The battle of Dybbol, 1864

The main reason we parked for a couple of nights was to visit the Dybbol battlefield.  The nearby town of Sonderborg spans both sides of the Alssund. We weer on the western bank.  In the distance is the bridge which carries motorway 8 from the mainland to the island of Als.

In the centre of Sonderborg, "this memorial stone was erected as a thank you to all those sent on international missions for Denmark since 1948."

The coastal walk into Sonderborg was dotted with these memorials to Danish soldiers protecting the evacuation of their fellows to Als after the Dybbol defences were overcome.

The eastern side of the Alssund - Sonderborg has expanded a bit to the north in the past century!

The Dybbol battlefield is still largely unspoiled and included a visitor centre in one of the redoubts.  Always good to see a fortress gun.

This crane was for changing gun barrels.

This chap was spotted trying to cram the field gun into a rucksack.

A brief cycle ride away is another even larger redoubt!

Across the road from the redoubt is Dybbol Mill and this memorial.  Sadly while we were visiting the mill the weather closed in so my photos of it are awful.  But fear not, as an er, scale model of the mill features in a forthcoming post.

And the weather picked up soon afterwards.  It was one of those days where we had four seasons, not just in one day but in a couple of hours!