Crime and punishment
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Inger-Marie Børgesen
Better manning rather than straightjackets
Six months before the new mental hospital in Nykøbing on Zealand opened, the soon to be appointed …
Keld Dalsgaard Larsen
Curiosity peaked by body on hill
Was Ry Gallows Hill really the site of executions? High Court attorney Holten, head teacher Nielsen…
Susanne Outzen
Headless skeleton found
In July 1926, the local prehistoric researcher J. Walther carried out an archaeological…
Peter Dragsbo
Tønder sets a fashion
Out with Italy, long live Møgeltønder." That was the battle cry when young architects from…
Peter Dragsbo
Big bang for housing and brothels
The naval base doubled the town population almost overnight. New streets and houses shot up…
Elsemarie Dam-Jensen
Tønder residents start loving their neighbours
In the 18th century, a new religious piety began spreading in Tønder, and one aspect of pietism…
Thomas Roland
Forum Romanum in Høng
Høng was only a village of low, thatched cottages when C.F. Hansen's impressive courthouse…
Thomas Roland
Metropolitan oasis
The City Court is the first building I recall from my childhood visits to Copenhagen. The six…
Kathrine G. Bjerregaard
The sleeping giant
H.C. Ørsted Værket is in the southern part of the Port of Copenhagen. From the day it started…
Kathrine G. Bjerregaard
A doubly useful house" "
Over the entrance to the former prison and manufacturing house is a notice that says: A doubly…
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