Egtved
Village
Church in Egtved
Church in Egtved
Egtved is located in Denmark
Egtved
Egtved
Location in Denmark
Egtved is located in Region of Southern Denmark
Egtved
Egtved
Egtved (Region of Southern Denmark)
Coordinates: 55°37′00″N 9°18′00″E / 55.61667°N 9.30000°E / 55.61667; 9.30000
CountryDenmark
RegionRegion Syd
MunicipalityVejle
FoundationPre-history (unknown)
Area
 • Urban
1.81 km2 (0.70 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2023)
 • Urban
2,436
 • Urban density1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
DK-6040 Egtved

Egtved is a village with a population of 2,436 (as of 1 January 2023)[1] near Vejle, Denmark in Vejle municipality in the Danish Region of Southern Denmark. Nearby is Tørskind Gravel Pit, a sculpture park.

The village has a Romanesque church built in 1170, to which a tower was added in 1863. The Egtved Runestone, found near the church in 1863, is now on display in the church.[2]

Egtved Girl

Main article: Egtved Girl
Egtved Girl museum

Near the village is a Bronze Age archaeological site (ca. 1370 BC) which contained an extremely well-preserved burial. It was discovered in 1921 and is one of the best preserved Bronze Age findings in Denmark. It contained the well preserved body of a girl known as the Egtved Girl. On the site where she was found a barrow with a diameter of 22 metres and a height of 4 metres was built. The teenaged girl was dressed in a string skirt, a short sleeved shirt with a woven belt, and a bronze spiked belt disc. She was laid on a cow-hide and covered by a coarse woollen blanket. Lying next to her was a birch-bark drink container with remnants of a drink made of bog myrtle, cranberries and honey.

There is also a small museum describing the discovery of the rare find in detail and displaying copies of the Egtved Girl's clothing, jewellery and buckle. This has allowed a very close look at Nordic Bronze Age clothing and hairstyles.

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Notable people

References

  1. ^ BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ "egtvedmuseum.dk". egtvedmuseum.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

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