Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
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Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
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Bornholm formed part of the historical Lands of Denmark when the nation united out of a series of petty chiefdoms.
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Bornholm was pawned to Lubeck for 50 years starting in 1525.
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Bornholm attracted many famous artists at the beginning of the 20th century, forming a group now known as the Bornholm school of painters.
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Bornholm, as a part of Denmark, was captured by Nazi Germany on 10 April 1940, and served as a lookout post and listening station during the war, as it was a part of the Eastern Front.
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On 22 August 1942 a V-1 flying bomb crashed on Bornholm during a test – the warhead was a dummy made of concrete.
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Bornholm was heavily bombarded by the Soviet Air Force in May 1945, as it was a part of the Eastern Front.
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Bornholm was later granted asylum and rewarded for providing Western intelligence with the then-newest Soviet jet fighter.
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Bornholm Regional Municipality was a county in its own right during its first four years from 1 January 2003 until 31 December 2006.
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From 1 January 2007 all counties were abolished, and Bornholm became part of the Capital Region of Denmark whose main responsibility is the health service.
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Bornholm has 21 parishes that before 1 April 1970 were parish or market city municipalities themselves.
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Bornholm is connected to the Swedish electricity grid by a submarine 60 kV AC cable, which is among the longest AC cables in Europe.
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However Bornholm generates its own electricity at small thermal power plants and especially wind turbines.
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Bornholm is home to a large internationally funded demonstration project to test the viability of novel energy market mechanisms to regulate energy networks with a high prevalence of renewables .
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The DBU Bornholm is the local branch governing football on the island.
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