Ladelund Agricultural School

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Denmark's first dairy school

By Linda Kiltmøller, Mag.art. og cand.mag. i europæisk etnolgi og historie (3 stories)

Ladelund Agricultural School was founded in 1879 by Niels Pedersen. The teaching was based on folk high school lines but with technical subjects given top priority. All teaching was theoretical. An entry requirement for the school was therefore a solid grounding in the practical business. The school had its biggest impact on Danish dairying when it founded the country's first course for dairy workers in 1887. This course defined the rules for the dairy workers' education for the next 75 years. The dairy school closed in 1972 and Ladelund Agricultural School closed in 1999. Today, the buildings house Ladelund Efterskole, a boarding college that has no link with agriculture.

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Story written by Linda Kiltmøller

Time / Periode 1879 1999

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The harvest had been gathered, and threshing was in full swing at Ladelund Agricultural School when disaster struck at six on the morning of 26 August 1914. A spark from the thresher ignited the grain in the barn and soon the whole building was alight. A strong wind fanned the flames, which quickly spread to the surrounding buildings. As Brørup Telephone Exchange didn't open until seven o'clock the only alternative was to dispatch a cyclist to fetch the fire brigade. Help arrived, but far too late and before nightfall almost the entire school had burned to the ground. Only the main building and laboratory escaped the flames.