Vejle County
| Vejle County Vejle Amt (Danish) | |
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| County seat | Vejle |
| Area | 2,996.64 km² |
| Inhabitants | 360,921 (2006) |
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Vejle County (
Region Midtjylland (i.e. Region Central Jutland) and Region of Southern Denmark. Vejle became the seat of the latter region
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List of County Mayors
| From | To | County Mayor |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1993 | Erling Tiedemann (Venstre) |
Municipalities (1970-2006)
- Brædstrup municipality
- Børkop municipality
- Egtved municipality
- Fredericia municipality
- Gedved municipality
- Give municipality
- Hedensted municipality
- Horsens municipality
- Jelling municipality
- Juelsminde municipality
- Kolding municipality
- Lunderskov municipality
- Nørre-Snede municipality
- Tørring-Uldum municipality
- Vamdrup municipality
- Vejle municipality
Notable sites
The Jelling stones are archaeological treasures erected by Harald Bluetooth to honour his parents.[1] Encyclopædia Britannica considers the runic inscriptions the best known in Denmark.[2]
The Haraldskær Woman is a bog body interred in about 500 BC, discovered in a peat bog with a remarkable state of preservation.[3]
Citations
- ^ [1] C. Michael Hogan, "Jelling Stones", Megalithic Portal, editor Andy Burnham
- ^ [2] Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ "Haraldskaer Woman: Bodies of the Bogs", Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America, December 10, 1997.
55°42′36″N 9°32′00″E / 55.71000°N 9.53333°E
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