Denmark (Kansas)
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_from_NW_1.JPG) Dansk Evangelical Lutheran Church |
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| Location in Kansas | |||
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Kansas | ||
| County : | Lincoln County | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 5 ′ N , 98 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
Denmark is a scattered settlement in the valley of Trail Creek , a left tributary of the Saline River in the US state of Kansas .
history
As a result of the Prussian-Danish War of 1864, both the previously Danish- dominated German-speaking areas of today's German state Schleswig-Holstein and large Danish-speaking areas of Denmark in the north of Jutland were incorporated into the expanding Kingdom of Prussia .
The threat of compulsion to serve in the Prussian army prompted many members of both ethnic groups to often emigrate to the USA, especially to the Midwest , where new states such as Kansas were just emerging.
The Danish-born families Lauritzen and Petersen, among others, began to settle in the Denmark area, and the German-born Wiechell and Meigherhoff families nearby. Most of them fell victim to Indian raids after a short time, which in turn triggered retaliatory strikes by the US Army. During the battle of Summit Springs against a Cheyenne Indian camp, a Maria Wiechell was saved as the only captured survivor, who became an icon of the pioneering settlement movement for Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska .
church
In 1991 the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places . The building was completed in 1880 and the tower was added in 1901. In 1970 the door and window were replaced. The building is at the intersection with Grant Township .
literature
- Jeff Broome: Dog soldier justice. The ordeal of Susanna Alderdice in the Kansas Indian War. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln / Kansas and London 2009, ISBN 978-0-8032-2288-5
