Tisvilde, Denmark - aerial view - postcard, stamp & local pmk 1978

• Postcard

   

• Picture / Image:  Aerial view of Tisvilde [Denmark]
• Publisher: Farvefoto
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  Denmark 120 red
• Postmark(s): Tisvilde 1978 cds
• Sent to:  Overton, Hampshire, England
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Tisvilde is a small town with a population of 1,533 (1 January 2020) [1] located on the north coast of the island Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark 60 km (37 mi) in Gribskov Municipality, northeast of Hillerød.

Tisvildeleje is the coastal part of Tisvilde. "Leje" roughly translates as 'plain' and used to be a fishermans village. Now most of the fishermen's houses are used as charming summer residences. The southeast of Tisvilde is referred to as Tibirke.

Tisvilde, alongside Hornbæk further to the east, has the highest prices of summer houses in Denmark. A 175 sqn summer house was sold for DKK22 mio. in 2017.[2]

Natural

Pine trees in the protected plantation of Tisvilde Hegn.

Tisvilde Hegn

From around 1500, drifting sands began to bury the fields and farms around Tisvilde. The problem accelerated over the years and by 1700, most of the area had been deserted. Several attempts to counter the forces of nature, had been tried, but in 1724 the German Johan Ulrich Røhl was hired by the Crown and by help of the local peasants and 100 soldiers from Copenhagen, they managed to stop the dunes in the course of the 1730s, by covering them with seaweed and digging trenches. But while the dunes was successfully stopped in their march against civilisation, the sands had covered and transformed the countryside and made it completely barren. From around 1800 to 1900 this state was reversed, by planting the c. 1,300 ha forest[3] of Tisvilde Hegn in association with the plantations of Asserbo and Liseleje southwest. The first tree species to be planted was scots pine and later followed by spruce, birch, beech and oak. Tisvilde Hegn is the oldest plantation in Denmark[3] and now a Natura 2000 area, due to its rare habitat-types, flora and fauna and important birdlife.[4] This area is a part of the Kongernes Nordsjælland National Park.[5] Some of the species protected here are northern crested newt and large white-faced darter.[6]

The coastline at Tisvilde Hegn is known for its stretches of white, clean and child-friendly sandy beaches.[7]

Springs

Helene Spring is one of Denmark's most famous springs, and legend has it that anyone whose illness has not responded successfully to other forms of treatment must come to the spring on 23 June (Sankt Hans Eve or Midsummer's Eve). Culturally, legend in Denmark has it that if one consumes a certain amount of water from its springs in the night and then stays at Saint Helene's grave until morning, he should be cured of all his sicknesses.[8]