Dejrø
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| Waters | Baltic Sea | |
| Archipelago | Sydfynske Øhav | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 53 '50 " N , 10 ° 25' 30" E | |
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| surface | 20 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 6 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Dejrø is a small uninhabited Danish island off the capital of Ærø Ærøskøbing . It was previously used as a summer pasture for cows and sheep. Duke Christian also used them to hunt rabbits. The practice was maintained for many decades until a storm surge flooded the island and wiped out the population. Rabbits were later released again with a special permit.
history
Dejrø was part of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Ærø when the first and last ruling duke gave it to his wife Katharina Griebels so that she could be looked after after his death. After the Duke's death, Katharina Griebels married the merchant Peder Pilegaard. The island remained in the family's possession until 1750 when King Frederick V bought the island of Ærø. The island belongs to the parish community ( Danish : Sogn ) Ærøskøbing Sogn in Harde Ærø Herred , which belonged to the Nordborg Office until the Peace of Vienna , after Ærø was ceded to the Kingdom of Denmark in 1864 to the Svendborg Office . After the abolition of the Harden structure with the Danish municipal reform of 1970 , Insel and Sogn belonged to the Ærøskøbing municipality in what was then Fyns Amt . which one year before the next Danish municipal reform in 2007 was merged with the Marstal municipality to form Ærø municipality , which has been part of the Syddanmark region since 2007 .
Web links
- Homepage Dejrø (Danish)
Note
Nearby is the similar sounding island Drejø . This island is bigger and more inhabited.