some friends in and around Kiel we made a short hike through the inner city of Kiel watching the ferries to the Baltic Sea.
"New Cruisers and old coffin-ships"
Bay of Kiel | Kiel | Germany | 2012-09
As we visited some friends in and aorund Kiel we stayed an afternoon at the beach near Laboe. You can see a lot of Cruise Liners and Container Ships on their shipping channel from Kiel to the Baltic Sea.
"One of the oldest cemetery in Northern Europe"
Old Cemetery | Flensburg | Germany | 2012-09
As Old Cemetery (Danish: The Old Town Kirkegaard) refers to the oldest cemetery in the city of Flensburg who is also regarded as one of the oldest municipal burial grounds in northern Europe. Origin: wikipedia
"Where the collected traffic violator´s points were stored"
Flensburg | Germany | 2012-09
Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the Germany. After Kiel and Lübeck it is the third largest town in Schleswig-Holstein.
In May 1945 Flensburg was the seat of the last government of Nazi Germany, the so called Flensburg government led by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz.
Flensburg's city centre lies about 7 km from the Danish border.
In Germany, Flensburg is known for
- the nationwide database of traffic violators
- its beer Flensburger Pilsener, also called "Flens"
- the greeting Moin
- the large erotic mail-order companies Beate Uhse and Orion
"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
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