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66-577: Since then and until recently, it was used by the Danish Emergency Management Agency as an academy for non-commissioned officers, but it has now opened as a hotel and conference centre. The palace was designed by the French architect Nicolas-Henri Jardin , who had been brought to Denmark to complete Frederick's Church in Copenhagen after the death of Nicolai Eigtved in 1754. It is one of

132-543: A cold storage system, where the fruits are stored at low temperatures in untreated air, the controlled environment method avoids flesh hardening which negatively impacts the processability of the product. The ornamental cultivar Castanea sativa 'Albomarginata' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit . The species is widely cultivated for its edible seeds (also called nuts) and for its wood. Sweet chestnut has been listed as one of

198-423: A good source of copper , phosphorus , manganese and potassium (nutrition table). Its sugar content ranges from 14% to 20% dry weight, depending on the cultivar. Fructose is mostly responsible for the sweet taste. Sweet chestnut is suited for human nutrition. Most sweet chestnut is consumed in processed form, which has an impact on the nutrient composition. Its naturally high concentration of organic acids

264-506: A grafted cultivar such as 'Marron de Lyon' or 'Paragon' may start production within five years of being planted. Both cultivars bear fruits with a single large kernel, rather than the usual two to four smaller kernels. The fruit yield per tree is usually between 30–100 kilograms (66–220 pounds), but can get as high as 300 kilograms (660 pounds). Harvest time is between middle of September and middle of November. There are three harvesting techniques: The most widespread treatment before storage

330-404: A net-shaped (retiform) pattern with deep furrows or fissures running spirally in both directions up the trunk. The trunk is mostly straight with branching starting at low heights. The oblong-lanceolate , boldly toothed leaves are 16–28 centimetres (6–11 inches) long and 5–9 cm (2–4 in) broad. The flowers of both sexes are borne in 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long, upright catkins ,

396-433: A popular remedy for whooping cough. A hair shampoo can be made from infusing leaves and fruit husks. The fat content is low and dominated by unsaturated fatty acids . Sweet chestnut is a good source of starch . The energy value per 100 g (3.5 oz) of C. sativa amounts to 891 kJ (213 kcal) (table). C. sativa is characterized by high moisture content which ranges from 41% to 59%. The chestnut provides

462-480: A precise origin history. A newer but more reliable source are the literary works of Ancient Greece, with the richest being Theophrastus 's Historia plantarum , written in the third century B.C. Theophrastus focuses mainly on the use of sweet chestnut wood as timber and charcoal, only mentioning the use of the fruit once when commenting on the digestive difficulties it causes, but praising its nourishing quality. Several Greek authors wrote about medicinal properties of

528-548: A rose garden, an orchard and a tea house. It is believed that Jardin, who designed the palace, was also responsible for the design of the gardens, especially as his plans refer to the emergence of landscape gardens as a new trend in Denmark. The Bernstorffs, who took great interest in the gardens, planted apricots, peaches, grapes, rare apple and pear trees, cherries and plums in their kitchen garden, together with rare varieties of cucumbers, artichokes, lettuces and melons from France and

594-428: A skin which is astringent and unpleasant to eat when still moist; after drying for a time the thin skin loses its astringency but is still better removed to reach the white fruit underneath. Cooking dry in an oven or fire normally helps remove this skin. Chestnuts are traditionally roasted in their tough brown husks after removing the spiny cupules in which they grow on the tree, the husks being peeled off and discarded and

660-515: A trunk often 2 m (7 ft) in diameter. Around 20 trees are recorded with diameters over 4 m (13 ft) including one 7.5 m (25 ft) in diameter at breast height . A famous ancient tree known as the Hundred Horse Chestnut in Sicily was historically recorded at 18 m (59 ft) in diameter (although it has split into multiple trunks above ground). The bark often has

726-723: A wealthy plantation owner from the Danish West Indies , who shortly thereafter also bought the Dehn Mansion in Copenhagen. He had the park redesigned in the English garden style. At the time of his death in 1838, Bernstorff Palace had fallen into neglect. Most of the land remained in the hands of the Bernstorff family until 1839 when it was sold to krigsassessor Peter Hilarius Ferdinand Kalko. That same year, at auction, he also purchased Bernstorff Palace for 25,850 rigsdaler. Kalko's intention

