Dybbøl Banke
To this day, this scenic area bears traces of the war of 1864 – one of the most momentous events in Danish history.
In 1864, Dybbøl Banke and Als were the scene of the last war waged on Danish soil. You can read more about this at ‘1864 – a fateful year in Danish history’.
After reunification in 1920, a canvas among the population yielded enough money to purchase the entrenchments, and these were given to the Danish state as a national park. The area does not meet the criteria in the National Parks Act of 2007, but can still use the term National Park.
The beautiful area has also been opened to the public through the alteration of agricultural land to grassy areas and the establishment of about 10 km footpaths. On the walk around Dybbøl Banke you can see the remains of the Prussian fortifications and see memorials and tombstones for the fallen during the War in 1864.