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: The ladiies and men at Amager were acctually
: the decendants of a group of people from the
: Low Countries who had been invited to
: Denmark in 1521 to grow vegetables and
: refined crobs, as they knew from their area.
: Christan 2 was married to Isabella of
: Habsburg, who grew up with her aunt, who was
: Governor-General of the Netherlands and
: lived in Mechelen (now Belgium)
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: In 1922 it was only 100 years since the
: Dutch community lost their special status
: and autonomous government in internal
: affairs. They contined to speak a kind of
: Dutch dialect and sold their produce in
: Copenhagen. I am one of their decendants.
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: Lovely footage ! Thanks so much for sharing
: (but am a bit surprised about the lack of
: waving (school-)children along the streets
: even though the ladies from Amager made a
: nice attempt to draw attention to the
: Dutch-Danish connections )
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