September 20, 2020: bike trip on the Langeland small roads

September 20, 2020: bike trip on the Langeland small roads: Skovsgaard - Humble - Lindelse Skovsgaard On Sunday 20 September, we cycled along route 4 from the Tourist Office's bicycle map (http://www.langelandwebshop.dk/webshop/16-brochuresmapsbooks/165-bicycle-map-langeland/). The weather was glorious, with high sun and light winds from the east, real Indian Summer. We started from the northeast corner of the route, at Påø Strand. Text to pictures 01: The first section on Påøvej is a gravel road with quite large stones. Not the best surface for cycling, but it was short and the rest of the trip we had fine asphalt. 01: Underwater snorkeling hunting in the sea around Langeland has become very popular. There is a facebook group about underwater hunting in the sea around Langeland with over a thousand members. The goal of the group is to help and inspire each other to an even better experience of underwater hunting: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2165746540186583/ 03: At the memorial stone for the stranding of 1400 prisoners of war in 1945. In the late afternoon of May 4, 1945, a large floating dock ran aground off Langeland after four terrible days, with hunger and thirst, anxiety and apathy for the 1400 Russian and French prisoners of war from Nazi Germany and their German prison guards onboard. The many men were exhausted and near death from hunger and thirst. The langelanders did a great job helping the starved prisoners. This year, we at Langeland have celebrated the 75th anniversary of the stranding. 04: Picture of the floating dock from the City Historic Archive. The stranding on Påø beach was for the French to be their rescue and freedom and they soon went back to France. The French prisoners of war came to nearby manor Skovsgård, where the rathe eccentric owner of the estate, Miss Fuglede, kindly took care of them on the estate. 05: The Russians stayed at Rudkøbing Public School. Photo: Rudkøbing City History Archive. For the many Russians, their stay on Langeland was probably the best experience of their lives. In the Soviet Union Josef Stalin was not happy that some of his soldiers surrendered to the Nazis. Many of the Soviet prisoners of war were sent to the Gulag concentration camps in Siberia, where they died of starvation, cold, disease, or overwork. 06: Påø Meadows with Konabbe Woods in the background, a part of the Skovsgaard Manor https://www.my-langeland.com/langeland/planjourney/skovsgaard-gdk612367 07: One of the many well-kept idyllic half-timbered properties on Langeland. 08: At the end of a beautiful avenue is the main building to Frederiksberg. The place is ideal for luxurious weekend stays, family reunions or company events. The main building is 860 m2 and it is furnished with 11 bedrooms. https://hjortholmgods.dk/?id=692429 09: Skovsgaard old windmill belongs to the Skovsgaard Manor In 1904, after a fire, a mill was rebuilt next to the old mill farm from 1830. The mill has been restored and the mill equipment is preserved and functional, which means that organic grain from Skovsgaard is ground there. 10: The view of the Langeland belt with large cargo ships and the rolling Langeland landscape in the foreground keeps on fascinating me. 11: Fodslette Church. The church is located in Langeland's smallest parish. It is built around 1250, but was heavily damaged during the Swedish wars (1657-60), since rebuilt by the noble family on Hjortholm Estate nearby. 12: We also met a Northern wheatear 13: View of the small island, Langø, from Bogø. The road to Langø was built by the farmer Marius Christensen from the island and his sons - a laborious work, which was completed in 1911. Bogø too has also once been an island, surrounded by Lindelse Nor. But now the southern part of Lindelse Nor has been drained and a pumping station is pumping the water away, so that maize can be grown in what used to be shallow nor. A low-lying area by Lindelse and Bogø Nor has been designated as a potential area for the implementation of a wetland project. The project area is about the creation of a new approx. 17 ha large shallow lake. 14: View of the small island, Langø, from Bogø. Lindø, like Langø, has a small farm and is famous in Danish archeology, because merchant Jens Winther, the founder of Langelands Museum, carried out some of his first Stone Age excavations here and published the findings at his own expense. The Stone Age people lived by the noret, and archaeologists could wade around the coast and make many good findings. 15: View over Lindelse Nor with many wind turbines in the background. 16: Lindelse church. 17: Map of the bike ride. It was 26 kilometers long and can be highly recommended. This is route 4 from the Tourist and Business Association's bicycle map http://www.langelandwebshop.dk/webshop/16-brochuresmapsbooks/165-bicycle-map-langeland/

Lindelse church.

Map of the bike ride. It was 26 kilometers long and can be highly recommended. This is route 4 from the Tourist and Business Association's bicycle map http://www.langelandwebshop.dk/webshop/16-brochuresmapsbooks/165-bicycle-map-langeland/