Egtved
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Egtved is a village with a population of 2,457 (as of 1 January 2024)[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark 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.{{Cite web|title=egtvedmuseum.dk|url=https://egtvedmuseum.dk/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318104445/http://egtvedmuseum.dk/index.html |archive-date=18 March 2019 |access-date=2021-01-12|website=egtvedmuseum.dk|language=Danish}}
Egtved Girl
{{main article|Egtved Girl}}
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.
=Literature=
- [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17686 C. Michael Hogan, Egtved Girl Barrow, The Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham, 4 October, 2007]
Notable people
- Poul Steenstrup (1772 in Egtved – 1864) a businessman, industrial entrepreneur and politician
- Peter Sørensen Vig (1854 in Bøgvad, Egtved Sogn – 1929) a Danish-American pastor, educator and historian in the Lutheran church
- Olaf Pedersen (1920 in Egtved – 1997) an authority on astronomy in classical antiquity and the Latin Middle Ages
- Mette Gravholt (born 1984 in Egtved) a retired Danish handball player who played 53 games for Denmark
References
External links
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- [http://www.oakview.demon.co.uk/bronze_age/egtved.html Egtved Girl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422064739/http://www.oakview.demon.co.uk/bronze_age/egtved.html |date=22 April 2007 }}
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Category:Prehistoric sites in Denmark
Category:Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark
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