Chainsaw from the museum's collection

Homeschool: Forestry

The forest saw and the chainsaw Forestry work has always been hard physical work. Until around 1950, forest workers used axes and forest saws to fell trees and shorten trunks. Then the chainsaw came along, and…

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Portrait of Johann Georg von Langen, portrait painting circa 1750 by unknown painter. Belongs to the Herzog-Anton-Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig

Homeschool: von Langen

Chess piece and cubic meter block The forester Johann Georg von Langen was brought to Denmark by the king in 1763 to secure the Danish forests, which were close to extinction. The chess piece and cubic meter block…

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