History

On the night of September 7, 1988, Denmark experienced one of the largest emergencies in its history. As a Chicago & Northwestern Railway freight train was making its way through the V…

In Denmark’s early years, the village was a small crossroads community. Very few businesses were located in the town, and not that many residents lived here either. Denmark and Coopers…

In 1980, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church celebrated a huge milestone in their history: the centennial of the founding of Trinity Lutheran Church, which was one of the churches that merged…

The area that now comprises the Village of Denmark was originally part of the Township of De Pere. The Town of De Pere was created by the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in March 183…

As Denmark’s population grew in the early 1900s, the school district needed more space to house students. At the time, the elementary school consisted of a small white frame schoolhous…

While Cherney Maribel Caves County Park is a popular destination for recreation today, it was not always a publicly-accessible park. The property operated for many years as a health re…

In 1906, spurred by the construction of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway through the center of Denmark, Ben Hendrickson built the Union Hotel. The Union Hotel would open in 1907 to a…

Zion United Methodist Church has a long history in our village having been formed in 1916, just a year after the village was incorporated. While Zion dates to 1916, it can trace its li…

In 1962, an advisory group made up of local residents was formed to advise the Denmark School District on its future growth and needs. The group, called the Denmark Joint School Distri…

In the early 1960s, crossing the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad at Pine Street in the Village of Denmark was a dangerous feat. Residents complained the view of oncoming trains was o…

In 1919, the Denmark branch of the American Society of Equity was formed. This cooperative was formed to purchase the grain elevator from the Kriwanek Brothers which had been built by …

The first school in what would become the Town of New Denmark was constructed in 1854 at a cost of $79.75. The building was located near West Danish Lutheran Cemetery, and it consisted…

In the early 1800s, roads through Wisconsin, then known as the Wisconsin Territory prior to statehood in 1848, were nearly nonexistent. Pioneers had to forge their own path, or more co…

The Denmark Brewing Company was founded in 1933 and began operations in 1934 after the construction of their new building. The brewery was incorporated by Gilbert Sunstrom, Edward Peli…

When the Village of Denmark received electrical service in 1916, adoption was swift. Within three years, 60 percent of residences in the village had electricity in addition to several …

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Denmark was formed by the merger of Trinity and Calvary Lutheran Churches in 1951. The two churches had long shared a close relationship and had express…