Egtved | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Denmark |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Region Syd |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Vejle |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Established Date: | Pre-history (unknown) |
Established Title3: | Part of Vejle Municipality |
Area Urban Km2: | 1.81 |
Population As Of: | 1 January 2024 |
Population Urban: | 2457 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 55.6167°N 9.3°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | DK-6040 Egtved |
Egtved is a village with a population of 2,457 (as of 1 January 2024)[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]
See main article: article and 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.