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The allotment Park "Solbakken"
In the early thirties the City Council had been considering how to accommodate the demand from the many industrial workers to have their own small allotment with the opportunity to grow vegetables for the daily household. That was an old tradition in Elsinore, but because of the mayor´s building zeal multiple allotments had been confiscated.
In 1935 therefore The City Council decided to acquire new land for this. They chose one of the most beautiful countrysides in Elsinore. A 37 acres of land large area, which belonged to the country house, "Sophienlyst", at the corner of Gurrevej and Rønnebær Alle.
The area and the development
The area in the beautiful, rolling countryside, was divided into 210 plots of land and for an almost symbolic amount of money, the workers could now hire such a plot and build a small allotment house. The municipality asked the later very famous landscape architect in Gentofte, Gudmund N. Brandt, to come up with proposals for a carefully planned allotment park that would also function as a publicly accessible recreational area. Like the natural park of Stubbedamsvej.
Especially the municipal guarantee that it was a permanent measure made Brandt feel that allotment owners would defend the place and respect a number of restrictions relating to hedges height and a uniform planting. For instance at least one fruit tree should be planted in every garden.
The allotment house
It was the famous architect, Valdemar Drosted (1890-1956), who was commissioned to make suggestions for the layout and appearance of the small houses. Again a harmonious overall impression was to be ensured. Drosted came up with several types of which the residents could choose from.
A contemporary stroll through the beautiful area, however, illustrates in an exemplary fashion how the Danes feel about such construction restrictions when it comes to our national gem, the allotment house.
Thanks to King Peder
That allotment owners knew who was behind the initiative for this splendid park is marked by the fact that the garden association on 1 April 1944 raised a memorial stone in gratitude to the mayor´s initiative.
The parcelling out of Solbakken 1935 | 
Solbakken in the 50ties | 
Sketching of the gardens in Solbakken (extract) | 
Solbakken 1965 | 
Solbakken 1966 |
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