- Kupfermühle
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Kupfermühle belonged to
Bov Parish until the establishment of the present border in 1920 when the rest of the parish opted to become Danish. The village now belongs to the GemeindeHarrislee .Kupfermühle was the home of the first factory in
Schleswig , which is the reason behind the settlement's name. The copper mill was founded by kingChristian IV of Denmark in 1612 and produced finishedcopper products and later also products inbrass . Among its products were pipes and sheet copper for copper roofs but also utensils such as buckets, pots, kettles and candlesticks. The copper production flourished in 1914 when the factory employed more than 200 workers. It went bankrupt in 1962.Both the 17th century factory buildings and the workers' residences are preserved. The latter are known in Danish as "nyboder" and show great similarities with Christian's contemporary buildings in the
Copenhagen district of "Nyboder ". The village is now home to a museum which displays a large number of copper and brass products produced by the mill.Many of the residents in Kupfermühle belong to the
Danish minority of Southern Schleswig . A Danish school, "Kobbermølle Skole", is located in the neighbouring village,Wassersleben .Literature
*Jens-Peter Hansen (1994): Kobbermøllen ved Krusaa, Foreningen til Gamle Bygningers Bevaring da icon
*Kurt Andresen: Ortsentwicklung und Alltagsleben im Dorf Kupfermühle, Herausgeber: Gemeinde Harrislee de iconEksternal links
* [http://projekter.acu.dk/ty/FOV1-0001D9BD/SL.01.01.html A tour of Kupfermühle and Flensburg] da icon
* [http://www.museen-sh.de/ml/inst.php?s=2&t=1&sparte=museen&pid=&inst=52 Museen in Schleswig-Holstein - Museum Kupfermühle] de icon
* [http://www.krusaa-tunneldal.dk/historie/kobbermoelle.shtml About Kobbermølle] da icon"This article is mostly based on a translation of the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia accessed on
18 March 2007 ."
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