Augustenborg, Denmark
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August Borg ( German: August Burg ) is a city in the Sønderborg municipality in Region Syddanmark of Denmark on the island of Als. On January 1, 2013 lived in the city 3331 inhabitants.
Until December 31, 2006 August Borg was an independent municipality in the former South Jutland office. Due to a municipal reform various municipalities in Denmark as well as the offices of the regions were merged.
Geography
August Borg is located on the island of Alsen ( As ) on August Fjord, between Sønderborg and Nordborg. The former municipality had 6581 inhabitants August Borg (2005) and an area of 53.28 km ².
Cemetery
The cemetery of August Borg was originally created in 1848 as a military cemetery after the castle - a hospital for the Danish troops had been set up - after the escape of the ducal family. During the Schleswig-Holstein War, which ended in 1850 in Denmark, where a total of 241 soldiers were buried, and also in the German -Danish War (1864 ) again found many soldiers - the exact number is not known - here their last resting place. The last few casualties received from the German - French War (1870-1871) military funerals on August Borger Cemetery.
After an expansion of the cemetery in 1869, he was also used by the inhabitants August Borgs. In 1932, a psychiatric hospital was set up in the castle, for its patients tombs part of the cemetery was provided.
Attractions
The Augustenborg Castle in 1660 (conversion from 1770 to 1776 ) built by Duke Ernst Günther and named after his wife Augusta. Augustenborg Castle became the headquarters of the Duke family from August Borg. At the castle there are stucco work of the Italian Michelangelo Taddei.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Paul Christian Henrici (1816-1899), President of the Senate at the Imperial Court
- Ernst Witt (1911-1991), mathematician