Overview Gedser Church was designed by
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint and dates from 1915. Gedser was the first place German troops landed during the
occupation of Denmark on 9 April 1940, at 3:55 in the morning. A number of armored cars and infantry troops hid in the ferry from
Warnemünde,
Rostock and advanced into the harbor as soon as the ship docked, soon after followed by another ferry.
Government Until 1 January 2007, Gedser was a parish of the former municipality of
Sydfalster (seat :
Væggerløse) in
Storstrøm County. In the
Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007) that municipality merged with
Nykøbing Falster,
Nysted,
Nørre Alslev,
Sakskøbing and
Stubbekøbing to form
Guldborgsund Municipality.
Museum The local museum is Det Sorte Museum [The Black Museum], with elements of local geology, including Baltic amber, and occasional temporary exhibitions, such as dinosaurs. ==Geography==