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Sandbjerg Mansion
Broager Church
Enjoy the beach at Vemmingbund
Horse driven pug mill at Cathrinesminde Brickworks Museum
and see the cultural traces after no
fewer than eight tileworks. See p. 40.
The Sandbjerg Mansion ranks
among the most beautiful mansions
in Southern Jutland and was built in
1788. It served the Prussians as a military
headquarters and a field hospital
during the war of 1864. On June 29,
1864 its clock played a crucial role
when it signalled the Prussians crossing
Alssund at two o’clock at night.
Aarhus University now uses this
mansion for course activities.
The Nydamstien’s route follows the
water via the beautiful Sottrup Forest,
where the final battle of the 1864 war
was begun. There are still traces after
excavated cannon positions in the
forest, and you can also see slideways
in the slopes where the Prussians put
their boats in the water when they
went to the island Als. The tour goes
past the mansion to Nydam Mose
bog. Read more on p. 41.
Weapons finds in Nydam Bog
indicate permanent residents’ battle
against outsiders. During peat-digging
in the bog people came across
wooden planks and, when an excavation
was carried out in 1863, not
only arrowheads and spearheads in
large numbers were found; also three
boats from around 310 AD emerged.
One was an oak tree boat axed into
pieces, the other was a fir tree boat
lost in the war of 1864. The third
one is known as the Nydambåden
and can be seen in Gottorp Palace in
Schleswig. Today the bog looks like it
did before the finds were made.
The Nydambåden’s Laug guild is
building a true copy of the Nydam
Boat by the help of old shipbuilding
techniques. The wood is prepared by
the help of laborious craftsmanship
and adapted and nailed together into
a clincher-built, 23 metres long boat.
The ship will be launched on
August 17, 2013, which is the 150
years anniversary of the following
record made by archaeologist Conrad
Engelhardt in his excavation protocol:
“In the middle of the grave, we encountered
the middle of the large
rowing boat made of oak.”
You can follow the work at Nydambåden’s
Shipyard. See p. 51.
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