Aarhus Rådhustårn, Aarhus - Denmark
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N 56° 09.156 E 010° 12.129
32V E 574677 N 6223714
20 kroners mønt med billede af Aarhus rådhustårn. 20 kroner coin depicting the cityhall tower in Aarhus.
Waymark Code: WMTJNQ
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 11/30/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Tante.Hossi
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Der findes ialt 10 mønter i serien med tårne. Denne med Aarhus Rådhustårn er den første i serien og den blev udgivet i 2002 - 100 året for tånets arkitekt Arne Jacobsens fødsel.

I 1937 vandt arkitekterne Arne Jacobsen og Erik Møller konkurrencen om at tegne byens nye rådhus. Det gamle rådhus på Store Torv var blevet for lille og et af de krav man stillede i konkurrencen var blandt andet at "den skulle udformes som en udpræget administrationsbygning". Blandt de 53 indkomne forslag var dommerpanelet ikke længe om at finde en vinder. Vinderforslaget vakte dog mange protester i pressen og det blev senere besluttet at rådhuset skulle tilføres en mere "pompøs stil". Med tilføjelsen af det 60 meter høje karakteristiske tårn med to ure, må man sige at det mål blev nået. Det usædvnlige tårn vakte en del undren; nogen troede at in første omgang at man havde glemt at pille stiladset ned! Sidenhen er tårnet blevet et populært vartegn for byen. Rådhuset er opført i beton og marmor. I 1996 blev det medtaget i kulturkanonen under arkitektur.


There are 10 different 20 kroner coins in this series with towers. This one with the cityhall tower in Aarhus is the first one. It was published in 2002. It was the 100 year brthday of the architect Arne Jacobsen who designed the city hall

In 1937 the architects Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller won the competition about designing the new city hall. The previous city hall located at Store Torv, had become to small and one of the requirements for the new city hall was that it should be "designet as an destinctly administrative building". Among the 53 proposals the panel of judges quickly found the winner. The winner proposal caused a lot of protests in the press, and it was later decided that the city hall should be added a more "grandiose style". With the addition of the 200 feet high tower with two clocks the goal was completed. The unusual tower caused quite some surprise; somebody even thought that the scaffold had not been taken down! later on the tower had become a popular landmark for the city. It is made of concrete and marble. In 1996 it was included on a national list of important architecture by the Danish Ministry of Culture.

Kilder/Sources:
wikipedia.dk
aarhuswiki.dk
Money Issuing Country: Denmark

Currency: Kroner

Denomination: 20

Date of Issue: 12/02/2002

Type of Money: Coin

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