Arnager

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Arnager is a small fishing village in Rønne parish, Bornholm island, Denmark. It is approximately {{convert|3|km}} southwest of Nylars, about {{convert|8|km}} southeast of Rønne, and approximately {{convert|3|km}} southeast of Bornholm Airport. Its population in 2010 was 151 residents. Arnager Bay is east of Arnager.{{cite book|last=Godefroit|first=Pascal|title=Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCB7rWH8O8UC&pg=PA435|accessdate=24 October 2012|date=5 July 2012|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-00570-0|pages=435, 437–}}

File:Arnager Havn 1.jpg

According to Bornholm Place Names, Arnager was first mentioned in 1552 as "Arenack" in one of the Chancery letter books. The harbor was built in 1883 by H. Zahrtmann.{{cite book|last=Cunningham|first=Brysson|title=A treatise on the principles and practice of harbour engineering|url=https://archive.org/details/atreatiseonprin01cunngoog|accessdate=24 October 2012|edition=Public domain|year=1908|publisher=Charles Griffin & Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/atreatiseonprin01cunngoog/page/n58 41]–}} For some time, the village was one of the main resting places for the island's missionaries.{{cite book|last=Jenson|first=Andrew|title=The Historical Record|url=https://archive.org/details/historicalrecord08jens|accessdate=25 October 2012|edition=Public domain|year=1889|publisher=A. Jenson|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicalrecord08jens/page/30 30]–}} The city is notable for having Scandinavia's longest wooden bridge.[http://www.arnager-badehotel.dk/uk/?P=Info Website of Arnager Badehotel] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085116/http://www.arnager-badehotel.dk/uk/?P=Info |date=August 19, 2014 }} The {{convert|200|m}} structure links the port with the city. In the mid 1990s, dinosaur footprints were identified on a cliff approximately {{convert|1|km}} east of the village.{{clear|left}}

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