This manhole cover from Sønderborg is historically interesting. The text on the manhole cover is: "EISENGIESSEREI SONDERBURG EMIL GADE". The curious thing is that even though the manhole cover is placed in Denmark, the text is written not in Danish, but in German. Translated into English, the German text simply means “Iron foundry Sonderburg Emil Gade”.
The German text is probably due to the fact that the southern part of Denmark was lost to the Prussia in 1864. Prussia later became a part of a united Germany. The southern part of Denmark remained German until 1920 where it was voted back to be part of Denmark.
It is therefore likely that the manhole cover was made before 1920, or that the moulds at the Emil Gade iron foundry were made before 1920, and that the inscription on the manhole cover therefore is in German language.
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