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Rydhave (Charlottenlund)
Rydhave (also known as Villa Rydhave) is the official residence of the American ambassador to Denmark. The villa is situated at Strandvejen 259, on the border between Charlottenlund and Skovshoved, Gentofte Municipality. History Early history The house was built in 1885 for Emil Edvard Schnackenburg (18181894) and was designed by the architect Vilhelm Petersen. Emil Edvard was the son of Carl Gotlieb Schnackenburg and Henriette Elisabeth Schnackenburg. He grew up on the family's estate in Vejle, Brandbjerg, which was sold by his father in 1840. He had later married to Caroline Marie Bracht (1829–1908), whose father, Henning Johannes Peter von Bracht, owned Rydhave at Holstebro. Schnackenburg is later mentioned as the owner of a brickyard, most likely Rydhave Brikyard at his father-in-law's estate. Carl Drost, 19001918 Caroline Marie Schnackenburg sold Villa Rydhave to Carl Drost (1852–1926) in 1900. He had made a fortune in the coal trade. In 1903, together with two p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlottenlund
Charlottenlund is a suburban area on the coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the administrative seat of Gentofte Municipality. Bordered to the east by the Øresund, to the South by Hellerup and to the north by Klampenborg, it is one of the wealthiest areas in Denmark. The neighbourhood takes its name after Charlottenlund Palace. History In 1733, King Christian VI of Denmark rebuilt the Gyldenlund Palace, renaming it Charlottenlund Palace after his sister Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Princess Charlotte Amalie. In the 19th century, it became popular with the bourgeoisie in Copenhagen to make excursions to the countryside north of the city. Charlottenlund Forest was a popular destination. The postal code of Charlottenlund is 2920. Schools Culture and recreation Local landmarks include Charlottenlund Palace and Gentofte Town Hall. The Ordrupgaard Museum boasts collections of Danish and French art from the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Charlottenlund Fort i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kvistgård
Kvistgård is a small town in the southwestern outskirts of Helsingør, Helsingør Municipality, some 40 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is situated in the fork between the Helsingør Motorway to the east, separating it from Espergærde, and Helsingørsvej (part of National route 9) to the west. Kvistgård railway station is a stop on the Lille North railway line between Helsingør and Hillerød. As of 2025, Kvistgård has a population of 1,214. History The first known reference to the village of Nyrup (''Nuthorp'') is in a letter from Pope Alexander III dated 2 November 1178. The village belonged to Esrum Abbey until the Reformation. In 1497 it consisted of 10 farms and in 1681 of six farms and four houses. From 1674 until 1712 the residence of the forester of Kronborg County was in Nyrup. After that he resided at Gurrehus. Before Fredensborg was built, the king also had a hunting lodge at Nyrup. It was located a little north of the village. Nyrup was located at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880s Architecture In Denmark
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Arrest
House arrest (also called home confinement, or nowadays electronic monitoring) is a legal measure where a person is required to remain at their residence under supervision, typically as an alternative to imprisonment. The person is confined by the authorities to their residence. Travel is usually restricted and may require prior approval. Since the introduction of electronic tagging a person under house arrest may be monitored electronically, and their movements are typically tracked. House arrest is also used in some cases for individuals convicted of minor offenses. In certain situations, such as in authoritarian regimes, house arrest may be used to restrict the freedom of political governments against political dissidents, sometimes limiting or monitoring their communication with the outside world. If electronic communication is allowed, conversations may be monitored. There is much criticism of the effectiveness of house arrest. History Judges have imposed sentences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Best
Karl Rudolf Werner Best (10 July 1903 – 23 June 1989) was a German jurist, police chief, SS-''Obergruppenführer'', Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret police, and initiated a registry of all Jews in Germany. As a deputy of SS-''Obergruppenführer'' Reinhard Heydrich, he organized the SS-''Einsatzgruppen'' paramilitary death squads that carried out mass-murder in Nazi-occupied territories. Best served in the German military occupation administration of France (1940–1942) and then became the civilian administrator of occupied Denmark (1942–1945). Convicted of war crimes in Denmark, he was released from prison in 1951. Following his release, Best campaigned for amnesty for Nazi war criminals and against the abolition of the statute of limitations. He escaped further prosecution in West Germany in 1972 due to ill health and died in 1989, aged 85. Early life Werner Best was born on 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest of Copenhagen. Dating back to the late 8th century, Aarhus was founded as a harbour settlement at the mouth of the Aarhus River and quickly became a trade hub. The first Christian church was built here around the year 900 and later in the Viking Age the town was fortified with defensive ramparts. The Ancient See of Aarhus, bishopric of Aarhus grew steadily stronger and more prosperous, building several religious institutions in the town during the early Middle Ages. Trade continued to improve, although it was not until 1441 that Aarhus was granted market town privileges, and the population of Aarhus remained relatively stable until the 19th century. The city began to grow significantly as trade prospered in the mid-18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordborg
Nordborg (), is a town with a population of 5,680 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from which was the seat of the former Nordborg municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Sønderborg Municipality, |
Rydhave Proposal 01
Rydhave (also known as Villa Rydhave) is the official residence of the American ambassador to Denmark. The villa is situated at Strandvejen 259, on the border between Charlottenlund and Skovshoved, Gentofte Municipality. History Early history The house was built in 1885 for Emil Edvard Schnackenburg (18181894) and was designed by the architect Vilhelm Petersen. Emil Edvard was the son of Carl Gotlieb Schnackenburg and Henriette Elisabeth Schnackenburg. He grew up on the family's estate in Vejle, Brandbjerg, which was sold by his father in 1840. He had later married to Caroline Marie Bracht (1829–1908), whose father, Henning Johannes Peter von Bracht, owned Rydhave at Holstebro. Schnackenburg is later mentioned as the owner of a brickyard, most likely Rydhave Brikyard at his father-in-law's estate. Carl Drost, 19001918 Caroline Marie Schnackenburg sold Villa Rydhave to Carl Drost (1852–1926) in 1900. He had made a fortune in the coal trade. In 1903, together with two p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hørsholm
Hørsholm () is an urban area on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers most of Hørsholm Municipality and straddles the borders neighbouring Fredensborg Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality. Hørsholm proper is developed around Hirschholm Palace, which was constructed in the 1730s, but the town has later absorbed several of the nearby communities that are of much older origins. History Palace and market town Hørsholm was founded in connection with the construction of Hirschholm Palace. Niels Eigtved created a plan for a residence town in 1737 and to stimulate its growth, it was given status as market town in 1739. However, it never came to serve as a market town and was still only a small settlement when the palace was demolished between 1810 and 1816. Over the following decades it grew as a garrison town and a local centre for trade. Industrialization A textile factory, later known as the Royal Military Textile Factory, had already been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holstebro
Holstebro is the main town in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. The town, bisected by Storå, Denmark, ''Storåen'' ("The Large Creek") and has a population of 37,487 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark History The town arose at a ford (crossing), ford by the creek, and later a bridge was erected. The name probably derives from ''holdested ved broen'' (lit, "a resting place by the bridge"). Holstebro was first mentioned in a letter from Bishop Thyge of Ribe in 1274. A large fire in 1552 destroyed many of the town's old buildings. On 11 February 1962 parts of Holstebro were hit by a high-end F3/T7 tornado. This was the most devastating tornado in Denmark's history & 3rd ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gentofte Municipality
Gentofte Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in the Capital Region of Denmark (''Region Hovedstaden'') on the east coast of the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. It covers an area of , and has a total population of 75,076 (1. January 2025). Since 17 May 2021, its mayor has been Michael Fenger, a member of the Conservative People's Party (''Det Konservative Folkeparti''). Gentofte is the most wealthy municipality in Denmark and consists of several fashionable Copenhagen suburbs such as Hellerup and Charlottenlund. The municipality is an amalgamation of three formerly independent towns, and several other local settlements, all close to one another. The site of its municipal council is in Charlottenlund. The three original towns were Gentofte, Vangede and Ordrup. It later included Tuborg, Skovshoved, Dyssegård, Hellerup, Jægersborg, and Klampenborg. Neighboring municipalities are Lyngby-Taarbæk to the north, Gladsaxe to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vejle
Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality (''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'') and the Region of Southern Denmark. The city has a population of 62,011 (As of January 1. 2025), making it the ninth largest city in Denmark. Vejle Municipality has a population of 122,433 (), making it the fifth most populous municipality in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region (Denmark), Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Fredericia. Vejle is located 110 kilometres (68 miles) north of Germany, 70 kilometres (43,5 miles) from Aarhus and 240 kilometres (149 miles) from the capital Copenhagen. Vejle is most known for its forested hills, Vejle fjord, harbour, shopping, pedestrian mall, windmill and an astonishing architecture near the harbour. Etymology The name "Vejle" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
