Sculptor Niels Hansen Jacobsen’s monument to the Danish language was carved in 1903 using granite from the island of Bornholm. He personified the “mother tongue” in the form of a young and beautiful crowned woman who rests her hands on two of the era’s most famous Danish-minded Schleswigers as well as two national and linguistic rights defenders: poet Edvard Lembcke and historian A.D. Jørgensen, who along with the Mother Tongue gazes towards the lost land of South Jutland (which was under Prussian rule from 1864 – 1920).
Distance
Hiking route The Ancient Road Hærvejen 0,2 km
Cycling route The Ancient Road Hærvejen 0,2 km