Editing Jelling

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'''Jelling''' is a [[railway town]] in [[Denmark]] with a population of 3,853 (1 January 2024),<ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> located in [[Jelling Parish]], approximately 10&nbsp;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 [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|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 {{ill|Den Jyske Sparekasse|da}}, 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.

== Infrastructure ==
From Jelling it is 56&nbsp;km to [[Herning]] and [[Silkeborg]], 80&nbsp;km to [[Aarhus]] and 10&nbsp;km to the regional capital [[Vejle]]. Jelling is close to the [[Østjyske Motorvej]] – ([[European route E45|E45]]) and [[Midtjyske Motorvej]] – ([[Primary Route 18]]). Jelling is served by [[Jelling railway station]], located on the [[Vejle–Holstebro railway line]]. The stations offers direct [[InterCityLyn]] services to [[Copenhagen]] and [[Struer, Denmark|Struer]] operated by the [[railway company]] [[DSB (railway company)|DSB]] as well as regional train services to [[Vejle]], [[Herning]] and [[Struer, Denmark|Struer]] operated by [[Arriva]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dsb.dk/kundeservice/stationer/jelling/|title=Jelling Station|publisher=DSB|language=da|accessdate=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arriva.dk/kundeservice/stationer/jelling-station/|title=Jelling Station|publisher=Arriva|language=da|accessdate=4 August 2022|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619131449/https://arriva.dk/kundeservice/stationer/jelling-station/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2003 [[Jelling municipality]] was the first municipality in Denmark to offer its residents wireless Internet connection, up to 4 Mbit broadband, at a distance of up to 10&nbsp;km from Jelling.<ref>http://www.jellingnet.dk/foreningen.asp?pagefile=foreningen&title=Foreningen&pagelang {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125016/http://www.jellingnet.dk/foreningen.asp?pagefile=foreningen&title=Foreningen&pagelang |date=19 July 2011 }} =</ref>

==Town centre ==
[[Vejle municipality]] has executed a reconstruction project in the village centre. The main road, Gormsgade, was closed and a new bypass constructed, leaving space for the monument area of Jelling.<ref>http://www.jelling.dk/page36680.aspx{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The plan was estimated to cost in the neighbourhood of 250 million DKK (33,5 million €) which included financing allocated by [[The State of Denmark]], [[Vejle municipality]], [[Haderslev Diocese]] and other private foundations, among them "AP Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation for General Purposes" – which has donated 70 million DKK (10 million €) for the project.

A new culture house and city square was built as additions to the modern village life, while houses were demolished elsewhere to make space for the monument area. Some houses of historical value were preserved in the museum of [[Den Gamle By]] in [[Aarhus]].

==History==
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 [[Monarchy of Denmark#Early kingdom|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 mound]]s, the [[Jelling stones]], and [[Jelling Church]]. They have been [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]]s since 1994.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

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 stone]]s, 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.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

== Local culture ==
The [[Jelling Music Festival]] is held annually and is currently Denmark's third largest festival. [[Bredagerskolen]] (situated in Jelling) is the largest school in [[Vejle municipality]]. The school currently has 810 students<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stream.emu.dk/uniplayer.aspx?ClipID=20981 |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719122603/http://stream.emu.dk/uniplayer.aspx?ClipID=20981 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (2009) divided into 0–9 classes over 2–5 traces. The village houses the [[CVU Lillebælt]], which trains teachers and educators. There are three grocery stores in Jelling, two gas stations, three garages, two banks, two breweries, and some other stores. The newly opened town house is to house [[Borgerservice]], a library, a cinema, a café, and one of the two breweries.

== Notable people ==
* [[Gorm the Old]] (900-958) ruler of Denmark, reigning from c.936 to his death c.958; he ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the [[Jelling Stones]]
* [[Nielsine Paget]] (1858 in Jelling – 1932) a New Zealand homemaker and community worker

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark]]
[[Category:Viking Age populated places]]
[[Category:Vejle Municipality]]