Editing Hasle, Bornholm (section)

==History==
[[Image:Hasle, Bornholm (J. Hass).jpg|thumb|200px|left|Hasle from the north with Rønne in the distance. Engraving by Jonas Haas (18th century)]]
The name "Hasle" appears to have originated from Old Danish "''hasli''", meaning "hazel", and was used in 1335 as the name of the northernmost of Bornholm's four counties (''herreder'') before being applied to the town in 1546. In the middle of the 16th century, Hasle was granted rights as a market town (which it maintains today as Bornholm's second smallest market town) authorizing it to have a local administration headed by a mayor and to practice manufacturing and trading. The town's location on fertile land next to the sea provided fine opportunities for cultivating vegetables (carrots) and fishing (herring, cod and salmon).<ref name=byhist>[http://www.hasle.dk/?Turisme:Byer_i_omr%E5det:Hasle:Byens_historie Ebbe Gert Rasmussen, "Byens historie"], Hasle. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 13 November 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Bornholm/Hasle "Hasle]", ''Den Store Danske''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 12 November 2012.</ref> By 1658, when the population reached 300, Hasle began to be noticed. The town is remembered for the role it played in the 17th century when under the leadership of Jens Pedersen Kofoed, a merchant, and Povl Hansen Ancher, the local priest, its citizens [[Bornholm uprising|helped to free Bornholm]] from Swedish rule.<ref name=byhist/>

During the 17th and 18th centuries various attempts were made to exploit the natural resources in the area, especially coal from around [[Sorthat]] and [[Muleby]]. There was, however, little market for coal on Bornholm except during emergencies such as the [[English Wars (Scandinavia)|English Wars]] (1807–1814). From the end of the 19th century, coal quarrying therefore gave way to tile production from the local clay, resulting in a market for Hasle tiles in Denmark and beyond. The industrial area south of the town testifies to its coal, glass and tile factories, all of which have now closed, while tiles abound in Hasle itself, even gracing its pavements.<ref name=byhist/><ref>[http://www.kma-bornholm.dk/index.html "Hasle som helhed"]. ''Bornholm: Altas over byer, bygninger og miljøer''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 12 November 2012.</ref>

The town's more recent prosperity is the result of the harbour, built in the late 19th century. As there was no natural harbour like those along Bornholm's north coast, the harbour had to be built from scratch. But it was above all the harbour which drove the local economy, as can be seen from the town's many smokehouses. Hasle also became a port of call on the steamship route to Copenhagen operated by the Østbornholmske Dampskipsselskab.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130218082025/http://www.bornholm.info/hasles-historie "Hasle: Historie"], Destination Bornholm. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 12 November 2012.</ref>

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