BORNHOLM  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the Baltic See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, 22 M . S.E. of the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, belonging to See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, lying on 15° E., and between 55° and 55° 18' N., and measuring 24 M. from S.E. to N.W. and 19 (extreme) from E. to W . Pop . (1901) 40,889 . The See also:

• SURFACE

surface is generally hilly; the scenery is See also:

• FINE

fine in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, where the cliffs reach a height of 135 ft., and the See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill of Helligdomsklipper dominates the island . Besides freestone, exported for See also:

• BUILDING

building, See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone, See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble, and See also:

• PORCELAIN

porcelain-See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay are worked . A little See also:

• COAL

coal is found and used locally, but it is not of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good quality . Oats, See also:

• FLAX

flax and See also:

• HEMP (in O. Eng. henep, cf. Dutch hennep, Ger. Hanf , cognate with Gr. Kavval3er, Lat. cannabis)

hemp are cultivated . The inhabitants are employed in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, fishing, See also:

• BREWING

brewing, See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation and the manufacture of earthenware . See also:

• WEAVING

Weaving and See also:

• CLOCK

clock-making are also carried on to some extent . The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital is Ronne (115 m. by sea from See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen), and there are five other small towns on the island—Svanike, Nekso, Hasle, Allinge, and Sandvig . A railway connects Ronne with Nekso (22 m .

E. by S.), where a bust commemorates J . N . See also:

• MADVIG, JOHAN NICOLAI (1804-1886)

Madvig, the philologist, who was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born there in 1804 (d . 1886) . Blanch's Hotel, to m . N. of Ronne, is the most favoured resort on the island, which attracts many visitors . On the north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west coast are the ruins of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Hammershus, which was built in 1158, and See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long served as a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison; while another old castle, erected by See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian V. in 1684, and important as commanding the entrance to the Baltic, is situated on Christianso, one of a small See also:

• GROUP

group of islands 15 M . E. by N . The island of Bornholm has had an eventful See also:

• HISTORY

history . In See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times it was long the See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent seat of marauding Vikings . In the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it became a See also:

• FIEF

fief of the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• LUND
• LUND, TROELS FREDERIK (1840- )

Lund . In 1510 it was captured by the Hanseatic See also:

• LEAGUE

League, in 1522 it came under Danish sway, and in 1526 it was made directly subject to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• LUBECK

Lubeck .

In 1645 the Swedes took it by See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm, and their See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of it was confirmed by the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• ROSKILDE, or ROESKILDE

Roskilde in 1658; but the sympathies of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people were with Denmark, and a popular insurrection succeeded in expelling the Swedish forces, the island coming finally into the possession of Denmark in 166o .