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Exploring Sønderborg, Denmark and Learning about the border with Germany
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- We explore Sønderborg, Denmark and realize there is a lot we need to learn. We do our best to understand the highlights of the battle of 1864, the significance of Sønderborg Slot, the 1920 vote that drew the Denmark/German border as we know it today, and how Corona has divided the countries once again.
We also visit the island of Årø and talk to the brewer of the Aarø brewery. You must visit and try, it is wonderful!
Årø Brewery - www.aaroebryg.dk/
Sønderborg Slot - msj.dk/soender...
1864 Battlefield - 1864.dk/
Battle of Dybbøl - en.wikipedia.o...
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You have done it again 👍🏻 but you have started in the middle of the conflict,with the second Slesvig war. We actually had a war about the Slesvig-Holstein area from 1848 to 1850. That we won. But my suggestion to you is now you have to come to Ebeltoft to see the maritime side of the war of 1864. In Ebeltoft we have the frigat Jutland in dock as a museum ship. It was part of the victorious danish navy at the battle of Helgoland in the North Sea. Against a Austria Germany battle group. If you want to have a little local guidance please contact me. We have a lot of other interesting history to see in this area, and it would be my pleasure to help you seeing it.
Sincerely your admirer
Jean Philip Ricard.
In about 10-20 episodes @Robe Trotting will get to the episode where this whole mess started with a treaty in the middleages about how Slesvig/Schleswig and Holsten/Holstein shouldn't be separated.
well ... the whole history goes back to the middle ages.
It probably would have been a lot easier to find a solution if they haven't made that stupid treaty in 1460 demanding that Holstein and Slesvig should be forever united.
(given that Holstein was primarily German and Slesvig Danish)
Had the British actually gone to Denmarks aid as agreed under the treaty after the first Slesvig-Holstein war the chances are that the first and second world wars would never have occurred.
I admire your curiosity and desire to experience Denmark. Each city has its own charm and history, and beer! - Thank you for allowing us to be a spectator on your journey. Idea for Joshua: Aren't you going to experiment with making your own beer? I'm sure many are ready to guide you!
Perhaps, I may start with snaps though. For the moment there is no shortage of amazing beers in Denmark for me to try :).
The Danish historian Tom Buk-Swienty has written a fantastic book about the War of 1864 that's been translated into English as "1864: The Forgotten War that Shaped Modern Europe" (Danish title: "Slagtebænk Dybbøl"). Highly recommended if you can find it, it's probably on Kindle if nothing else.
Kaptain Dinesen who participated in the battle was among many other things the father of the famous writer Karen Blixen who's novel Out of Africa was filmatised in 1985 with Merryl Streep and Redford as main actors. Swienty has written books about the Dinesen family too.
I like 1864 Sønner af de slagne by Rasmus Glenthøj. He also wrote 1814 Krig Nederlag Frihed and Skilsmissen: Dansk og Norsk identitet før og efter 1814. Reccomended reading.
+ "Dommedag Als"
I can relate to your family tree. I am named after my great grand farther sho fought in both Slesvig wars. 1848 - 50 and 1864. He survived both and live to 90, but after the second war he drank a bottle of snaps every day.
What I love about your travels across Denmark is that I get an endless supply of fantasy names to use in my RPGs... All I have to do is listen to how you try to pronounce Danish towns and places... Please visit more small hamlets in Jylland!
My great-grandfather had to fight for the Germans during 1.worldwar. He was a Dane (sønderjyde) and he lived to tell my dad of the east and west front. And my grandmother on my moms side was the 2. out of 10 kids who was born as a Dane. The rest of her siblings where born as Germans. And my grandmother used to work at Gråsten kro. My parents now live in Sønderborg right next to Sønderborg slot. Wonderful place ❤️😍
Brisket is on fire is this episode!
I laughed out loud at this one, he was definitely full of energy last night.
OMG😱 They killed Brisket... you bastards!!!.😂
13:40 the shortest ferryride I know of here in Denmark is the ferryride to the island of Fur (2 min. maybe) You should go there. It has a brewery aswell.
Give man an island and he will make beer lol
Brisket trying to eat Joshua's shirt at 8:47 made me laugh. 😂 Great video!
Haha, he was up to no good last night. I think he's disappointed he's not been featured more as of late ;).
@@TravelinYoung Maybe he wants you to do a video about the dog parks of Denmark. 😆
@@TravelinYoung 🤣
1:59 and 2:07 also 😂
@@TravelinYoung "Brisket The Movie", or his ovn section in every vdo
Fun detail on Årø with a Danish flag fluttering in the background and the Norwegian flag on your jacket. I’m Norwegian, and Danish and Swedish, but here’s the thing. Denmark lost a lot in the 1800’s. 50 years before 1864 and the loss of Schleswig, Holstein and Sønderjylland they lost the whole country of Norway to Sweden (1814). Norway did achieve some self rule under Sweden and last month, the Norwegian flag, based in part on the Danish, reflecting our union from 1397 to 1814, officially chosen in May 1821, turned 200 years!
