Tonder

Tonder is a metropolis in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a populace of seven,595 it is the primary town and the executive seat of the Tonder Municipality. The first mention of Tonder might have been in the mid-12th century, when the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi noted the landmark Tundira, which might have been a connection with both Tonder, or the close by city of MogelTonder.

Tonder turned into granted port privileges through the Hanseatic League in 1243, making it Denmark's oldest privileged market city. In 1532 it became hit by means of intense floods, with water stages reaching 1.8 m in St Laurent's church, 5.3 m above sea stage. In the 1550s, Tonder's port lost direct get admission to to the sea due to dykes being built to the west of city on the course of Duke Hans the Elder of Schleswig-Holstein-Haderslev, the son of Frederick I of Denmark. The town center is dominated by means of houses from the past due seventeenth and early 18th century, while the town experienced rapid boom due to its lace industry. Prior to 1864, Tonder was situated inside the Duchy of Schleswig, so its history is intertwined with the contentious history of Schleswig-Holstein.