Rosendahl Manor on the island of Zealand -- 3 km south of Faxe. Faxe is a town 10 km northwest of Faxe Ladeplads on Faxe Bugt, the east coast of Zealand, and about 50 km southwest of Copenhagen (this means buyers’ harbor)
Lyngby -- there is a Lyngby about 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. Also a Lynby a small town about 25 km southwest of Thisted, west coast of Jutland. There is also a Lyngby, a small town about 10 km southeast of Grenaa on the East Coast of Jutland.
Roskilde -- a town about 30 km west of Copenhagen.
Vejlø -- A town about 10 km south of Naestved. Also a larger town Vejle on Vejle Fjord on the east coast of Jutland 160 km west of Copenhagen.
Esbjerg:
Esbjerg's oldest existing house, on the corner of Kongensgade, was built around 1660. The town itself was not established until 1868 when it was built as a replacement for the harbour in Altona, which had previously been Denmark's most important North Sea port but came under German control after the Second Schleswig War in 1864. At the time, Esbjerg consisted of only a few farms. Developed under royal decree from 1868 until 1874, the harbour was officially opened in 1874, with rail connections to Varde and to Fredericia, an important hub on the east coast of Jutland. Initial planning of the town was conducted by chartered surveyor H. Wilkens in 1870 with streets laid out in the form of a rectangular grid. The market square (Torvet) was positioned at the centre, midway between the harbour and the railway station. From only 400 inhabitants at the beginning of the 1870s, the town and its population grew rapidly,with 1529 residents mentioned in 1880, and 4,211 in 1890.
Esbjerg in May 1945
In 1893, Esbjerg became a municipality in its own right (initially known as Esbjerg Ladeplads), receiving the status and privileges of a market town in 1899 and incorporating the parish of Jerne (east of the centre) in 1945. A number of institutions and facilities were soon established, including the courthouse and town hall (1891), the gas and waterworks (1896) and the power plant (1907).From the beginning of the 20th century, Esbjerg prospered not only as a fishing port but became one of the country's major export centres. Established in 1895 by nine local dairies, the butter-packaging factory, Dansk Andels Smørpakkeri, employed some 150 workers until 1920, packing and dispatching butter for the London market. It was later extended to include egg marketing under the name Dansk Andels Ægeksport. Ultimately, it handled produce from 140 dairies spread across the whole of Jutland. After the Second World War, the town developed several agricultural industries, especially meat processing and packaging with a plant employing over 300. The slaughterhouse and meat packaging facility, Esbjerg Andels-Slagteri, established in 1887, became Denmark's sixth largest by 1962. It later became part of Vestjyske Slagterier in 1986, and in 2001, it was acquired by Danish Crown.
Once Denmark's principal fishing port, the Port of Esbjerg is still a driving force for the town's economy. While it has a long history of ferry services to England, the town is by no means a tourist destination. Lonely Planet remarked that "nobody comes to Esbjerg for a holiday, in fact, as with many industrial ports, most visitors rush through as quickly as possible". Esbjerg is the main town for Denmark's oil and offshore activities, with companies like Maersk, Ramboll, Stimwell Services, ABB,Schlumberger, COWI and Atkins all having offshore-related activities in the town. Halliburton has an office in Esbjerg. The port has served the Danish offshore industry since oil and gas were first extracted from the North Sea in the early 1970s. More recently, it has become a centre for shipping offshore wind turbines. In addition to handling 65 percent of all Danish wind turbines, which supply 3 gigawatts (4,000,000 hp) of offshore wind power, components have been shipped to various British wind farms. In order to cope with enormous future increases in Danish offshore wind power, 12 companies, including DONG Energy and Bluewater Energy Services are already planning the establishment of a Green Offshore Centre in Esbjerg. In connection with this, in June 2013, the port was significantly expanded with the opening of the Østhavn (East Harbour), covering an area of 650,000 m2 (7,000,000 sq ft).
Historically, in addition to its success as a fishing port, Esbjerg established its position as one of the country's major export centres. Before World War II, there was a large butter factory, Dansk Andels Smørpakkeri, employing some 150 workers while after the war the town developed agricultural industries, especially for meat processing and packaging with a plant employing over 300. Latterly owned by Danish Crown and employing 500, the plant closed in May 2012.
More recently, Esbjerg has grown into an important centre for education with campuses belonging to the University of Southern Denmark (1998) and Aalborg University (1995). The town holds an annual music festival spanning two weekends (nine days) in mid-August. It is focused around the central Torvet Square which hosts the main stage. The music includes everything from church concerts to opera and pop.
The older section of the city has many impressive buildings from the beginning of the industrialization of the city around the 1900. Esbjerg has an excellent Fishing and Seafaring Museum (Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet) which has a superb aquarium. The museum is a great place for children. Close to the museum is the famous ”Men at Sea” (Mennesket ved Havet) outdoor sculpture which is a very imposing sculpture of four men looking out to see.
The city is also the home of the oldest lightship or light vessel in the world. Lightships were essentially ships that act as a lighthouse. They were used in areas where the building of a lighthouse was unsuitable because the water was too deep or the ground was too unstable. At the Lightship Museum (Museumsfyrskib) you may board the 1912 lightship too see what living conditions were like on board.
Rinkøbing:
Ringkøbing - an Old Market Town
Ringkøbing, the oldest town in the area, is like a ”nice old lady” who greets her guests welcome with a big smile.
Ringkøbing is one of the best kept market towns in Denmark. In the old days, people travelled here from afar to trade livestock in the market square; today people come to experience this charming old town with stone paved streets and beautiful houses; and, of course, to go shopping.
The Shipyard and the Windmill Industry
Ringkøbing is the oldest town in the area. In 1443 it was pronounced a market town by the king; but it was to last more than a hundred years before the town prospered due to the livestock trade and an expanding fishing industry. Ringkøbing Amt was founded in 1794 and thereby Ringkøbing became Denmark's smallest county capital. Later, the shipyard was built and also the windmill industry came to town. Today, most of those businesses are closed, and the town is working hard to keep the ones that are left and to create new businesses.
Ringkøbing's Famous Sons
A couple of famous danish men have grown up in Ringkøbing. One of the town's famous sons helped map a part of Greenland; another famous son became the prime minister of Denmark.
I.C. Christensen was the prime minister of Denmark from 1905-1908. He had many areas of responsibility in his political career; he took part in the negotiations about Iceland in 1918 and Greenland in 1924; he was minister of culture and created the Danish 'menighedsråd', which gave civilian citizens a democratic vote in the churches in Denmark in 1901.
On Expedition to Greenland
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen was a famous Danish arctic explorer. He travelled with Grønlandsekspeditionen (an expedition to Greenland) in 1906-1908. During the final expedition, Mylius Erichsen and his colleges died. They were surprised by an early spring which made travelling by dog-sled impossible; therefore they never reached the expedition's basecamp and its supplies; instead they died in the overwhelming cold. Mylius-Erichsen mapped the northeastern part of Greenland, where a large area has been named after him in honor of his sacrifice and his dedication to explore the area.
Statues have been made of both men; one of them (I.C. Christensen) is situated on the road to Holstebro, the other (Mylius-Erichsen) stands in front of Ringkøbing Museum.
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