Monuments in Ribe
To wander through the old town is to travel back though time. As evidenced by the numerous memorial plaques, many of the beautiful buildings can be linked to famous people and certain periods of the thousand-year history of the town.
Bronze busts
Buste af journalist and photographer Jacob A. Riis i Ribe
Jacob A. Riis left Ribe in 1870 to go to America, young and hopelessly in love.
Bronze bust of politician H. A. Krüger in Ribe
Bust of politician Hans Andersen Krüger, the bust is made by sculptor Rasmus Andersen.
Memorial to historian Anders Sørensen Vedel in Ribe
Anders Sørensen Vedel was a Danish historian and author of a wide range of works.
Tombs
Cenotaph for Poet Ambrosius Stub in Ribe
The location of Per Kirkeby's relief over Ambrosius Stub (1705 - 1758) by Sct. Catharinæ Church in Ribe, is the closest you will get to Stub's grave.
Monument
Memorial to poet Anders Christensen Bording in Ribe
Anders Christensen Bording, danish Poet and Journalist, born here in Ribe in 1619.
Memorial to dramatist and author Kjeld Abell in Ribe
Kjeld Abell was born in Ribe in 1901 and he later studied cand. Polit, but he was more interested in theater and drama.
Memorial to Jens Olsen - watchmaker and astromechanic in Ribe
Jens Olsen, who created the Verdensuret at Copenhagen City Hall, was born in Ribe in 1872.
Memorial to composer Oluf Ring in Ribe
Oluf Ring is a well-known composer who lived in Ribe, he spent most of his life composing new melodies.
Memorial to composer Rued Langgaard in Ribe
Rued Langgaard, a well-known composer born in Copenhagen. He is employed as organist and cantor at Ribe Cathedral, and dies in 1952 at Ribe Hospital.
Memorial to Maren Spliid in Ribe
In 1641, Maren Spliid was sentenced as a witch and burned on the bonfire at the Galgebakken in Ribe.
Memorial to the scientist Emil Christian Hansen in Ribe
Emil Christian Hansen (1842-1909) is yet another scholar of the town of Ribe. In 1879 he successfully defended his doctor's thesis on organisms in beer.
Memorial to Professor Niels Ryberg Finsen in Ribe
Niels Ryberg Finsen, Nobel Prize winner, lived in Amtmandsgården in Puggaardsgade in about 8 years.
Monument
Memorial to the fallen from Schleswig Wars in Ribe
In Ribe, a monument has been made to the people who fell in the South Jutland War in the years 1848-50 and 1864.
Memorial to the fallen from World War II in Ribe
Monument for the fallen in second world war, standing in front of the Sct. Catharinæ Church in Ribe.
Memorial to the prefekt Werner Jasper Andreas Moltke in Ribe
Memorial stone for the lord and prefekt of Ribe, Verner Jasper Andreas Moltke.
Sculptur
Sculpture The Yeast Girl in Ribe
Anders Bundgaard's Monument to the Yeast Physicist Emil Christian Hansen, 1925.
Bronze sculpture The Tooth of Time in Ribe
The sculpture Tidens Tand, is placed in front of the Museum of the Vikings, the artist is John Olsen.
Ansgar - sculpture at Ribe Cathedral
In 2015, the sculpture of Ansgar was set up in front of Ribe Cathedral, the artist behind it is Hein Heinsen.
Fountain Sct. Catharinæ Brønd in Ribe
By Sct. Catharinæ Church in Ribe stands the fountain Sct. Catharinæ Brønd, the monument is made by Anders Bundgaard.
Statue
Statue of Bishop Hans Adolf Brorson in Ribe
August Saabyes bronze statue of Hans Adolf Brorson, 1895.
Statue of Queen Dagmar in Ribe
A statue of the young Queen Dagmar stands on Slotsbanken in Ribe, made by Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen in 1913.
Statue of Bishop Hans Tausen in Ribe
Johannes Bjerg's Sculpture of the Theologian Hans Tausen, 1942.
Flood columns
Flood Column in Ribe
The flood column shows how high the water reached in Ribe.
Flood column on Mandø
The flood column shows how high the water has been on Mandø.