I just love your channel 😍, as a southern dane (born in sønderborg) I just like it, and as a dane with a family history going back to the 12 centry minimum in southern jutland, I of course have a few stories, my grandmother was born before the reunion in 21' and when she was on her last days she only spoke German, although she was danish and our family also lost 2 young guys in WW1 drafter into the German army!, since they were caught in the south of the border
And when I was a little boy we had 3 language, danish, German and a mix called platdeutch
Thanks! That is super interesting. I really enjoyed that part of Denmark and look forward to visiting again :).
Hello there! (all 4 of you)
thank you for all your great videos about Denmark. I really enjoy them.
You really should be Denmark's cultural ambassadors!
Keep up the good work!
Hello there! Thanks for saying that :).
Hey, that’s my old school mate from Resenbro Skole near Silkeborg, Ole Dam. 😄👍
I’m coming to Sønderborg later this year, see you then Ole 😊
Cool!
You guys are so exploratory and adventurous, it's great and fun to follow along with you. Also, your video production end editing skills are marvelous, must have some type of professional background, no?.
Thanks so much for saying that! Josh here, I have a degree in TV production and worked at a TV station in the US many years ago. It has always been a passion and interest of mine, so this has been a fun way to get back into it and learn new things.
It is really nice for people to notice. I do put a bit of time into making the quality as good as possible. I hope it can continue to improve, I've recently added the maps as I spent a bit of time learning how to do those in after effects. It is so much fun!
Love watching Denmark, through your eyes
and the food/drink experiences!
See you on the next one guys 👀
- hello from Hundested 🌸🌱
a place for you guys to start, if you wanna learn more of the war of 1864, is the movie "1864: The Battle for Europe" (danish title: 1864 - brødre i krig). Its about that war, Its based on a hotly debated TV-mini series that ran a few years back.
It's so cool that you got to try both "Solæg" and "Kong Fidde's Livret" .. thanks for visiting, hope you come again another time :-)
They were both priorities :). We do plan to come back for sure!
Hello, if you are interested in learning more about the war of 1864 (Second Schleswig War) please feel free to get in touch. I'm a Danish historian/journalist (and fan of your channel), who has worked extensively with the Second Schleswig War for several years.
Nice video, but you have to come back to Sønderjylland next year in the summertime in June and July when there are Ringridning in almost every town.
Ringridning is like a joust competition and very special to Sønderjylland.
There are 3 major Ringridninger: Gråsten, Aabenraa and Sønderborg.
Gråsten is "the royale one" because the royale family uses Gråsten Slot as their sommer residens.
Aabenraa and Sønderborg always fight about who¨s the biggest.
Usual there are more horses i Aabenraa and more visitors in Sønderborg.
In Sønderborg is the Ringridermuseum.
And if you visit Sønderjylland again there are 5 more breweries you could visit.
Fuglsang in Haderslev,
Mjels Bryghus in the north of Als.
Ribe Bryghus and Fanø Bryghus.
Last not least Vestslevigsk Bryghus in Løgumkloster, that is very special because it only are brewing sponteaus fermented beer.
On the West Coast of Norway during WW2 there was a "German" occupying soldier who went around town saying: "You must excuse me! I am a Dane but has been forced into the German Army"
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This episode really reminds me of my grandfather who passed this year.
He was a proud 'Sønderjyde' (resident of Sønderjylland). We even used to visit Årøsund (the harbor town on the mainland off Årø) having walks and ice creams at the harbor.
In his youth he was directly involved in the history of the danish border as he was part of the danish resistance during the german occupation in World War II. He was in his teenage years when the tanks and german soldiers launched their suprise attack April 9th 1940 and attacked the garrison in Haderslev. He had to hide in a shop when the bullets started firing, as there was a small skirmish in the town. Later he was recruited as a saboteur for the danish resistance when he was in 'Gymnasie' as a 16 year old.
His father was also shot through the torso in the trenches of WWI, as he was conscripted to be a german soldier, as that part of Denmark was still under german rule/occupation in WW1. The story goes that danish drafted soldiers in the trenches deliberately fired their weapons overhead of the allied powers, becuase they were rooting for the allies to win the war so Sønderjylland could be 'liberated' again, but they were still forced into conscription and to fire their weapons by the officers.
This is very interesting. I am sorry to hear that you lost your grandfather, but thank you so much for sharing this story. These are the stories we should't ever forget.
