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Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan's statue of Holger Danske
Ogier the Dane (Holger Danske) is a legendary character who first appears in an Old French chanson de geste, in the cycle of poems Geste de Doon de Mayence.
The 12th-century Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus was not familiar with the character, and Ogier has not been connected to any historic event in Denmark. A chronicle from St Martin's monastery in Cologne claims that the monastery had been pillaged by the Saxons in 778, but that it was rebuilt by "Olgerus, dux Daniæ" ("Olger, War-Leader of the Danes"), with the help of Charlemagne.
Author: René Nöstler
© 2016 - Nöstler Photo
File state: Final
Photo size: 12.2 Mpixels (34.9 MB uncompressed) - 3024x4032 pixels (10.0x13.4 in / 25.6x34.1 cm at 300 ppi)
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