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The area around Bornholm (Skåne, Denmark, Germany/Prussia) has some of the best agricultural lands in Europe. The roads were just fine.

JoeAltmaier 7y ago
Hm. I come from a rural setting in Iowa, and the roads even today are not much good. Here's a painting of Danish roads around that period. Looks like a buggy track thru the countryside: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=gUPDkI10&id=9F09B8ABA74B01BE30BFA1BA7A84DE50155C3AB2&thid=OIP.gUPDkI10PTfqvrmAlnHeBQHaFG&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.christies.com%2fimg%2fLotImages%2f2016%2fCSK%2f2016_CSK_12582_0475_000(carl_wennemoes_winter_road).jpg&exph=2207&expw=3200&q=danish+roads+1914&simid=608036887598926641&selectedIndex=18&qpvt=danish+roads+1914&ajaxhist=0 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=gUPDkI...
- JoeAltmaier 7y ago
  https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=BzfZXwJY&id=77A376503149650BCC92565C1482EF66E610D8F8&thid=OIP.BzfZXwJY0U88tDTPMIYEaQHaFQ&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2f2.bp.blogspot.com%2f-OJ_Xn7iCsfA%2fTnEOYS0RjnI%2fAAAAAAAAA0s%2fpzAk5WI_ALc%2fs1600%2fNiels%2bWalseth%2bA%2bDanish%2bsummer%2blandscape%2bwith%2btwo%2bboys%2band%2bfowls%2bat%2ba%2bthatched%2bhouse20c.jpg&exph=613&expw=863&q=danish+roads+1914&simid=608001235032214888&selectedIndex=32&qpvt=danish+roads+1914&ajaxhist=0 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=BzfZXw...
- gerikson 7y ago
  The area is now, and was then, densely populated. Here's an article (in Swedish) about the roads in Skåne. Covers a long period. https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-03-25/alla-landsvagar-bar-till-det-forflutna https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-03-25/alla-landsvagar-bar-ti... Malmö was even then Sweden's third largest city. Copenhagen was a global city and Denmark the center of European pork production. Prussia's huge estates were the foundation for the aristocracies' wealth. To get goods to market, or to a rail hub, good roads helped a lot.

JoeAltmaier 7y ago

Hm. I come from a rural setting in Iowa, and the roads even today are not much good. Here's a painting of Danish roads around that period. Looks like a buggy track thru the countryside: https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=gUPDkI10&id=9F09B8ABA74B01BE30BFA1BA7A84DE50155C3AB2&thid=OIP.gUPDkI10PTfqvrmAlnHeBQHaFG&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.christies.com%2fimg%2fLotImages%2f2016%2fCSK%2f2016_CSK_12582_0475_000(carl_wennemoes_winter_road).jpg&exph=2207&expw=3200&q=danish+roads+1914&simid=608036887598926641&selectedIndex=18&qpvt=danish+roads+1914&ajaxhist=0 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=gUPDkI...

JoeAltmaier 7y ago
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=BzfZXwJY&id=77A376503149650BCC92565C1482EF66E610D8F8&thid=OIP.BzfZXwJY0U88tDTPMIYEaQHaFQ&mediaurl=http%3a%2f%2f2.bp.blogspot.com%2f-OJ_Xn7iCsfA%2fTnEOYS0RjnI%2fAAAAAAAAA0s%2fpzAk5WI_ALc%2fs1600%2fNiels%2bWalseth%2bA%2bDanish%2bsummer%2blandscape%2bwith%2btwo%2bboys%2band%2bfowls%2bat%2ba%2bthatched%2bhouse20c.jpg&exph=613&expw=863&q=danish+roads+1914&simid=608001235032214888&selectedIndex=32&qpvt=danish+roads+1914&ajaxhist=0 https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=BzfZXw...
gerikson 7y ago
The area is now, and was then, densely populated. Here's an article (in Swedish) about the roads in Skåne. Covers a long period. https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-03-25/alla-landsvagar-bar-till-det-forflutna https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-03-25/alla-landsvagar-bar-ti... Malmö was even then Sweden's third largest city. Copenhagen was a global city and Denmark the center of European pork production. Prussia's huge estates were the foundation for the aristocracies' wealth. To get goods to market, or to a rail hub, good roads helped a lot.