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the o th er by
Gjentofte,
n ear to w hich latter place,
on the high ro a d , stands a m onum ent raised by
the peasan ts o f this district in h on o r of the first
C ount B ernstorff, by w hom they w ere em ancipated
from villenage.
T o th e sou th o f C openhagen lies the
Island
of
Amager
or
Amak,
called “ T he K itchen G arden
of C open hag en.”
A t the request o f C hristian II.,
the D uchess o f S a v o y , A unt to his Q u e e n , and
G o v ern o u r o f the L ow C ountries, sent over several
fam ilies w ho “ understoo d g a rd e n in g ,” and to them
w as assigned the island o f A m a g er, to dwell on
an d cultivate.
T h eir descendants to th is day are
called H ollan ders, retaining the D utch costum e and
c u stom s, and are still the pro ducers of the finest
vegetables in the C openhagen m arket.
T h e
Island
o f
Møen,
w ith its picturesque
scenery and noble cliffs,* is, if tim e allow s, w orthy
of a visit.