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JR56

July 22, 2025

Svendborg's Market Square is located in the city center and is a lively meeting place. Redesigned in 2014, it serves as the city's main square. Here, you can enjoy the relaxed atmosphere with a visit to one of the square's cafés or take a break on the comfortable benches surrounding the square. For children, the square features a fun playground in the form of a miniature replica of St. Mary's Church, beautifully situated on a hill high above the square. The square is the perfect place to relax and enjoy the pulse of the city in a pleasant, informal atmosphere.

Every Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Torvet opens its doors for Market Day—a weekly event that brings together local producers and vendors.

visitsvendborg.de/svendborg/sightseeing-and-tours/the-market-square

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JR56

July 22, 2025

Wiggers Gaard, designed by architect Fritz Jørgensen, was built in 1939 in the Renaissance style. Its inspiration came from buildings in the "Old Town" in Aarhus

and from "Anne Hvides Gård."

The facade facing the square is 18 meters long and 32 meters long toward Ramsherred.

The half-timbered structure is made of heartwood pine, and the masonry is made of red brick. The roof is clad in red tiles. The interior features extensive use of oak wood, acquired from the brig "Hvalfisken," which served as a training ship in Svendborg harbor for several years.

In the mid-19th century, three Wiggers brothers settled in Svendborg and founded a company.

Chr. Wiggers took over the dye works and the shop of the grocer Krøyer in Torvet, Vilhelm Wiggers opened a dye works at the corner of Korsgade and Skattergade, and Poul Wiggers took over the dye works of the grocer Fog in Gerritsgade, where he built a large business. Parts of these companies later congregated on the square, where Chr. Wiggers built a clothing factory and dye works in 1872. The factory was hit by fire several times, first in 1874, then in 1896 and 1897.

In the 1930s, Wiggers abandoned clothing production and sold the rear part of the property to the municipality, which built the current town hall there in 1937/39. At the same time, Wiggers built, among other things, a new front building for the manufacturing industry as an extension to the town hall. By 1960, Wiggers had divested itself of various parts of its production, while continuing its manufacturing operations as a men's and women's clothing store. Wiggers' last business in the old premises was "Wiggers Business Clothing."

Today, since the business was taken over by "Tøj Eksperten," the property still looks much as it did when it was built in 1939.

svendborghistorie.dk/historier/ejendomshistorier/924-torvet-7-wiggers-gard

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michaclimb

July 15, 2025

every Wednesday and Saturday there is a market

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