I've always found history fascinating even as a child. When I was 6-7 years old I made my great-grandmother tell me about her childhood. She was born on Als and grew up as a dane in Germany. She told me, that her dad didn't like the germans and through WW1 he blinded their south facing windows. That way they could only look out of windows facing Denmark and dream of when they could return home. Later in life I've heard more people telling about other danes, who did the same.
This was a very entertaining/ informative vid! I really enjoyed it keep it up guys. Love from Viborg on Jylland
Nice to hear you had an interesting trip to Sønderborg, my home town now, and the Island Årø, another summerday you should also visit the Island Ærø, they also have a local brewery, I suggest a weekend trip, it's a nice Island in the summer time.
you should definitely see the movie 1864
On July 15 the 100 year Genforening (reunion) with Sønderjylland is celebrated in Sønderborg.. 1 year late because of Covid. My great grandmother came from Sønderborg and allthough she livet in Aarhus, she was invited back to Sønderborg to vote (for the reunion) lige so many other people
You made a good choice in not trying to explain the events leading up to the war in 1864, as a history student at Aarhus University I can only agree that this periode of danish history is complicated and overly annoying, soooo annoying!!
Thank you for another Great video.
You guys are one of my weekely high light's.
Thanks, that is awesome to hear!
Have you been on Bornholm? I can definitely recommend their smokehouses and all the things their is to see on the island
They should go there this summer. It's perfect for this channel with the smoked herring etc.
We have been yes, but before we were doing this on YT. We will get back for sure, just dunno when yet.
…and the beers. Check out Mikkellers place out east at Aarsdale. Absolutely gorgeous.
@@MortenAastad Svaneke øl ;)
Get hold of the book, “Bismarks frist war” by Michael Embree. It a fine book on the war in english.
In a normal year we reenact the attack on Als, in the last weekend of june. With the prussians crossing the sund by boat at 3 in the morning.
But corona stopped that. But it will happen next year.
Also, we are about 50 People here in Danmark, who do reenactment of the American civil war.
Cool, just ordered it :). Interesting that you reenact the American Civil War here. That is definitely a big thing in the US, at least it was when I was in High School.
@@TravelinYoungSlagtebænk ( Slaughter Bench ) Dybbøl (2009) by Tom Buk-Swienty about the events of the Second Schleswig War is highly recommended another bestseller. The recent DR TV series "1864" was partially based on this book.
I love that you travel to sønderjylland too, even danes don't really do that! Too bad the festivals was cancelled again this year!
I suggest if you want to know about sønderjylland and the danish border, there is a docu series on DR called Grænseland. Its with actors and hosted by Lars mikkelsen(Mads Mikkelsens actor brother.) It tell you basically everything! I don't think it has english subtitles, but it does have danish subtitles. It even taught me alot, despite having lived in sønderjylland my whole life. It really is a good watch!
You are able to find former Danish border poles in Altona, which is a northern part of Hamburg. And when told about the Sea Battle of Helgoland in Germany, where the newly built, 1860 Danish Fregate, "Jylland" beat the hell out of a Prussian - Austrian fleet, you mostly get the impression that it was German "Victory"!! "Jylland" is preserved and exhibited in a drydock in Ebeltoft, as a brilliant piece of Danish shipbuilding, but "sadly" not with its original size rigging, but one preserved from a little smaller sister ship. Most people won't be able to notice that, as it still looks very impressive! In its later years it became the sailing home for the Royal Family, till it became an abandoned and nearly keel-broken wreck and only was sawed in the very last minute before being totally lost.
you should visit The frigate Jylland .. it is a unique ship,- being the longest wooden ship in the world today.
Also it is the Royal Danish Navy's last big warship built from wood, and having a traditional sailing ship rigging as well as a steam engine, it is a perfect representative for the transition from sail to steam power.
It took part in the battle of Helgoland in 1864, which was the first naval battle in history where two fleets engaged each other without the use of sails, but only used their steam engines during the entire battle.
The ship is now beautifully restored and on permanent display at the picturesque small town of Ebeltoft situated on the peninsula of Jylland, which also gave name to the ship when she was launched from the Naval Yard in Copenhagen in 1860.
Today the ship is a major tourist attraction and well worth a visit.
beer wise you should try out hancock black. awesome beer
One fun fact about Dybbøl Bakke is that when the Danish Army trained sergeants in Sønderborg you finished "hell week" by walking up the hill.
Nice to see you visiting Sønderborg. I loved my time there and the southern Danes are so hospitable
I went to Gettysburg in 1986. Stayed at the inn ( all white ) where General Lee ( south ) had his headquarter. Never seen so many statues and memorial sights in one place. I visited in July I think the same time the war happened and it was hot 🥵. Had the best steak ever there too at a restaurant which still had all the bulletholes. So much to see and didn’t see it all. I like to visit again.
