Egtved

Egtved is a village with a population of 2,420 (1 January 2020)[1] near Vejle, Denmark in Vejle municipality in the Danish Region of Southern Denmark.

Egtved
Village
Egtved
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 55°37′00″N 9°18′00″E
CountryDenmark
RegionRegion Syd
MunicipalityVejle
Foundationpre-history (unknown)
Area
 • Urban
1.77 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Population
 (1. January 2020)
 • Urban
2,420
 • Urban density1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (CEST)

Nearby is Tørskind Gravel Pit, a spectacular sculpture park.

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 has been 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

Notable people
  • Nicolai Eigtved (1701 in Egtved – 1754) a Danish architect, proponent of the French rococo
  • 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
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References
  1. BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
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