Hasle

The cosy town of Hasle, nestling on the cliffs, lies midway between Allinge and Rønne.
Hasle is a very old town, and was mentioned already in the middle of the 1100s. Today, the city is a city of kings, which received its kingship rights back in the 1400s, however, these rights were first confirmed by Christian d. 3. i 1555. The coat of arms is a cloverleaf cross on a blue background and has been known since 1584.

It is believed that the town got its name from the fact that many hazel bushes grew in the area around the town. But the city has also been known by another name, the City of Vegetables. This is because the soil in this area was particularly suitable for growing vegetables, especially potatoes and hasleros (carrots). You can therefore find e.g. carrot street in the city.

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Hasle Lystskov – a sandy forest

When you walk around Hasle Lystskov and enjoy nature and birdsong, not many people think that it hasn't always been like this. The forest was not originally a self-seeded forest, but planted by Peder Dam Jespersen in the years from 1819 until his death on 17 December. Sept. 28, 1835. Peder D. Jespersen was born in 1772 in Nexø. He trained as a lawyer and became town and county clerk. ...

Cultivation in Hasle Lystskov

On Bornholm there has also been digging for coal - black coal. In Hasle Lystskov there are clear traces of the old coal mines. The area where some of the coal digging took place is today a beautiful little lake in the forest, the Ruby Lake. Here, deep mine shafts were dug to find coal. But it wasn't just coal that was brought out of ...

Rubinsøen – old coal mine in Hasle Lystskov

In Hasle Lystskov there is an idyllic little forest lake between the trees - Rubinsøen. The lake's name has nothing to do with gemstones, the name comes from the minerals in the soil that made the lake's water coloured with a ruby red hue, which however gradually disappeared as the mine filled with water. The reason why a coal mine was made in the ...

Sapphire Lake – an unused clay pit

In 1968, when the company wanted to expand the possibilities for digging clay for production at the Hasle Klinker- og Chamottestensfabrik, it decided on an area in the forest a short distance from Lake Pyrit. Unfortunately, it was decided to dig a place where the island's largest population of Screen-flowered Wintergreen grew, but at the time little attention was paid to preserving these areas. Work then ...

The new clay pit – Lake Pyrit

Coal has been dug in Hasle Lystskov since the mid-1800s. In the process, a lot of clay was also obtained, which was used for tiles, among other things. However, there was no real factory of clay products until 1889, when the Hasle Klinke- og Chamottestenfabrik was established. But when that company opened, it needed large quantities of clay. The old clay pits are now beautiful ...

The first clay pit – Emerald Lake

Dhen production began at Hasle Klinker- og Chamottestenfabrik in about 1900, a lot of clay was needed. The first clay pit to appear in Hasle Lystskov was the one we know today as Emerald Lake. However, this soon turned out not to be a good idea. They had to stop the clay digging, not because the clay was of poor quality, but on the contrary. But ...