Nice! If you go back, you can pay to have someone from the National park service give you a tour. And by that I mean, they drive your car and take you around for a personal experience telling you anything you want to know in the exact spots things happened. They get out of the car, walk you around, take you to the next stop, etc. It is incredible. I have done that more than once because as you say, there is so much to see there.
@@TravelinYoung Thank you. It’s been so long it will be a new experience. My dad loved history and had experienced the 2ww in Denmark. He brought us there. I still remember the front line was shaped like a question mark ❓ Oh we have a relative on my mothers side who moved to USA long long long time ago and married an Italian American woman whom we visited back then in Maine. Maine is like Sweden but summers like southern France 😍. He started out as Sørensen but as you can imagine became Sorensen 😉
AWW MAN! I literally lived in Sønderborg for most of my life! Moved away a few years ago though... My grandparents live in Gråsten aswell. I now live in Haderslev, and I am so happy that you guys enjoyed going to that part of Denmark :D
You should really explore more of Als when you go to Sønderborg again. There are more great places on the island that you seemed to miss by taking your detour to other places. Cheers.
After WW1 we could easily have gotten all the land back we lost to Germany in the war or 1864. But we did not try this, as we wanted a lasting peace and border. So instead we had referendums in the areas near the border, so people could express which country they wanted to belong to. And we knew there would be minorities on both sides of the border, so we also negotiated minority protections on both sides of the border, which are still in place today.
I have a little tale which shows how solid the border is. Years ago I was politically active. I was the leader of the danish party, and met the leaders of the same party from other countries for an international conference. One evening we had a few beers, and got the idea to negotiate for fun about how we wanted the borders in Europe to be. It became a a long negotiation, but we had a lot of fun because we knew it was not really serious. A lot of borders were disputed all over Europe. But there was no question about our border with Germany. We had fun negotiating for hours, and we got almost to an agreement. The only outstanding issue was that the Swedes wanted Denmark to take back Skåne. So to get a final agreement I finally had to accept getting Skåne back, although I really think it is part of Sweden.
Finally got time to watch this. Great stuff as always! When you come down there again I highly reccomend you try attending a "Sønderjysk Kaffebord" its a really famous tradition from there with plenty of cakes. A friend of my family, named Vivi, runs a place down in Højer on the west coast of the region called "Hohenwarte". They're one of the big go-to places for such and they also have Kaffebord open quite a lot that you can buy tickets to, so I highly reccomend it. That, and Vivi and the crew are amazing, their hospitality is out of this world. If you go there I highly reccomend combining it with spending a night there too! My own family has come there all together for a week every summer since the early 90's, its just a great time overall.
We are definitely hoping to find a weekend to come out to do that in the fall. It’s on my list :).
I live in haderslev! Nice to see people appreciating the history! You should watch the movie '9. April' Haderslev is where the fighting with the Germans was taking place when Denmark surrendered, you can walk down the street where they were shooting at each other
I'm so happy you tried Kong Frederiks Livret at Colosseum. 👍
Just a tip when you use distance/measurements. Just say either Miles or Kilometer, but write both on the video. I don't mind which you say, but as a dane I always appreciate the information is shown in kilometer.
Great episode guys!
I dont know if you’ve heard about it, but try looking into “Middelaldercenteret” in Sundby, Lolland. It’s a medieval place with actors etc, I think it would be right up your alley :)
I have recomended that to, I used to work there, wonderfull place. 😊
You have to come back next year in the summer for Sønderborg Ringridning. It is super fun. And if you have enough time come to the Friday bicycle Ringridning in Broager. I absolutely love your channel and content. Keep up the good work. Have a great weekend.
You guys just make everything more fun :D Thanks again for a great video :D
Visiting my old stomping grounds. :) (and you even enjoyed the mandatory Kong Fiddes Livret) Glad to know you enjoyed your stay. You're always welcome to come back one day. I'm sure we can find people that can tell you a lot more about the tons of really interesting history around these parts. Culturally, the border between us and northern Germany is kind of opaque. There's an almost brotherly relation between Sønderjylland and Schleswig Holstein. We even enjoyed, to some degree, special Covid19 exceptions because we're so intermingled. There are Danes living there, and Germans living here, there's even cross language schools on both sides. And a lot of people are working across borders. In 2019, kids were waving both German and Danish flags, when Queen Margrethe made a visit to Schleswig Holstein. Which I think, says a lot about our relations.
I loved the soundtrack at the start of this video BTW. Very epic. :D
I’m happy to see you enjoyed your stay in “my backyard”
Thanks for visiting my city
This video is worth it's weight in gold. Brisket isn't taking no for an answer haha, so cute. He reminds me of my mother's old dog.
