Bondebyen Explained

Official Name:Bondebyen
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:Denmark Capital Region
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in the Capital Region of Denmark
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Denmark
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Capital Region
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Lyngby-Taarbæk
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2

Bondebyen (Pesants' Town in Danish) is a historical neighbourhood of Kongens Lyngby. It is considered the best-preserved country town of the Copenhagen area,[1] albeit it is now in the middle of the heavily urbanized Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality.

Among the notable buildings is the house of Støvlet-Cathrine, as well as Lindegaarden (Linden Farm), built between 1841–1883.[2] Høstvej nr. 4, Vilhelminelyst, was Gyrithe Lemche's ancestral home. The known jurist Janus Kolderup-Rosenvinge lived in Høstvej nr. 6, and the merchant J. Fr. Tutein lived in Asylgade nr. 7.

The association Bondebylauget has worked since 1970 to preserve, improve and restore the area;[3] its president, Niels Friderichsen, is generally recognized to have saved Bondebyen from destruction by the buldozer-happy Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality.[4] Most of the buildings in Bondebyen are now listed.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Poul Erik Skriver. Poul Erik Skriver. Bondebyen i storbyen. Ingeniøren. https://archive.today/20130213013810/http://ing.dk/artikel/1537-bondebyen-i-storbyen. dead. 13 February 2013. 22 June 1984.
  2. Web site: Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune: Bondebyen. 26 April 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120329235625/http://www.ltk.dk/composite%28468%29.htm. 29 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Om Bondebylauget. 2011-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051723/http://www.bondebylauget.dk/. 2012-04-25. dead.
  4. News: Michael Bast. Michael Bast. Gårdejeren og hans familie på Vilhelminelyst i Bondebyen. Det Grønne Område. 30 September 2008.
  5. Book: Ulf Wesley Johnsen. Ulf Wesley Johnsen. Bondebyen i billeder - en billedlig historie uden ord fra et unikt boligmiljø i hjertet af Kongens Lyngby. 87-89724-14-3. 2006. Idon.
  6. Book: Lene Olesen, Niels Erik Jensen. Et Stykke af Lyngby. Registrant over Bondebyens bygninger.. Miljøministeriet, Fredningsstyrelsen og Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune. 1981.