Liberty Column
The Liberty Column is a 20-meter-tall obelisk located in front of Central Station in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was erected in memory of the peasant reforms of 1788 which led to the abolition of stavnsbåndet, a form of serfdom in Denmark.
- Monument
- …dates from 1797
- …is inscribed with “På støtten står på østsiden: Citat Kongen kiendte at Borgerfriehed bestemt ved retfærdig Lov giver Kierlighed til Fædreland mod til dets Værn lyst til Kundskab Attraae til Flid Haab om Held Citat På vestsiden: Citat Kongen bød Stavnsbaandet skal ophøre La”
- Description: Obelisk in Copenhagen, Denmark
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Copenhagen Central Station and Tivoli Gardens.
Copenhagen Central Station
Railway station
Copenhagen Central Station is the main railway station… Copenhagen Central Station is situated 200 metres southeast of Liberty Column.
Tivoli Gardens
Theme park
Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli… Tivoli Gardens is situated 340 metres east of Liberty Column.
Radisson Collection Royal Hotel
Hotel
The Radisson Collection Royal Hotel, Copenhagen is a historic hotel in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Postbyen and Meatpacking District.
Meatpacking District
Suburb
Riemann, Public domain.
Kødbyen is a district of Vesterbro in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Vesterbro
Vesterbro is just outside Copenhagen’s city centre, making it a very attractive place to live.
Liberty Column
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Latitude
55.6742° or 55° 40′ 27″ north
Longitude
12.56329° or 12° 33′ 48″ east
Open location code
9F7JMHF7+M8
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OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Liberty Column” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Frihedsstøtten”
- French: “colonne de la liberté”
- French: “Colonne de la liberté”
- German: “Freiheitsdenkmal”
- Icelandic: “Frelsisstyttan í Kaupmannahöfn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frihetsstøtten”
- Norwegian: “Frihetsstøtten”
- Swedish: “Frihedsstøtten”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Panoptikonbygningen and Buen.
Nearby Places
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