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792-456: Is a Danish governmental agency under the Ministry of Societal Resilience and Contingency . Its principal task is to manage an operational part who work out of six Emergency Management Centres, and administrative and legalizing part, who supervises the national and municipal rescue preparedness and advises the authorities on matters of preparedness. DEMA works in closely structured co-operation with

858-472: Is a 100% volunteer center the only exception being the chief officer and some teachers offering courses to private rescue firms. All the other centers are staffed by conscripts who are controlled by a single officer and a couple of sergeants. Besides from the regional support centers there were also (from 2000 to 2012) some minor support points that had equipment paid for by DEMA, but were staffed by municipal volunteer firefighters. These support points were, like

924-406: Is a key factor influencing the organoleptic characteristics of fruits and vegetables, namely flavor. Organic acids are thought to play an important role against diseases as an antioxidant . Heat appears to be the most influencing factor when it comes to decreasing the organic acid content. However, even after heating sweet chestnuts, antioxidant activity remains relatively high. On the other hand,

990-429: Is also affected by the high temperatures. Four processes are decisive for the degrading process of sugar while cooking: hydrolysis of starch to oligosaccharide and monosaccharide, decomposition of sucrose to glucose and fructose, caramelization of sugars and degradation of sugars. Organic acids are also affected by high temperatures: their content decreases about 50% after frying, and 15% after boiling. Responsible for

1056-482: Is leading to a revival in C. sativa cultivation. Three different cultivation systems for the sweet chestnut can be distinguished: The field management is dependent on the cultivation system. While cleaning the soil from the leaves and pruning is the norm, the use of fertilizer, irrigation and pesticides is less common and reserved for more intensive cultivation. The sweet chestnut tree grows well on limestone -free, deeply weathered soil. The optimal pH value of

1122-486: Is made with sweet chestnut flour. A local variety of Corsican beer also uses chestnuts. The product is sold as a sweetened paste mixed with vanilla, crème de marrons  [ fr ] , sweetened or unsweetened as chestnut purée or purée de marron , and candied chestnuts as marrons glacés . In Switzerland, it is often served as Vermicelles . Roman soldiers were given chestnut porridge before going into battle. Leaf infusions are used in respiratory diseases and are

1188-578: Is to be distinguished from the horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum , to which it is only distantly related. The horse chestnut bears similar looking seeds (conkers) in a similar seed case, which are not palatable to humans. Other common names include "Spanish chestnut" or "marron" (French for "chestnut"). The generic name Castanea is the old Latin name for the plant species, while the specific epithet sativa means "cultivated by humans". Some selected varieties are smaller and more compact in growth yielding earlier in life with different ripening time:

1254-464: Is water curing, a process in which the sweet chestnuts are immersed in water for nine days. The aim of this practice is to limit the main storage problems threatening the sweet chestnut: fungi development and the presence of insect worms. As an alternative to water curing, hot water treatment is also commercially used. After water treatment, the sweet chestnuts are stored in a controlled environment with high carbon dioxide concentrations. In contrast to

1320-589: The EU , UN and several neighbouring countries. DEMA is capable of deploying abroad on request from another state or an international organisation. The decision to render assistance is taken in co-counsel with the Danish Foreign Ministry . DEMA can give support in instances of natural disasters and accidents, technological events and crises and civil wars. It is able to react quickly in acute situations and leave its home base within hours on smaller missions, and have

1386-937: The Iberian peninsula in the first century A.D. suggests the spreading of cultivated sweet chestnut trees by the Romans. Contrary to that notion, other scientists found no indication of the Romans spreading C. sativa before the fifth century. While the husks of sweet chestnuts, dated to the third or early fourth century, have been identified from the bottom of a Roman well at Great Holts Farm, in Boreham in Essex , England; this deposit includes remains of other exotic food plants and provides no evidence that any of them originated locally. No other evidence of sweet chestnut in Roman Britain has been confirmed. Indeed, no centre of sweet chestnut cultivation outside

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1452-647: The Netherlands . The tree requires a mild climate and adequate moisture for good growth and a good nut harvest. Its year-growth (but not the rest of the tree) is sensitive to late spring and early autumn frosts; it is also intolerant of lime . Under forest conditions, it will tolerate moderate shade well. It can live to more than 2,000 years of age in natural conditions, such as the Hundred Horse Chestnut near Mount Etna in eastern Sicily. The leaves provide food for some animals, including Lepidoptera such as

