Hvidsten Inn

Hvidsten Inn
Hvidsten Kro
Hvidsten Inn seen from the road
General information
Address	Mariagervej 450, Randers
Town or city	Hvidsten
Country	Denmark
Coordinates	56.550111°N 10.002192°E / 56.550111; 10.002192
Website
http://www.hvidstenkro.dk/

Hvidsten Inn (Danish: Hvidsten Kro) is a historic, listed inn, formerly a coaching inn located in Hvidsten between Randers and Mariager.^[1]

Today the inn consists of five buildings of which the oldest is the travellers stable from 1790.^[1]

A notable inn keeper was Marius Fiil who in 1893 was born in the inn as son of its owner then, Niels Pedersen (Fiil)^{[citation needed]} and who was keeper of the inn from 1925 to 1944.^[1]

In 1943 Hvidsten Inn became the center for the Hvidsten group,^[2] which was part of the Danish resistance movement.

The following year the Gestapo arrested most of the group's members, including the inn keeper and his assistant son who were executed on 29 June 1944 leaving behind the widow Gudrun Fiil^[3][4] who took over the inn.

In 1945 a memorial stone over the executed members of the Hvidsten group was raised near the inn.^[2]

Memorial stone for the Hvidsten group in Hvidsten

In 1984 the Danish postal service introduced a stamp depicting Hvidsten Inn in the hand of Arne Kühlmann.^[5]

Portrayal in the media

• The 2012 Danish drama film Hvidsten Gruppen (This Life) takes place in and around Hvidsten Inn.^[6]

References

1. "Sag: Hvidsten Kro" [Case: Hvidsten Inn] (in Danish). Kulturarvsstyrelsen. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
2. MARIUS FIIL (Inscribed Stone Monument) (in Danish). Hvidsten Kro. 1944 DEN 29. JUNI : FALDT DE FOR DE TYSKE KUGLER : DYREBART ER DERES MINDE FOR DANMARK : REJST AARET 1945
3. "EN FOLKELIG SKIKKELSE, ET HISTORISK EKSEMPEL PAA JYLLANDS SEJGHED UNDER FREMMEDHEREDØMMET" [A POPULAR FIGURE, A HISTORICAL EXAMPLE OF JUTLAND'S TOUGHNESS UNDER FOREIGN RULE]. De frie Danske (in Danish). 15 July 1944. p. 7. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
4. "29. Juni - 8 Frihedskæmpere henrettet" [29 June - 8 freedom fighters executed]. Frit Danmark (in Danish). January 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
5. "Frimærkedetaljer: dk-0807" [Stamp details] (in Danish). Retrieved 28 November 2014.
6. "This life / Hvidsten Gruppen - nogle må dø for at andre kan leve". dfi.dk. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

56.550111°N 10.002192°E / 56.550111; 10.002192