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Christianfeld's Surrounding Area
Tyrstrup
Church
In
the south of the town are situated Tyrstrup Church. The buildings inspector,
the architect L.A.Winstrup, was responsible for the building of the church,
which was used on the first time on 3 November, 1863. It replaced a church
from the middle-ages, but the ashlar stones from the old church were reused
for plinths and for the wall that faces onto Haderslevvej.
The church and
its fixtures have not been altered significantly since its foundation,
and today it is one of a few examples of the building style current at
that time. This style is a mixture of different styles, but despite this
the main body of the church looks beautiful.
Tyrstrup church
is known as the "Reunion Church". It was here that on 10 July,
1920 the Royal Family took part in a service of devotion, after King Christian
X had crossed the border at Frederikshøj on his white horse. Christian
X kneeled spontaneously before the altar in prayer and gave thanks to
God, and this touched the people of South Jutland in the same way as had
the gesture earlier in the day, when the king had taken a small South
Jutland girl up on to his horse.
Every year on
10 July, Tyrstrup church holds a service in commemoration of the reunion.
Tystrup's Old Vicarage
with its Preserved Barn
South-west of Christiansfeld
lies Tyrstrup's old vicarage. At the vicarage stands the preserved barn
made completely out of oak.
The barn was
built in 1668 and is the biggest barn of its kind in the country.
Since the middle
of the 16th century, there has been a vicarage here on the old road between
Tyrstrup and Hjerndrup churches. After 300 years, the old church was replaced
by a new one, which in turn burnt down in 1897, where after the present
church building was constructed. The red building which connects the barn
with the vicarage was also originally made of oak timbers, but in 1822
it was replaced by the present building.
In 1953 the
old vicarage was sold by the vestry and a new one was constructed close
to Tyrstrup church.
Christinero
Christinero, ("Christina's
peace"), is the name of a small, peaceful wood (approx. 2 hectares
in size). It was planted by Christina Friderica von Holstein, a lady-in-waiting,
and it was here that she was laid to rest in accordance with her wishes
and after the granting of royal consent. On the pillar near her grave
is written a On 6 January, 1741 she began her earthly life. On June 17,
1812 she began to live in eternity."
Together with
her husband, Christian Friederick von Holstein, lord-in-waiting, she bought
Favrvrå Manor in 1777. Close to the farm she laid a little garden where
she could sit in the pavillion lost in her own thoughts.
Her deeply religious
lifestyle, together with her charitable work, left their mark both while
she was alive and after her death. She gave her entire fortune, which
was of a considerable size, to Christian and humanitarian works. She left
her farm and all its contents, the wood and a large sum of money to the
Moravians, with the proviso that none of the inherited items could be
sold. The Christina Friderica Foundation-an institution for the support
of the poor within the parish of Tyrstrup together with Haderslev hospital,
were also founded according to stipulations in her will.
Skamlingsbanken
While Dybbol Hill
is the memorial site for the military battle, Skamlingsbanken is the site
of remembrance for the spiritual and linguistic battle for Danish culture
here in the border area.
During the first
half of the previous century the German language and German customs had
reached far up into South Jutland, to such an extent that the Danish language
was nearly squeezed out. A sense of Danish nationalism was then awakened.
On May 14, 1840,
a language ordinance was issued by King Christian VIII, stating that henceforth
Danish should be the language of the courts and of the rest of the people
wherever Danish was used in church and school. A unique victory for the
Danish language.
This led the
Danes' man P. Hiort Lorentzen to speak Danish at the "Assembly of
the Estates of the Realm" (in Schleswig) on 11 November, 1842, and
he continued to speak Danish thereafter. This was the reason he was praised
at the famous meeting at Sommersted Inn. This meeting was the precursor
to the Skamlingsbanken meetings, the first of which was held on 18 May,
1843. The year after, large popular
meetings were held at Skamling, with important speakers such as Laurids
Skau, Grundtvig, Orla Lehman, Bjørnstjerne Bjornson and Kaj Munk.
In 1863 the
16m high monument was raised at Skamlingsbanken, but it was never consecrated.
On 21 March, 1864 the Prussians blew the monument up, but it was raised
again in May 1866. However no festivities were held in this connection
as Denmark had recently lost the war and with it the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein
and Lauenborg.
Under the control
of a foreign power-from 1864 until 1920- Skamlingsbanken became a symbol
and meeting place for Danes south of the border. After the liberation,
a huge meeting was held in June 1945, with approximately 100,000 participants.
With the profits from this festival the neighbouring land was bought.
In memory of the fallen in Region III a large monument containing five
bells was raised on 2 May 1948.
At 12.00hrs,
15.00hrs and in the summer months also at 18.00hrs, these five bells ring
out the first notes of "Prince Jorgen's March", followed by
9 chimes.
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