1518-452: The Spanish chestnut or just chestnut , is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae , native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor , and widely cultivated throughout the temperate world . A substantial, long-lived deciduous tree, it produces an edible seed, the chestnut, which has been used in cooking since ancient times. Castanea sativa attains a height of 20–35 metres (66–115 feet) with

1584-485: The case-bearer moth Coleophora anatipennella and North American rose chafer Macrodactylus subspinosus . The two major fungal pathogens of the sweet chestnut are the chestnut blight ( Cryphonectria parasitica ) and the ink disease caused by Phytophthora cambivora and P. cinnamomi . In North America as well as in Southern Europe Castanea parasitica destroyed most of the chestnut population in

1650-565: The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Clues in art and literature indicate a dislike of the sweet chestnut by the Roman aristocracy. Like Theophrastus, Latin authors are sceptical of the sweet chestnut as a fruit, and Pliny the Elder even goes as far as admiring how well nature has hidden this fruit of apparently so little value. In the beginning of the Christian era, people probably started to realize

1716-417: The 20th century, due to depopulation of the countryside and the abandonment of the sweet chestnut as a staple food as well as the spread of chestnut blight and ink disease, C. sativa cultivation has dramatically decreased. Nowadays, sweet chestnut production is sometimes seen at a turning point again, because the development of high-value sweet chestnut products combined with changing needs of an urban society

1782-405: The 20th century. With biological control, the population of the sweet chestnut is not threatened anymore by the chestnut blight and is regenerating. Ink disease is infesting trees mostly in humid soils, with the mycelium invading the root and resulting in wilting of the leaf. Absence of fruit formation leads to die back of the petal . The ink disease is named after the black exudates at the base of

1848-491: The 38 substances used to prepare Bach flower remedies , a kind of alternative medicine promoted for its supposed effect on health. However, according to Cancer Research UK , "there is no scientific evidence to prove that flower remedies can control, cure or prevent any type of disease, including cancer". The species' large genetic diversity and different cultivars are exploited for uses such as flour, boiling, roasting, drying, and sweets. The raw nuts, though edible, have

1914-604: The Civil Defense, and a lot don't know what DEMA is. The primary firefighting work in Denmark is done by municipal fire departments and all municipalities are required by law to have a fire department. Before 1992 the municipal fire department were controlled by " Statens Brandinspektion " ( Governmental Fire Inspection Agency ), but with the law-change in 1992 the responsibility was given to the Civil Preparedness Division of DEMA. The municipalities do not have to do

1980-666: The Interior, however as of 1 February 2004 it is under the Ministry of Defence. By means of a number of political agreements supported widely by the parties in the Danish Parliament, the rescue preparedness has been continuously developed and adapted to the changing demands made by the society and the changes in the security-policy situation. When the Civil Air Defense was created the vehicles were old gray trucks, and this truck-color

2046-455: The Italian peninsula in Roman times has been detected. Widespread use of chestnut in western Europe started in the early Middle Ages and flourished in the late Middle Ages. In the mid-seventh-century Lombard laws, a composition of one solidi is set for felling a chestnut tree (or, also, hazel, pear or apple) belonging to another person ( Edictum Rothari , No. 301, 643 AD). Since the beginning of

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2112-875: The Marigoule, the Marisol and the Maraval. The species is native to Southern Europe and Asia Minor . It is found across the Mediterranean region , from the Caspian Sea to the Atlantic Ocean . It is thought to have survived the last ice age in several refuges in Southern Europe, on the southern coast of the Black Sea with a main centre on the southern slope of the Caucasus and in

2178-453: The Netherlands. They also acquired a host of rare trees and bushes for the gardens including chestnuts , acacias , holly , tulip trees , plane trees , medlars , azaleas , barberries , quinces and lilacs , many of them completely new to Denmark at the time. Most of these exotic varieties had withered away by the time Christian IX bought the estate in 1854. He charged Rudolph Rothe ,

