Lolland

Lolland, old name Laaland, is the fourth largest in area Danish Baltic Sea island of Amager and according to the population of the fifth largest. It is located in the Baltic Sea south of Zealand and west of Falster, 58 km long, 15-25 km wide and has an area of 1,243 km2. On Lolland, 62 578 inhabitants live (as of 1 January 2013).

Management

Lolland belongs to the district Zealand. Major cities are Maribo, Nakskov, Rodby and Rødbyhavn ( Ferry to Fehmarn in the wake of bird flight line). By 1970, Lolland formed with the neighboring island of Falster Maribo office. Then the Maribo office with the Præstø Office was merged to Storstrøms office. At the same time emerged on Lolland municipalities Ravnsborg, Nakskov, Rudbjerg, Højreby, Maribo, Rodby, Holeby, Sakskøbing, Nysted and Nykøbing, with the latter also covering the island of Falster. On 1 January 2007, the municipalities were reorganized on Lolland -Falster. To the west of Lolland emerged from the former municipalities Nakskov, Ravnsborg, Rudbjerg, Rodby, Maribo, Lolland Kommune Holeby and the Højreby with 44,436 inhabitants today, the eastern Lolländer communities Sakskøbing and Nysted with Nykøbing were four municipalities on Falster for today 61 322 inhabitants counting Guldborgsund commune together (as of 1 January 2013).

Geography

The island is low; there is in the south even areas that are 2 meters below sea level. Almost the entire south coast had to be protected by dikes after the devastating flood of 1872. The coasts are easily accessible from the lake with a few exceptions, by the present shallows. The fertile soil mostly consists of fat, mixed with humus loam with a marl base. Moore found a few, on the other hand not insignificant forests are present. Of the country 's lakes rich in fish Maribosee in the middle of the island's largest. The island is the center of the Danish sugar industry. The highest point is 25 m, near the village Horslunde in the northwest.

History

Lolland has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Since then, the surrounding Belts partly were mainland, you can find on the coast old settlement sites with flint tools. With the Funnel Beaker culture of farming and the Megalithanlagenbau came to Lolland. The Kong Svends Høj ( King Sven's Hill) is the fourth largest passage grave in Denmark. Parallel to the Danish settlement attempted in the early Middle Ages Slavs on the island ( and on Falster ) settle what Slavic place names with the suffix " itse "; Korselitse, Kramnitse, Kuditse, Tillitse testify as well as the Seesperre of Hominde. Later Lolland various princes of the royal house was left and in the period of dissolution of the Danish State under King Christopher II of Denmark (1320-1332) was the greatest part of the island of Falster in addition in the hands of Holstein Count Johann III .. In the Fehmarn Belt before Lolland was held on October 13, 1644 instead of a naval battle between the Danish and swedish- Dutch fleet, in which many Danish ships were lost.

Demographics

In the 20th century the population of Lolland is grown first, but then fell back to about the state of the previous turn of the century:

Attractions

Lolland has to offer some of the so typical for Denmark Prehistoric Monuments of particular rank. Larger accumulations are found in Flintinge and Frejlev Skov. In addition, the passage graves and Glentehøj Kong Svends Høj are in the north- west, where the Ravnsby Bakker ( hills of Ravnsby ), are among the most beautiful landscapes. These are also the country churches of Ravnsborg. In addition, rune stones are to be mentioned, especially in the Church of Tillitse.

Christian Ditlev Reventlow Museum for in Pederstrup recalls in its neo-classical mansion with landscaped park by the Danish statesman and social reformer.

Off the southern coast seen from the harbor, is the self-proclaimed biggest wind power park in the world, the Nysted Havmøllepark. 10 km off the coast there are 72 wind turbines with a total capacity of up to 165.6 megawatts.

In the north of Lolland is the Safari Park Knuthenborg Park & ​​Safari, the largest park of its kind in Northern Europe.

On the railway line Maribo band Holm operates in summer runs regularly between the Railway Museum Maribo band spar with vintage steam and diesel locomotives.

In Sundby on Guldborgsund is a medieval center, where reconstructed in a medieval settlement everyday life and crafts will be demonstrated this time. As a visitor attraction is adjusted in the holiday season, among other daily jousting tournament with jousting and there are catapults and cannons fired.

Economy and Transport

Lolland has operated by Scandlines and on the rail of Danske Statsbaner Vogelfluglinie a large commercial importance. It is planned to build a solid over-( or under- ) crossing the Fehmarn Belt of Lolland to Puttgarden on Fehmarn. From Rodby European Road leads 47 for Guldborgsund tunnel to Falster, united there with the E55 that comes from Gedser, and together they run over the Farøbroerne according Zealand and on to Copenhagen; Køge - West to Avedøre they run together with the E 20, which further leads then to the Öresund Bridge to Malmö and Sweden. The E 47 continues to Helsingør and by ferry across the Oresund to Helsingborg in Sweden. Of regional importance are the ferry to Spodsbjerg on Langeland during the Primærrute 9 and the private railway Lollandsbanen Nakskov Nykøbing.

Although the island has some importance in the transit traffic between Central Europe and Scandinavia, their economic situation is very difficult. Although it is connected by solid land connections directly to the Greater Copenhagen, Lolland suffers from a pronounced abseitigen location. The general decline of agriculture has taken the relatively sparsely populated island hard. Compared to other Danish regions, tourism is less developed, as Lolland (such as on the North Sea coast of Jutland ) does not have great attractions like wide beaches.

The largest industrial company on Lolland is the sugar factory in Nakskov, at the same time the largest of its kind in Denmark.

Wind farms

In the sea south of the island are recently off the coast, west of the ferry Puttgarden ↔ Rodby, two large offshore wind farms, Roedsand I and II, with 72 or 90 plants (more precisely, with eight rows of nine wind rotors or west of it with eighteen strings of five rotors details. → Nysted Havmøllepark ). Other facilities are located on land, at the immediately adjacent parts of the coast.

The two wind farms at sea are of the past leading international ship traffic from (in particular: ferry across the Baltic Sea ) at all times fully visible, but do not interfere. The fact that in this way can contribute significantly to the energy supply of the island, is very natural and currently considering its already mentioned small population and the available coastline, and of non-negligible magnitude. Roedsand II gives, in fact, with optimum utilization a power of 207 MW; together with Roedsand I results in almost twice the value, which is about a third of the output of a typical nuclear power plant.