A quick "cheat sheet" on pronouncing weird Danish vowels for English speakers:
Æ - Say it like the "e" in "help"
Ø - Sorry, can't think of any particular word for that. Best I can do is "say O and E fast and smushed together"
Å - Say it like the "o" in "oh", (without the "u"ish sound in the end)
I'm no teacher, and there are probably better ways, but that's how I've tried to explain it to my English speaking friends.
Edit: I forgot to tell you how much I like your channel, so.. I like your channel. Please keep showing me Denmark from a view that's a little different from what I'm used to.
Ø is a Lot like the "e" in the.
@@janikaogstefan YES! I'll add that to my mental notebook for future reference. :)
"A æ å æ ø i æ å" is Sønderjydsk for "I am on the island in the stream", but I don't know if that's helpful.
I love your videos! Thank you so much, and keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
I love you visit places I have never heard about (Årø).
I am also here right now!!! For the first time in 16 years - it was were I was born. We already visited our old house and my old day care. We are planning to visit the castle and Dybbøl Mill tomorrow :)
Hi :) The reason why we all should learn history is because we have all been influenced by it and have become who we are today. I started genealogy a few months ago, and I'm already back in 1761. It's exciting to find out where my ancestors came from. My parents came from Lolland and the northern part of Sjælland, respectively. And in addition to having found family members from Denmark, but also from Norway and Sweden as well as Germany. So far, I have also found a few that emigrated to America.
I can't remember if i had recomended you to go to Rebild Bakker on the 4.July. (south of Aalborg). But i don't know if it has been canceled again this year. There is a long story back in time about the friendship between the US and Denmark. :)
Great videos, keep it up. I suggest to visit "my" island Bornholm. Full of beautiful scenery, history and nice food.
Thanks! Bornholm is great, Miranda and I went before we started the channel. Maya is actually there now with efterskole :). We do plan to go again to capture for UA-cam, it is super nice :).
Hi i am living in Gråsten and know a lot of the history in the area.
The gravel monument you are talking about is that the concrete bloks near the mill? That is not a monument but a blockhouse, bunker. The german artillery could not destroy it, so the germans blow it up after the battle.
In history there was not so precise borders as today, there were a lot of places ruled by dukes but under the king. That was so in a lot of Europe. Danish were spoken as well as german.
Even to day i have friends that consider them being german, but are born and live in Denmark.
Slesvig the southern part of Denmark was lost to Germany, i have had tre uncles that where forced to serve in the german army in WW1. One killed, one wounded. Two ended as pow.
Dit you enjoy your brødtorte in the Gammel Kro, its my favorite.
Love your videoes.
You should check out Ribe one day. The oldest city in Danmark.
Thanks! It is absolutely on our list. Sønderborg won out this time.
There is a connection between USA and Denmark, the blue uniform that the north States used in the civil war. The only original example of that uniform is hanging in tøjhusmuseet also near Christiansborg castle. I dont know if its the same uniform that was used by Denmark in the 1864 war, for me they look similar but i’m not an expert. I would suggest, that you also go to the vikingship museum in Roskilde. And the open museum in nearby Lejre. Its funny to see how foreigners see Denmark.
I've heard that the US sent some uniforms to DK for some reason (need to learn the entire story) and that is what is on display. And they are original. I will research that a bit more to learn all the details. We've definitely been to Roskilde, but I haven't gone with my camera to do an episode from there yet. Lejre is on the list :).
So, I was born in Hamburg Germany, and my Grandparents were from Flensburg, and today a Part of the city of Hamburg, called Altona was actually danish since 1664 (ish) until 1864 got german and in the 1930s became a part of the city of Hamburg. So the border went up and down quite a lot and multiple times. And in Germany there is the Law, that every political Party has to have minimum 5% to get into the Parlament ( Bundestag)- but there still is one exception. That is the Party of the danish minority near the border wich is much smalle,r but has one m.ember ( or two?) in the Bundestag today. And there are danish schools in Germany and german schools in Denmark still today for good neighborhood and understanding.I remember visiting the Dybbeler Schanzen as they are called in german with my grandmother by ferryboat from Flensburg some 60 years ago. That was an adventurous trip to a foreign country at that time with passport needs and smuggling and so on and nowadays in the EU its just like one country, you can sometimes hardly find the border now. And:-intrestingly also I was still rejected to enter Denmark in the summer of 1990 with my 4 year old daughter a few days after the "Schengen" Abkommen was established( which "deleted or suspended" all EU border controls and custom controls), because it was so new that the danish borderpolice still did not know it and hat no actual corrected orders.I still remember the delicious danish apple breeds
the called Grafensteiner or Gra°steen ( or so) in danish. Very old lokal breed there and so delicious. Go get them!!!