2244-537: The United Kingdom . In 1888, after the Nordic Exhibition , Queen Louise bought the timbered Swedish pavilion and had it fitted out as guest quarters. On Christian IX's death in 1906, Prince Valdemar of Denmark inherited the palace, continuing to use it as a summer residence until his death in 1939. Princess Margaret of Denmark , Prince Valdemar's youngest child, was born at Bernstorff Palace. Afterwards, it

2310-626: The ability to deploy a mobile hospital in only 24 hours. By the Danish Preparedness Act ( Beredskabsloven ), which came into force on 1 January 1992, the former WW2 era wartime civil defense corps was changed into a peacetime "Emergency Management Agency", that could primarily work in peacetime. The Danish Emergency Management Agency was created out of the two agencies responsible for these former services, namely "Civilforsvarsstyrelsen" (Civil Defense Agency) and "Statens Brandinspektion" (Governmental Fire Inspection Agency). The Civil Defence

2376-480: The agency has around 450 conscripts every 9 months. Unlike the military where the normal service length is 4 months and there are no operational tasks, conscription service in DEMA is 9 months in length. Also the conscripts are made part of the national emergency response after 1 month of service and are often participation in firefighting and rescue operations. The conscripts get a full firefighters education and are trained in

2442-489: The aromatic characteristics of cooked chestnuts is the effect of degradation of saccharides, proteins and lipids, the caramelization of saccharides and the maillard reaction that is reducing sugar and amino acids. This tree responds very well to coppicing , which is still practised in Britain, and produces a good crop of tannin -rich wood every 12 to 30 years, depending on intended use and local growth rate. The tannin renders

2508-503: The beginning of the '90s. Some notable missions are: The Nuclear Division's responsibilities include: The chemical division's responsibilities include: The Danish Preparedness Act stipulates that each ministry, agency, or other authority in the Danish government is required to carry out relevant planning within their respective sector to deal with a serious adverse impact on critical functions of society. CPD helps facilitate planning within

2574-410: The consumer must consider that roasting, boiling or frying has a big impact on the nutritional profile of chestnut. Vitamin C significantly decreases between 25 and 54% when boiled and 2–77 % when roasted. Nevertheless, roasted or boiled chestnuts may still be a solid vitamin C source, since 100 grams still represent about 20% of the recommended daily dietary intake. The sugar content

2640-527: The dark blue uniform may often be mistaken as military or police in other countries, and this has given some unfortunate situations. The only current deployment where the uniform is used is the UNIFIL deployment in Lebanon, where a special uniform has been developed for the hot climate. Although DEMA hasn't been called Civil Defense (Civilforsvaret) for more than 15 years, the general public still often refers to it as

2706-582: The different sectors and the coordination between the different sectors. This includes responsibility for national emergency planning, publication of guidance materials, courses, and other activities to strengthen the cooperation between the different actors in the Danish civil preparedness establishment. Most recently the education for both firefighters and fire chiefs has been completely revised in 2009 and 2010. Insignia used by DEMA Sweet Chestnut The sweet chestnut ( Castanea sativa ), also known as

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2772-632: The earliest examples of Neoclassical architecture in Denmark. The elaborately decorated two-storeyed building was completed in May 1765 at considerable cost. At the time, it had four small decorative garrets, attics with decorative vases and a wide balcony on the roof ridge itself. On the garden side, there is a dome-covered projection rising the full height of the building. The palace's many rooms were modest in size and intended primarily for domestic use rather than for display. Most are panelled with parquet floors, large mirrors and decorated ceilings. The four rooms on

2838-458: The entrance reads: "Honesto inter labores otio sacrum" or "Reserved for honest rest between periods of work." In 1854, Bernstorff Palace was placed at the disposal of Crown Prince Christian , later King Christian IX, who adopted it as his preferred summer residence. Indeed, it was to become a popular retreat for the royal couple and their extended family during the king's long reign. Visitors included Tsar Alexander III of Russia and Edward VII of

2904-476: The firefighting themselves, and a large part of the fire department services are done by the private firm Falck A/S . The agency has a staff of some 600 people. About 170 of these are employed in the central Emergency Management Agency in Birkerød . The rest are employed at the agency's six centers and two schools. It is possible to do conscription-service for the Danish military in the operational section of DEMA and

