Solvang-9/24/08

Solvang-- the name is a Danish word meaning "sunny field"-- was founded in 1911 on 9,000 acres of former Spanish land grant. To the small group of Danish settlers, refugees from Midwestern winters, the area must have looked like heaven. It was a group of Danish educators who founded Solvang and they immediately went to work building a Danish folk school.

In 1914 the school moved to newly constructed Atterdag College, where students learned the basics and a love of Danish culture. Atterdag College is gone, but it's spirit still infuses the town.
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'태양볕이 드는 정원'이라는 뜻의 솔뱅-덴마크 민속촌,1911년 덴마크 식의 교육을 원하던 덴마크 교육자들이 학교를 건설하면서 생겨난 곳-그후 덴마크에서 수많은 사람들이 이주해 와서 지금의 솔뱅이 생겨나게 됐다.