It is great to see tour curiosoty. And yes Jutland is a very interresting and diverse part of Denmark.
Maybe you schould one Day visit the western most part of Denmark at Blåvand fyr, and visit the Tirpitz museum to learn about this sandy part of Denmark.
Nice to see you visiting my hometown Sønderborg. It has indeed so much to offer if you're interested in history. I more or less used the castle as a kind of playhouse, so I know it inside out. Back then the entrance fee was just 5 kroner, so I went there at least once a month and could spend hours there. A lot of inhabitants come from a German background, which you can see by their family names, and especially back in time there was often a bit of tension between the Danish majority and German minority. Like, some Danes would definitely not do their shopping in shops owned by Germans etc. Anyway, it's great to see you travelling around and enjoy the sights so much, and taking in all the cultural and historical stuff.
I have been there and i loved it
Hey guys!
Thanks for once again sharing a really nice clip of smalltown (and Island) Denmark. They need all the help they can get to get noticed on the map.
I found Josh's family history as well as your meeting interesting.
I realize you can't cover everything in a clip like this, but it would have been nice if you had shown the Danish/German border before 1864, then after 1864, and finally as you did after 1920. After 1864 it was just South of Ribe!
Any plans to visit Bornholm? I've only been once, but it's a really nice island.
I should have known you were in my Home town.. I would bladlus have been your guide, and I am at bit of a history nerd too.. 😁
Love following you guys💪👍..
After World War 1 in Denmark, we made the stupid decision to have that vote for where the new border should be. After World War 1, many danes fled from Slesvig and Holsten due to the war. Before sending them home again, we had the vote meaning it was only Germans who were living in those parts at the time.
I like this footage. Awsome that you made a comparrisson to your familytree - back civilwar "fact on Friday" - and the war against Preussen and Denmark 1864.
One of the reasons, that the Danes could'nt defend Dybbøl was, that the German Army had kanons with riffel barrels. They had a longer range and where much more exact on target. Back to the "Kong Frederiks livret": Kong Frederik IX was very popular king. His nick-name in Sønderjylland was "Kong Fidde". When the Royal Family stayed on vacations at Gråsten Slot, they often where spotted walking arround in the city with out bodygards.
It was a really nice video you guys made. We were also at Sønderborg and Gråsten last summer. And should been at gamle kro for lunch, but there was no vacancies. The royal family also have a castle in Gråsten. I have not heard of Årø before. So we have to visit it sometime. Maby this summer. 😎
Thank you so much for your Nice words about Sønderborg, and great food choices 😅 i love Kong Fiddes (Frederiks) livret and sønderjydsk brødtort.. super video.. new follower from Als.
Thank you for making everybody see, that Denmark is not only Copenhagen 🌹
Nice video from the region where I live :)
I live in Gråsten, and me and my whife had our wedding party at "Den Gamle Kro", and eat there often.
Best regards
Karsten
A good book on the history of of the 1864 War is:
1864: The Forgotten War that Shaped Modern Europe
by Tom Buk-Swienty
Yeah, I grabbed it on my kindle yesterday. Next step is to find time to read :).
You think the Årø ferry ride is short, but there's actually much shorter ferry rides in Denmark.😊
Denmark's shortest ferry ride lasts just 2 minutes with the Venø Færge to the island of Venø in Limfjorden near Struer. The crossing is just 275 m (900 feet), which is less than 9 times the length of the ferry (31.2 m).
They also have Denmark oldest operating car ferry from 1931 as their backup ferry. venoefaergefart.dk/en/
Jeg har enorm meget respekt for jer! I lærer mit lille lands historie og kultur at kende- This time in Danish!
American Civil War connected have you been to Krigsmuseet in Copenhagen and seen the Complete Civil War Era American uniform.
Also had the first Ironclad war ship used in battle after the United States. The Rolf Krake which saw battle with the fighting around Sønderborg.
Wow, this looks so different from when I visited as a child. I really want to go there now, thank you :D
Ok, this will be a rant and I am sorry for the length but, if you look into it there are so many battlefields to see in Denmark. I am not big on battle history, but since I was in the neighbourhood and I am a historian I recently stopped by Grathe Hede (probably the most famous battle for the throne in Denmark - October 23rd 1157) and while they are still excavating and building the site it was very nice to see. I would recommend visiting, probably in a couple of years when they are done. (you can also go now if you are in mid-Judland, there are things to see, like the memorial stone from the 1800's (you can see traces of where it was chipped when German soldiers used it as target practice during the occupation) and some interactive stuff that explains things about the battle.