2970-476: The first spreading of Castanea sativa due to human activity started around 2100–2050 B.C. in Anatolia , northeastern Greece and southeastern Bulgaria . Compared to other crops, the sweet chestnut was probably of relatively minor importance and distributed very heterogeneously throughout these regions. The first charcoal remains of sweet chestnut only date from around 850–950 B.C., making it very difficult to infer

3036-497: The following fields: The Emergency Management Centers are located all over the country and almost every part of the country can be reached within one hour of receiving the alarm. The centers are located in: The primary function of the above centers is to assist municipal fire departments at major fires, assist to police, and to take care of the Danish nuclear fallout preparedness, HazMat preparedness, USAR/rescue preparedness and all other relevant tasks. Beredskabsstyrelsen Hedehusene

3102-456: The fruit. The maximal altitude is strongly dependent on the climate. In general, the climate should be similar to viticulture . Optimal precipitation is between 400 and 1,600 millimetres (16 and 63 in). Before planting, seeds must be stratified at 2–3 °C (36–37 °F) so germination can start 30–40 days later. After a year, the young trees are transplanted. A tree grown from seed may take 20 years or more before it bears fruits, but

3168-406: The hot chestnuts dipped in salt before eating them. Roast chestnuts are traditionally sold in streets, markets and fairs by street vendors with mobile or static braziers . The skin of raw peeled chestnuts can be relatively easily removed by quickly blanching the nuts after scoring them by a cross slit at the tufted end. Once cooked, chestnuts acquire a sweet flavor and a floury texture similar to

3234-475: The male flowers in the upper part and female flowers in the lower part. In the Northern Hemisphere , they appear in late June to July, and by autumn, the female flowers develop into spiny cupules containing 3–7 brownish nuts that are shed during October. The female flowers eventually form a spiky sheath that deters predators from the seed. The sweet chestnut is naturally self incompatible , meaning that

3300-502: The plant cannot pollinate itself, making cross-pollination necessary. Some cultivars only produce one large seed per cupule , while others produce up to three seeds. The nut itself is composed of two skins: an external, shiny brown part, and an internal skin adhering to the fruit. Inside, there is an edible, creamy-white part developed from the cotyledons . Sweet chestnut trees live to an age of 500 to 600 years. In cultivation they may even grow as old as 1,000 years or more. The tree

3366-516: The region of north-western Syria , possibly extending into Lebanon . The species is widely distributed throughout Europe, where in 2004 Castanea sativa was grown on 2,250,000 hectares (5,600,000 acres) of forest, of which 1,780,000 ha (4,400,000 acres) were mainly cultivated for wood and 430,000 ha (1,100,000 acres) for fruit production. In some European countries, C. sativa has only been introduced recently, for example in Slovakia or

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3432-504: The regional support points, support centers for the municipal fire departments in case of major fires and other emergencies. With the new political defense agreement of 2012, the Municipal Support Centers were officially closed. Most of the municipal fire departments were offered to buy the equipment at very low costs. The Municipal Support Centers were located at: DEMA has participated in several international operations since

3498-692: The royal garden inspector, to replace them with Danish oak and beech which can still be seen today. The beautiful Swedish Villa in the gardens was built in 1888 in the classic Swedish timbered style for the Nordic Exhibition. Run by the Swedish Villa Foundation, it is used for art exhibitions, concerts and as a café. 55°45′30″N 12°33′08″E  /  55.7584°N 12.5523°E  / 55.7584; 12.5523 Danish Emergency Management Agency The Danish Emergency Management Agency ( DEMA ) ( Danish : Beredskabsstyrelsen )

3564-529: The soil is between 4.5 and 6, and the tree cannot tolerate soil compaction. The tolerance to wet ground and to clay-rich soils is very low. It is a heat-loving tree which needs a long vegetation period. The optimal average temperature is between 8 and 15 °C (46 and 59 °F) and in January the temperature should preferably not be below −1 °C (30 °F) but it may tolerate temperatures as low as −15 °C (5 °F). Low temperature in autumn can damage

3630-515: The south side have overdoors decorated by Johan Edvard Mandelberg . Bernstorff left Denmark in 1770, after being dismissed by the regent, Johann Friedrich Struensee . The estate remained in his family's hands until 1812. In 1812, Bernstorff Palace was sold for 225,000 rigsdaler to Ole Christian Borch. The next year, he sold it for 280,000 rigsdaler to royal president, later gehejmestats- og justitsminister Frederik Julius Kaas . In 1817, Kaas sold Bernstorff Palace to Christopher MacEvoy Jr. ,

