Prison From 1853 to 2006 the city housed the Horsens Statsfængsel prison, which held prisoners serving longer sentences. A notable prisoner was former minister of justice Peter Adler Alberti. The last execution in peacetime in Denmark happened in the prison in 1892 when Jens Nielsen was decapitated in the courtyard. Carl August Lorentzen was a safe cracker who became famous for his escape from the prison in 1949 when he dug a tunnel from his cell and out to freedom. When the guards discovered he was missing, they found a note from him with the words "Where there is a will there is a way". Lorentzen was captured a few days later on a nearby farm. The old run-down buildings were not fit for a modern prison. In 2006 the prison was closed and the newly built State Prison of East Jutland was opened. The new prison, which is placed near Horsens, held the mass murderer Peter Lundin for a period. Since its closure as a prison, Horsens Statsfængsel has housed a crime and prison museum, and conference and business facilities. The prison grounds have been used for concerts. It was considered as the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, along with two other cities in Denmark. VisitHorsens (the local tourist office) moved to the Prison in 2013 and in 2015 a hotel called SleepIn has opened in the Prison. Notable people from Horsens Public thinking and politics Peder Skram (ca.1500-1581) a Danish Admiral and naval hero. Jens Bang (ca.1575–1644) a wealthy Danish merchant, built Jens Bang's House in Aalborg Hans Svane (1606–1668) a Danish statesman and ecclesiastic. Vitus Bering (1681–1741), naval officer and explorer, the Bering Strait was named after him. Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn (1686–1740) a Danish military officer, diplomat and landowner Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731–1808) statesman and de facto Prime Minister of Denmark Catherine Antonovna of Brunswick (1741–1807) & Elizabeth Antonovna of Brunswick (1743–1782) daughters of Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick lived under house arrest in Horsens Adelbert Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (1820-1871), writer Hedevig Rosing (1827–1913), author, educator, school founder; first woman to teach in Copenhagen's public schools Andreas Bang-Haas (1846–1925) a Danish entomologist and insect dealer Hans G. Jensen (1856–1922) a Norwegian trade unionist, politician and tailor Ellen Broe (1900–1994) a Danish nurse who established educational and training initiatives Lilli Gyldenkilde (1936–2003) a Danish politician, a member of the Folketing and an MEP Lars Hedegaard (born