Also I don't know if battle tactics are your thing but I remember reading a book while in uni called The Face of Battle A study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme by John Keegan. Agincourt was in 1415, Waterloo, ofc, in 1815 and Somme in 1916 so it is a kinda in depth covers of the three major types of battles in modern day warfare (before WW2) and even I, who - and I can't stress this enough - have not ever found battle history interesting, found this to be an entertaining and enlightening read (it also covers a lot of other aspects, such as the medical history, which is where my field of interest comes in XD).
Also: Denmark to Ejderen!! (it is obligatory)
I were at Dybbelmølle with my family at one point, and the guide who showed us how they fired the riffles, also showed, on my sister, how they amputated back then
As always, good video and nice to hear the passion about our country
I think there was a movie or series made about it too. But if you want to know more about wars like that or similare. Then the Danish - Swedish wars also a good topic.
That lets someone know a little about why we like to give each other a little friendly neightbor jab now and then :)
Also that friday fact was very nice. Really cool that you met so many of your family in your lifetime. And had someone fight for the north as well.
Also for a try it on Tuesday. If you ever find a old sønderjyde that will let you in. Then try the legendary Sønderjyske Kagebord. Its one every dane know about^^
My family moved from Magdeburg, Germany, to Sønderjylland after the 1864 war victory to Germany. They were given cheap land in the upper most part of the new German land area.
It was probably a kind of migration by the Germans, to "Germanize" the area.
Fun fact, in the 1945 occupation, my family wasn't treated differently by the Germans, than other Danish families were, despite our surname was still German.
A good thing though, since I had family members in the Danish resistance, fighting the Germans.
That was on my father's side.
On my mother's side, men were forced to fight for the Germans, during WWI. They more or less were all killed.
On my father's side, my grandfather's older brothers would all be forced to fight for the Germans as well, so they fled to the US. None of them ever returned, so I have quite a big family in the US.
WWI ended, before my grandfather was old enough, to be forced into the war. He was born in 1901.
It is actuelly really interesting. The first border around that area betwen danes and the southern germanic tribes, was when the danes pushed the angles and the saxons south of the river Eider. During those wars a lot of jutes, saxons and angles would flee to England.
After the Frankish empire had subjegate the saxons south of the Eider in the saxons wars, the Danish-Frankish wars starts. Danish king claim the land that was sleshwig-holstein, but the Franks claimed the same land, because it was mostly populated by the now subjegated saxons. The danes build Dannevirke and the Franks build the fortified cities like Hamburg. Instead of fighting at the borderlands, the danes circumvented the frankish fortificatiins and armies and instead started raiding the frankish coastline with their ships. Thus being part of what starts the viking age.
So yah. The border have been almost the same place for 1200 years. Sometimes moving a bit north. Sometimes moving a bit south. Kind of crazy.
If you would like to try a short ferry ride, then you should go to Orø from Hammer Bakke. It is 6 minutes long and the ferry is being pulled by cables.
Thanks for the great and interesting videos !
What's really funny is that even though you've crossed the border to Germany it's still a ton of danes and city names are mostly Danish or translated from Danish to German.
Personally, I think the border should have been further south.
Yes, to Donau - at least! 😂
Nej, grænsen blev demokratisk valgt i 1920, det var godt og rigtigt. I dag er det alligevel ligegyldigt, der er ikke længere en fysisk grænse, der adskiller mennesker fra hinanden. I begge lande har det danske og det tyske mindretal et parti i deres respektive regeringer, der varetager mindretallenes interesser.
Hey :-D Next time you are in Odense..Check out.. Den Fynske Landsby..I am sure you vill love it..Love from Odense.
Very interesting to learn about your family and your unfortunate great great grandfather. I went to Lexington and Concorde when visiting New England in 2014 (different war I know) but would love to go to Gettysburg some day.
The border rearrangement in 1920 was one of the few successes of Woodrow Wilsons ideas of using voting to settle borders. Without that change I would have been born in Germany, and that little twist of fate is one of the things that got me to study history, hope you enjoyed the trip and the little snippet of the historic mess that is the danish German border.
Great video as always...you should got to Randers which is just 40 kilometers north of Aarhus and visit the Rainforest or the Elvis Museum called Memphis Mansion
For those who live close to the Finnish border or Norwegian here in Sweden, the situation is the same as those who live in Denmark close to the German border. Families have been closed off. The same goes for those who live in Sweden but work in Norway who haven´t been able to go to work there. And that goes the other way round. It also includes shopping. Norwegians go often and shop in Sweden because groceries, alcohol, and other stuff are much cheaper here.
My father was born in Aabenraa in 1921. All 8 kids born in the same house but some in Germany, others Denmark because the border moved.