3696-591: The sweet chestnut, specifically as a remedy against lacerations of the lips and of the oesophagus. Similar to the introduction of grape vine and olive cultivation to the Latin world, C. sativa is thought to have been introduced during the colonisation of the Italian peninsula by the Greeks . Further clues pointing to this theory can be found in the work of Pliny the Elder , who mentions only Greek colonies in connection with sweet chestnut cultivation. Today's phylogenetic map of

3762-474: The sweet chestnut, while not fully understood, shows greater genetic similarity between Italian and western Anatolian C. sativa trees compared to eastern Anatolian specimen, reinforcing these findings. Nonetheless, until the end of the pre-Christian era, the spread and use of the chestnut in Italy remained limited. Carbonised sweet chestnuts were found in a Roman villa at Torre Annunziata near Naples , destroyed by

3828-414: The sweet potato. The cooked nuts can be used for stuffing poultry, as a vegetable or in nut roasts. They can also be used in confections, puddings, desserts and cakes. They are used for flour, bread making, a cereal substitute, coffee substitute, a thickener in soups and other cookery uses, as well as for fattening stock. A sugar can be extracted from them. The Corsican variety of polenta (called pulenta )

3894-548: The trunk. Nowadays there are cultivars that are resistant to the ink disease. Phytophthora cambivora caused serious damage in Asia and the US, and it still continues to destroy new plantations in Europe. Another serious pest which is difficult to control is the gall wasp ( Dryocosmus kuriphylus ) which was recently introduced in Southern Europe, originating in Asia. Pollen data indicates that

3960-468: The value and versatility of sweet chestnut wood, leading to a slow spread of the cultivation of C. sativa trees, a theory that is supported by pollen data and literary sources, as well as the increased use of sweet chestnut wood as poles and in supporting structures, wood works and pier building between A.D. 100 and 600. Increasing sweet chestnut pollen appearances in Switzerland , France , Germany and

4026-411: The year 2000, and the old gray uniform was replaced by a new dark blue uniform, called M/2000. The uniform has been edited sometimes, and a new rescue-uniform was created in 2009 for USAR teams. The M/2000 is being replaced by a new uniform currently under development. When on international deployment the DEMA often uses discrete civilian clothing, mostly in a sand/brown color. Experiences have shown that

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4092-522: The young growing wood durable and weather resistant for outdoor use, thus suitable for posts, fencing or stakes. The wood is of light colour, hard and strong. It is used to make furniture, barrels (sometimes used to age balsamic vinegar ), and roof beams notably in southern Europe (for example in houses of the Alpujarra , Spain, in southern France and elsewhere). The timber has a density of 560 kg per cubic meter, and due to its durability in ground contact

4158-573: Was created on 1 March 1938, as the State Civil Air Defence (Statens civile luftværn) and was under the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior . The name Civil Defence dates from the first Civil Defence law of 1 April 1949. The municipal fire services and the Governmental Fire Inspection Agency was under the Ministry of Justice . The new Danish Emergency Management Agency came under the responsibility of Ministry of

4224-450: Was kept for many years. The uniform of the Civil Air Defense, and later the Civil Defense was also kept gray, with orange shoulders and blue triangles - The international icon for civil protection . Later the vehicles were painted orange to show that it is a true Civil Defense agency and still are this color - Denmark being one of the only nations left still using the Civil Defense colors and logo to this extent. The uniforms were modernized in

4290-425: Was to demolish the main building but this plan was never realized. The Bernstorff Palace was about to be demolished in 1842 when Christian VIII bought it and charged Jørgen Hansen Koch with its comprehensive renovation. A mezzanine was added and the layout of the first-floor rooms was changed. Fitting Jardin's decorative style, Norwegian marble fireplaces are to be found in three of the larger rooms. A sign above

4356-465: Was used by the Danish Emergency Management Agency as an academy for non-commissioned officers. On 1 May 2009, after an agreement with Gitte Jensen and Kirsten Nielsen, Bernstorff Palace opened as a hotel and conference centre. The palace's extensive gardens were laid out in the Romantic landscape style which had just been introduced to Denmark in the 1760s. In addition to the lawns and woods, they include

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