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Ribe’s famous townsmen

- Explore history

A walk through the old part of the town is a walk back in time – there are many stories waiting to be told in the streets of Ribe.

A large number of the beautiful buildings in the town are associated with famous personalities and periods throughout Ribe’s long history, as witnessed by the many memorial plaques you’ll see dotted around the walls at various places in the town.

A list of the different memorial plaques may be purchased from Ribe Tourist Office.
Several individuals of greater and lesser fame have lived for a time in Ribe. The many memorial plaques show the names of those who lived or worked in the old buildings.

Famous Ribe personages


Jacob A. Riis 

Queen Dagmar

Maren Spliid 

• Bishops 

Authors and journalists

Inventors

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