The house is situated on the Danish Baltic Sea island of Falster, in the historic centre of Gedesby. Gedesby already existed in Viking times and served in the Middle Ages as a landing place for the merchant ships trading in the Baltic region. Back then there was a harbour here, also called the “Rostock Harbour”, and the village was a lively trading station. Many prominent figures, including Tsar Peter of Russia, made a stop in Gedesby. In 1872 Gedesby was washed away in a great storm surge. Many people drowned and those who survived the stormy waves lost the roof over their heads. The house Hyggeholm was built in the year after the flood (1873) as part of a new settlement on a slightly higher plateau, in today’s Nybygade (“New Town Street”). Gedesby…
Ferienhaus an der dänischen Ostsee
