Potato Germans
King Frederik V wanted the sparsely populated heathland of Jutland to be colonised. He therefore rounded up a large number of South German wine growers and persuaded them to move to the area in 1758. Eighty-eight of the families settled on the rolling heath called…
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Anlagt i 1760 -61. Gårdene blev lagt i to parallelgade, denne er i dag landevejen med skive
År: 1875 (ca.) PHOTO:Hans Smidth
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The German families came to Central Jutland with great expectations, imagining a rich and welcoming…
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