Welcome to History Center of Dybbøl Banke.
These hutments was build behind the lines and was for the reserve.
We sometimes use this for storytelling.
It's a barack for the regiment commander.
A barack for the private soldiers. There is room for 30-40 men.
Here you can try to use the telegraphe or perhaps write a letter with pen and ink. In the holidays you can change to "skilling".
In one of the redoubt there was a Well like this. You can try but don't drink the water.
The blachsmith is very important. He can fix many things like new horseshoes. The Danish army had more than 10.000 horses.
It's shop where the soldiers can buy the things which the army don't supply.
Here in the field kitchen the soldiers could cook there rations.
Here the gunpowder and shells were stored behind the thick walls made of concrete.
The redoubt is a reconstruction of nearly half of a Danish redoubt. Ther were 10 redoubts here at Dybbøl.
Her you can try to enter the redoubt like the Prussians in 1864.
It is a 84-pounder using round shells filled with black powder.
Her we sometimes make military foot drill with the guests as in 1864.
It is the shelter for the crew in the redoubt.
The Cannon Crane is used to switch the cannon barrels.
This is the only way in and out of the redoubt. Therefore you can draw the bridge into the redoubt and make it difficult for the enemy to enter.
From here see part of the battlefield among others the remnants of Redoubt 4 and 8. You can also see a later build Prussian Fort, today called Kongeskansen.
As a soldier on outpost in front of Dybbøl it is nice to take cover i a hutment like this.
In the holidays you can for try a metal detector and find shell fragments from the war.
The small field guns are relatively easy to move around and they were typically drawn by six horses.
In a loading magazine like this they fabricated the shells.
See a short movie about taget shooting with our 1864 guns.