Also loved that you are eating off the B&G China and Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates at the Gammel Kro. We eat our mother’s at Christmas now. (Sadly, no one want to hang them on their walls)
Love Sønderborg - my family's from there. You should come visit me and my husband on Fyn though. That would be great. We could serve you some Danish classics and talk about life here VS. The US (where we've sadly never been). I'm a teacher at the local school and my husband works for the Danish customs service
fun fact: in the battle of dybbøl germany(then prussia) had new rifles enabeling them to load them from behind. these new rifles were the first bolt-action rifles.
And a big part of the reason why we lost aswell, we were using front-loading muskets. Although all things considered we didn't do too badly, outnumbered and out-gunned in more than one way.
If you are interested in the deeper history of this region of Denmark & Germany, Sønderjylland & Slesvig / Schleswig ( in Northern Germany ) was actually the former territory of the Anglian tribes, and Holstein etc. ( aka. Old Saxony! ) to the South of it was the territory of the linguistically closely related Saxon tribes prior to their "mutual" invasion of and later mass migration to England from c. 450 to 650 AD - hence Anglo-Saxons!
There is even a peninsula just South of the present day Danish-German border that is still called Angeln after these tribes - it lies at the foot of the Jutland peninsula at its East Coast facing the Baltic Sea.
So if you ever come across the many mysteriously familiar and just somewhat distorted basic words in Danish with your English speaking background, this is one of the main reasons why.
The split up of the Proto-Germanic root language into its Western, Northern and Eastern ( Gothic - now extinct ) branches had occured only a few centuries prior to this AS ( + Frisian & Jutish ) mass migration to England, so when the Vikings started arriving, trading and making later large scale settlements England from around 800 AD until 1066, the closely related Old English ( Anglo-Saxon) and Old Norse ( the predecessor of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic and Faroese as well as the now extinct Norn of the Orkney & Shetland Islands ) were still mutually intelligible to some degree - at least at the basic level.
Langfocus has made a brilliant video about the "Viking Influence on the English Language", which explains these influences and deep linguistic links very well in much greater detail.
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Melvyn Bragg's great series ( 8 episodes á c. 50 mins ) "The Adventure of English" is also highly recommended - especially episodes 1 & 2 in this context.
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The famous defensive Dannevirke ( Dane-works ) earthwall fortifications today lie around 20 miles South of the present day Danish-German border. Before the decisive 1864 battle at Dybbøl Mølle / Mill the Danes had had to leave the long neglected fortifications at Dannevirke in disarray after a heavy German bombardment from German cannons with a longer range than the old Danish ones.
The first installment of Dannevirke is from around the 700s and later rebuilt in the mid 900s, so it would seem that this region has been heavily disputed for well over a 1000 years!
So now that you are getting to learn danish, all I will say skidegode programmer. Keep it up.
Thanks, will do :).
My former comment ended up being about something entirely different than I intended. Sorry. I enjoyed the video a lot. SUPER high quality videos you guys are producing. I want to go to Dybbøl now!
Thanks, we appreciate it!
Wow, it really puts it into perspective how not very long ago these wars were when Joshua is only one generation removed from hearing the first-hand account. That's so wild! I assume he survived the field operation despite the nasty nature of it?
This reminded me of 10-year-old me listening to my great grandmother talking about first immigrating to Denmark from Germany during WWI and later on how it was being of Roma descent during the WWII German occupation. I wish I had recordings of that now.
It is wild, I totally agree. It seems like the late 1800s is when innovation started to move at a rapid pace, so it is fascinated to realize it isn't as long ago as it might seem. BTW, he did live a bit longer after the war, but passed away in a farming accident years later.
I wish I was old enough to record my great grandmother at the time, or even appreciate her as much as I should have. But at 8 years old I didn't know what a blessing it was. That is a regret I have, but I of course I didn't know any different as a little kid.
@@TravelinYoung Yes, we've got to count our blessings while we still have them :)
Speaking of borders: did you know Denmark has had, and still has, a long conflict with Canada over territories? There is a tiny island called Hans Island that both countries claim the rights to. It's a very friendly conflict though. When Danish soldiers go there, they leave a bottle of Schnapps for their Canadian colleagues, and vice versa.
Lived in Sønderborg for several years. I miss the water.
You have to visit Fleggaard in Flensborg to see Danish shopping culture
There’s a famous quote attributed to British statesman Lord Palmerston (and several other people): “Only three people have ever really understood the Schleswig-Holstein business - the Prince Consort, who is dead - a German professor, who has gone mad - and I, who have forgotten all about it."
Never forgot to enjoy your trips.
This made me think of Olsen banden i Jylland (Olsen banden a great movie tip :))