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HÃ¥rlev Railway Station
Hårlev is a railway town with a population of 2,905 (1 January 2025) in Stevns Municipality on the southeastern part of the Denmark, Danish island of Zealand about 12 kilometres south of Køge. Overview Hårlev was located in the former :da:Bjæverskov Herred, Bjæverskov Hundred (county division), Hundred (Danish: "Herred") Until 1 January 2007 Hårlev was the municipal seat of the former Vallø, Vallø Municipality. Geography In spite of being a part of Stevns Municipality Hårlev is not geographical located on the Stevns Peninsula. The town is located just west of the so-called Tryggevælde River Valley (Danish: ''Tryggevælde Ådal'') which marks the northern half of the boundary between the peninsula and the rest of Zealand. Actually it is not a real valley but a wide natural deepening along the banks of Tryggevælde River (''Tryggevælde Å''). Hårlev Church Hårlev Church was built between 1175-1275 and is the largest and best preserved of the younger chalk's churche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevns Peninsula
Stevns Peninsula is a peninsula on Zealand in Denmark. It is separated from Zealand Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous islands of Denmark, island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 Januar ... by the three streams Stevns Å, Tryggevælde Å and Kildeå. The main town of the peninsula is Store Heddinge, and most of the peninsula is covered by the Stevns Municipality. Stevns is best known for Stevns Klint, a white chalk cliff stretching along the coast. See also * Tryggevælde External links Tryggevælde Ryttergods Peninsulas of Zealand Geography of Stevns Municipality Peninsulas of the Baltic Sea {{ZealandDK-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faxe Ladeplads
Faxe Ladeplads or Fakse Ladeplads is a coastal town in Denmark with a population of 2,501 (1 January 2025), located in Zealand and lying 5 kilometers south-east from Faxe. It is mainly a harbour town, with a working harbour and a marina. The town is surrounded by forest and sandy beaches with shallow water. The forest stretches all the way to the sea, and from the edge one can see the island of Møn and the small protected wildlife park, Feddet. History The town was originally called Hylleholt. The current name comes from a time in the 19th century when the countship of Vemmetofte decided to build a harbour to service the limestone industry up in the neighboring Faxe town. Ladeplads literally means ''stock area''. In the town is Hylleholt Church from 1878. The local railway ( Østsjællands Jernbane) coming from Køge was inaugurated in 1879, from Faxe Kalkbrud (Limestone Quarry), Faxe Limestone Quarry in Faxe on a narrow gauge railway and the narrow gauge railway was running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rødvig
Rødvig is a town and fishing harbour, with a population of 1,844 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark in Stevns Municipality, Region Zealand in Denmark. The town is situated on the south east coast of Zealand just south of Stevns Klint. The harbour Rødvig Harbour is a combined marina and fishing harbour. It is the second largest active fishing harbour on Zealand. ''Rødvig Flint oven'' stands at the harbour, as a landmark for Rødvig. It is a 3.5 meter tall square building, with a 5 meter high chimney brick on top. The current oven is a replica of a flint oven build in 1870 for production of flint floure used for fajance.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Heddinge
Store Heddinge is a Danish town in Region Sjælland. It is the administrative seat of Stevns Municipality, and has a population of 3,633 (1 January 2025). The Mobile Statbank from Geography The town is situated in the eastern side of , on the .History The town came in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Østbanen (Denmark)
The East Line () is a local railway line in the eastern part of Zealand, Denmark. The railway started operations on 1 July 1879. It is today part of Lokaltog, a railway company operating nine local railways on the islands of Zealand, Lolland and Falster. Since December 2020, trains have run every 30 minutes between Roskilde station, Roskilde and Faxe Ladeplads via Køge station, Køge and Hårlev. There are also connecting services from Hårlev to Rødvig with a 3-5 minute connection time. The journey time from Roskilde to Faxe Ladeplads is 68 minutes. History The stations of , , and are outside of their respective villages, and it is even further between and Faxe and from to Vallø Castle. In addition to the terminal train station, termini, trains can pass at , , , , , and ; has a short siding, the remaining line is single track railway, single track and without electrification. All of the station buildings on the line were designed by architect Heinrich Wenck. Since 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tryggevælde Runestone
