Trelleborg near Skåne
Trelleborg in Skåne is one of Harald Bluetooth's five ring fortresses, which were built as a defensegrid for the Danish realm
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City gate
City gates are mainly known from the Middle age, when larger cities were surrounded by city walls with several city gates
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Christopher, Count of Oldenburg
Count Christopher's involvement in the civil war was immortalized and remembered as the Count's Feud
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The Gundestrup Kettle
The Gundstrup Kettle is a silver kettle with mythical figures and was found in a peat moss. It weighs approx. 9 kg
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Coat of mail
The coat of mail - also knows as the ring mail - was made of metalrings creating an armor to resist swords and spears
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Bankruptcy
The word "bankruptcy" refers to an economic collapse.
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Go to the thingstead
"To go to the thingstead" was an expression used to describe the place where the executive, judicial and legislative branches met.
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Scholten, Peter von
Peter von Scholten was the General Governor in the Danish Westindies from 1828 to 1848. He abolished slavery on the three islands
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Gyldenkrone, Christian Frederik
Christian Frederik Gyldenkrone relocated the manor house at Moesgaar. Today, Moesgaard can be visited along with our guides
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