With thanks to the archives
Sources and images
The history on this site builds on the work of local historians. The full list of sources and image credits is on the Danish page.
Literature
- Ketty Lykke Jensen: Byskov - herfra min verden går, 2010. The chapter on Klodskovvej 70, pp. 113-124. Slægtsforskernes Bibliotek (Genealogists' Library)
- Ketty Lykke Jensen: Ønslev og Eskilstrup Sogne, 2009. Slægtsforskernes Bibliotek
- Lolland-Falsters Historiske Samfunds Årbog 1947 (the parish council's minute book, 1841-64) and 1980 (the 1903 directory).
- P. Petersen: Lolland-Falsters Navnebog (Lolland-Falster's Book of Names), 1902.
- Arne Heyn: "Et møde i landskabet med historie, sagn og myter" (A meeting in the landscape with history, legend and myth), Lolland-Falsters Historiske Samfunds Årbog 1999, pp. 16 ff. (on Tang Rasmus).
- Anette Jensen: "Sjuskedorte, sladrersidse, somalene, svinemikkel og alle de andre. Sammensætninger med personnavn som andetled i danske ømål" (compounds with a personal name as second element in the Danish island dialects), in Jysk, ømål, rigsdansk mv., Peter Skautrup Centre, Aarhus University, 2011, pp. 57 ff. (on tang-rasmus).
- DR: Dannebrog - på togt med kongeskibet (Dannebrog - a voyage aboard the royal yacht), 2007.
- Rigstelefonkatalog (National Telephone Directory) 1922.
- Trap Danmark, 5th edition, Ønslev parish.
- The National Museum of Denmark on Shrovetide.
Images
- Aerial photos of Vægtergården and Byskov, 1952: Sylvest Jensen Luftfoto / Royal Danish Library, Royal Danish Library - Danmark set fra luften.
- Map of Byeskov Byes Marker, 1794, and High Survey Sheets, 1888: Danish Agency for Climate Data, Historiske Kort (Historical Maps), CC BY 4.0.
- Class photo, Ønslev School, 1945: lent by Verner Johansen, reproduced in Ketty Lykke Jensen, Byskov - herfra min verden går (2010), p. 34.
- The Smithy, c. 1911: the Jørgensen family's own photo.
- The 1921 census, Ønslev parish: Rigsarkivet (the Danish National Archives), Arkivalieronline.
- Parish registers for Eskilstrup parish (1873) and Ønslev parish (1910): Rigsarkivet (the Danish National Archives), Arkivalieronline.
- Three watchmen, copper engraving by J.F. Clemens, 1786: Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), public domain.
- Ribe's last watchmen, 1902: Anna Boisen, public domain.
- Paintings and woodcuts (public domain): Otto Bache, Tre heste på marken and At slå katten af tønden (c. 1862) · Theodor Philipsen, To heste forspændt en vogn (1886) · Hans Smidth, Hjemkørsel (1895) · Fritz Syberg, I høstens tid (1887) · Jens Juel, En sjællandsk bondegård under et optrækkende uvejr (1791-93) · J.Th. Lundbye, En kostald i en bondegård (1844) · Julius Paulsen, Landskab ved Stavnsholt. Sommeraften (1895) · Joakim Skovgaard, Landskab, køerne drives hjem (1897) · L.A. Ring, Landsbygade med en gående mand. Vinter (1887) · J.Th. Lundbye, Bøndergårde i Vejby (1843) · P.J. Larsen, Livet i en sjællandsk bondegård ved middagstid (1852) · Knud Gamborg, At slå katten af tønden (1872) · J.F. Clemens, Tre vægtere (1786). Via Statens Museum for Kunst and Wikimedia Commons.
A note on the name Sommer: Mogens Sommer, who initiated the Byskov book and wrote the chapter on the bombing night, and the Sommer family of Sommergaarden, are no relation of Lars Sommer, who owns Vægtergården today. The shared name is pure coincidence.
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