Tryggevælde Runestone, designated as DR 230 under Rundata, is a runestone housed in the National Museum of Denmark, in Copenhagen. It is classified as being carved in runestone style RAK, and is dated to about 900 CE. Description In 1555, the runestone was moved from a barrow to the Tryggevælde estate on Zealand. It came to Copenhagen in 1810. There are several holes on the runestone, but no one knows why. Ragnhild, who raised the runestone, also had Glavendrup stone (DR 209) made after another husband named Alle. That runestone is located at a barrow and a stone ship in Glavendrup on the island of Funen. Both the Glavendrup and Tryggevælde runestones were made by the same runemaster, Sote. The inscription ends with a curse against anyone who would destroy or move the runestone that is similar to the ones found on the Glavendrup stone the Sønder Vinge runestone 2 and the Glemminge stone and the Saleby Runestone in Sweden. There is some disagreement regarding the tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viking Age
The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their homeland of Scandinavia but also to any place significantly settled by North Germanic peoples, Scandinavians during the period. Although few of the Scandinavians of the Viking Age were Vikings in the sense of being engaged in piracy, they are often referred to as ''Vikings'' as well as ''Norsemen''. Voyaging by sea from their homelands in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, the Norse people settled in the Viking activity in the British Isles, British Isles, History of Ireland (800–1169), Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Settlement of Iceland, Iceland, Norse settlements in Greenland, Greenland, History of Normandy, Normandy, and the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast and along the Trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks, Dnieper and Volga trade rout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Antiquity
Late antiquity marks the period that comes after the end of classical antiquity and stretches into the onset of the Early Middle Ages. Late antiquity as a period was popularized by Peter Brown (historian), Peter Brown in 1971, and this periodization has since been widely accepted. Late antiquity represents a cultural sphere that covered much of the Mediterranean world, including parts of Europe and the Near East.Brown, Peter (1971), ''The World of Late Antiquity (1971), The World of Late Antiquity, AD 150-750''Introduction Late antiquity was an era of massive political and religious transformation. It marked the origins or ascendance of the three major monotheistic religions: Christianity, rabbinic Judaism, and Islam. It also marked the ends of both the Western Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire, the last Persian empire of antiquity, and the beginning of the early Muslim conquests, Arab conquests. Meanwhile, the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire became a milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchyard
In Christian countries, a churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church (building), church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself. In the Scots language and in both Scottish English and Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster Scots, this can also be known as a kirkyard. While churchyards can be any patch of land on church grounds, historically, they were often used as graveyards (burial places). Use of churchyards as a place of burial After the establishment of the parish as the centre of the Christian spiritual life, the possession of a cemetery, as well as the baptismal font, was a mark of parochial status. During the Middle Ages, religious orders also constructed cemeteries around their churches. Thus, the most common use of churchyards was as a consecration, consecrated burial ground known as a graveyard. Graveyards were usually established at the same time as the building of the relevant place of worship (which can date back to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HÃ¥rlev Kirke
Hårlev is a railway town with a population of 2,905 (1 January 2025) in Stevns Municipality on the southeastern part of the Danish island of Zealand about 12 kilometres south of Køge. Overview Hårlev was located in the former Bjæverskov Hundred (Danish: "Herred") Until 1 January 2007 Hårlev was the municipal seat of the former Vallø Municipality. Geography In spite of being a part of Stevns Municipality Hårlev is not geographical located on the Stevns Peninsula. The town is located just west of the so-called Tryggevælde River Valley (Danish: ''Tryggevælde Ådal'') which marks the northern half of the boundary between the peninsula and the rest of Zealand. Actually it is not a real valley but a wide natural deepening along the banks of Tryggevælde River (''Tryggevælde Å''). Hårlev Church Hårlev Church was built between 1175-1275 and is the largest and best preserved of the younger chalk's churches in Stevns Municipality. The churchyard is the site of Hother' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
