Tonder

Tønder grew as a port and market town on the marshy western side of southern Jutland. A severe flood in 1532 sent water into Saint Lawrence's church. In the 1550s dykes built west of the town cut its harbour off from direct access to the sea. Lace-making later brought prosperity: many houses in the centre date from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when the trade helped the town expand.