Søen hedder Kirkesøen, og det var oprindeligt en kalkgrav som
blev brugt af Frederiksholm Kalk- og Teglværker, grundlagt i 1871.
De stoppede deres produktion i 1918.
Søen var oprindeligt større og H/F Frem bestod af 300 huser, men
nu er der blevet bygget andre bygninger på, bl.a. Frederiksholms
kirke og skolen, og der er få huser tilbage.
Kirkesøen er også kendt som “Den Mystiske Sø”. Den
er meget dyb fordi man gravede meget dybt ned i jorden. Vandet er
meget koldt og det bliver varmt kun på toppen, derfor er det
farligt at dykke. Der skulle er faldet en hestevogn derned, og én
af tilhørerne siger: “ja, og der har også været faldet et
arbejdstog derned. Teglværket havde jo lagt et spor derud, så
arbejdstoget kunne komme ud til lergraven”.
Cachen er små, den indholder loggen og FTF certificate + blyant.
Venligst genplacer cacher dér, hvor du fandt den. Go’
jagt!
Ciao :o)
sottomarino
IN ENGLISH:
In Sydhavn there are some small sommerhouses known in Danish as
“kolonihaver” where you can grow your own vegetables,
and in the middle there is a small lake. The kolonihave is a
typical thing in Denmark. I recommend to have a walk around this
area, it’s a very special place.
The lake is called Kirkesøen (The Church’s Lake) and
originally it was an excavation hole for limestone used by a Danish
company called Frederiksholm Kalk- og Teglværker, from 1871. The
company shut down in 1918.
Originally the lake was larger and there were more small houses,
but then they built on it and there is only a small part of the
lake left with some houses around it. For istance the church of
Frederiksholm which you can see close to the lake is located where
the rest of the lake used to be.
This lake is also known as “the mysterious lake”.
It’s very deep because in the old times they dug very deep.
The water is very cold, and gets a bit warm only on the top,
that’s why it’s dangerous to go under water. People say
that a horse carriage and a train wagon fel into the lake. In the
old times there were rail trucks here to bring the limestone to a
factory, that’s where the wagon came from.
The cache is small, it contains a logbook, FTF certificate and
pencil. Please put it back exactly there where you found it. Have
fun!
Ciao :o)
sottomarino