The Digital Town Gate

A collection of databases and presentations of the history of the Danish towns from 1600-1900

Research

Read about the ended and ongoing research projects at Danish Center for Urban History.

Danish towns

Explore the 81 Danish towns through historical introductions, tables and links to the databases in The Digital Town Gate.

Town halls during absolutism

Explore the stories and pictures of the Danish town halls during absolutism from 1660-1848.

The medieval towns

Search among more than 4600 written sources from 11 Danish medieval towns.

Publications

Get an overview of the publications produced by Danish Center for Urban History.

Denmark on film

Newly digitised documentary film footage offers a glimpse into everyday life and special events all across Denmark from the period of 1905-1965.

Civic guards

Delve into the history of the civic guards of the Danish towns from ca. 1500-1870. Civic guards were military corps composed of citizens of the Danish towns.

Urban agriculture

Visit the nationwide database with tables of urban agriculture from the Middle Ages until 1900.

Town and hinterland

Visit the database with outlines and maps of the Danish hinterlands until 1900.

Urban historical bibliography

Search among 4500 urban historical books, articles, master theses and reports.

Nordics.info

Dive into a broad variety of academic research about the nordic countries at nordics.info

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News

18 June 2020 - Administrative conditions

Stillingen tiltrædes fra 1. september 2020 og er 5 timer ugentligt (flextid). Ansættelsesperioden kan være max. 2 år eller frem til afslutningen af dit studie. Aflønning efter overenskomst.

09 January 2020 - Seminar

På grund af stor interesse for seminaret om den lille bys historie er der nu lukket for tilmeldinger.

16 December 2019 - Bogomtaler

Fin anmeldelse i Nordisk Arkivportal om festskriftet 'En byhistorisk mosaik' til Jørgen Mikkelsen.