Stories about South Falster

Written by John Holm Sydfalster Turist- & Erhvervsforening - Mette Vestergaard-Andersen, Marielyst

Monument for the flood on the 13^th of November 1872

After a heavy storm from northwest, which for a couple of days had pressed big waters into the Baltic Sea, the wind turned to eastern wind, and the accumulated water masses streamed back to the west. The relatively new dikes along the eastern coast of Falster could not resist the pressure, and the water streamed over the greatest part of South Falster. 52 people died, numberless farms were knocked over, and the greatest part of all domestic animals died. At the monument there is a column, which marks, how high the water reached during the flood about 3 meters above mean sea level.

The story of South Falster at the southern point of Denmark

South Falster first got its present look within the latest 150 years.
The tools have been building of dikes and draining. In 1860 far-sighted people began to dry out Bøtø Nor, and in 1869 they began with the shallow areas between Hasselø and Falster.

South Falster is on 3 sides surrounded by the sea

Towards east and south by the Baltic Sea and towards west by Guldborgsund, which divides Falster and Lolland. The sea has previously been very important for the local fishing, but although Gedser has a fishing harbor, there is not much life left in that industry.

Bøtøgården from 1783

Here the farm “Fanggården” was later built, the present farm “Bøtøgård”. Christian Hincheldey from the farm Orupgård in 1783 bought Bøtø and sold the farms to the peasants in Bøtø, but he kept the part, which was called Fanget.

Memories of ”A Gedser boy”

These memories are published with authorization from Peter Engberg Jensen – he made a speech in connection with the 125 year jubilee in Gedser