Jelling

Jelling is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 4,038 (1 January 2026), located in Jelling Parish, approximately 10 km northwest of Vejle. The town lies 105 metres above sea level.

Jelling is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 4,038 (1 January 2026), located in Jelling Parish, approximately 10 km northwest of Vejle. The town lies 105 metres above sea level. ==Location== Jelling is located in Vejle municipality and Region of Southern Denmark. The town is mainly famous for the Jelling stones, national monuments. Until the Municipal Reform of 2007 on 1 January 2007, Jelling was the capital of Jelling municipality. Jelling was also the only town in the former Vejle County headquarters for a bank – Jelling Sparekasse, which had its headquarters in the town until 2007 when it merged with , headquartered in Grindsted. Jelling Sparekasse's slogan was: "If king Gorm was alive today ... we would probably be the country's National Bank." One source at least claims that Jelling was the capital of an ancient kingdom of Denmark that was known as Jellund. ==History== burial mounds]] Jelling is an old and important historical town in the history of Denmark. In the Viking Age it served as the royal seat of the first Monarchs of the Kingdom of Denmark, including Gorm the Old, Þyra and Harald Bluetooth. Jelling is the site of a large stone ship and two large burial mounds, the Jelling stones, and Jelling Church. They have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1994. In the North Mound, built between 958 and 959 CE (possibly for King Gorm of Denmark), an empty burial chamber was found. The South Mound was built around 970 and contains no burial. Beneath the two mounds is a large stone ship from around the end of the 9th century. Between the two mounds stand two rune stones, the Jelling stones. Near the stones, Gorm's son King Harald Bluetooth built a wooden church (965), and beneath it re-interred (965–966) the remains of his father. ==External links==

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