Dansk:
Odden er en herregård tæt ved Mygdal. Man ved at den er mindst 500 år gammel, men bliver i historien nævnt og skildret over 100 år tidligere. I dag ser den ud nogenlunde som den gjorde i 1500-tallet. Navnet ”Odden” skyldes at den i sin tid var omgivet af en sø mod nord og voldgrave på de 3 andre sider. I dag er der stadig spor efter voldgraven, og i det hele taget ligner Odden mere en borg end en herregård.
Odden bar tidligere titlen hovedgård. Den har skiftet ejer mange gange gennem tiden, især efter 1743, da den ikke var adeligt eje længere. Mindst 50 forskellige mænd og kvinder har ejet Odden. I øjeblikket ejes den af en fond med Estrid Mark i spidsen. Hendes afdøde far, Victor Petersen, som tidligere ejede Odden, havde en stor interesse for kunstneren J. F. Willumsen. Det er hans (altså Victor Petersens) fortjeneste at Odden i dag huser en stor samling af Willumsens kunstværker, som er offentligt tilgængelig. Den offentlige del af Odden, som også omfatter en café og en nyrenoveret hestestald med udstilling om Oddens historie, bliver primært drevet af frivillige. I 2010 blev Odden en del af kunstruten mellem Bjergby og Mygdal, og i 2013 fejrede Odden i jubilæet for Willumsens 150-års fødselsdag med en stor folkefest d. 7.-8. september.
Nu til cachen: Vi synes, der var noget tyndt besat på ”geokortet” i Mygdal og omegn, men det er der hermed lavet om på. Cachens indhold fra start:
Logbog
Kuglepen
FFC
TB
2 stk. ”håndvarmere”
Det er bedst, hvis I finder cachen i dagtimerne.
Vi bor et pænt stykke fra cachen, så vi har ikke tid til at tilse den i tide og utide, men skriv endelig hvis der bliver alvorlige ”issues”.
God jagt
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English:
Odden is a manor house close to the small village Mygdal. It is at least 500 years old, but even older stories about it and pictures of it have been found. In Danish “Odden” means “the promontory”. The name was given to the house because it was once surrounded by water at all sides, consisting of a moat and a lake in the northern end. Today you can still see traces of the moat, and all in all Odden looks more like a castle than a manor house.
Odden once had the title “hovedgård” meaning “main farm” (roughly translated). The house has had many owners through time, especially after 1743 when it was not owned by noble people anymore. At least 50 different men and women have owned Odden. The current owner of Odden is a fund leaded my Estrid Mark. Her father Victor Pedersen, who died in 2002, was the former owner of Odden, and he was very interested in the Danish artist J. F. Willumsen’s work. It is his achievement that Odden today has a big exhibition with Willumsen’s artworks, which is publicly available. In 2010 Odden became part of the "art route" between Bjergby and Mygdal, and in 2013 Odden celebrated Willumsen's 150-years anniversary with a large folk festival September 7 to September 8.
The public part of Odden also includes a café and a newly revamped stable with a historical exhibition about Odden. It is run by volunteers primarily.
About the cache: I thought the geocaching map was quite empty in this area, but now I have changed that. The content of the cache, when I placed it:
Logbook
Ballpoint pen
First Finder’s Certificate
TB
2 “handwarmers”
I live quite a long away from the cache, so I do not have time to check it all the time, but of course you should write if any serious issues occur.
Good luck
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