Hedeby

Hedeby was an important Danish Viking Age trading settlement near the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula, now in the district of , .
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  • Type: Destroyed locality
  • Description: historic fortified Viking town south of present-day Schleswig town in North Germany
  • Also known as: Haithabu

Places of Interest

Highlights include Viking Museum Haithabu and Hedeby stones.

Museum
The Hedeby Viking Museum is a museum near the site of Hedeby, a former medieval city in , focusing on the Viking Age history of the region.

Runestone
The are four runestones from the 10th century found at the town of Hedeby in Northern Germany. This area was part of during the Viking Age.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Busdorf and Selk.

Village
is a municipality in the district of , in , . The municipality cooperates with neighboring municipalities in the Haddeby municipal community.

Village
is a municipality in the district of , in , .

Village
is a municipality in the district of , in , . lies at the Bundesstraße 76 between the cities of and .

Hedeby

Latitude
54.49111° or 54° 29′ 28″ north
Longitude
9.56528° or 9° 33′ 55″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
9F6FFHR8+C4
Geo­Names ID
7576151
Wiki­data ID
Q165414
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Hedeby” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Haddeby
  • Afrikaans: Haithabu
  • Afrikaans: Hedeby
  • Arabic: هيديبي
  • Belarusian: Хедэбю
  • Catalan: Hedeby
  • Chinese: 海泽比
  • Croatian: Hedeby
  • Czech: Haithabu
  • Czech: Hedeby
  • Danish: Haddeby
  • Danish: Haithabu
  • Danish: Hedeby
  • Dutch: Haithabu
  • Dutch: Hedeby
  • Egyptian Arabic: هيديبى
  • Esperanto: Haithabu
  • Estonian: Haithabu
  • Estonian: Hedeby
  • Finnish: Hedeby
  • French: Hedeby
  • Georgian: ჰედებიუ
  • German: Haitabu
  • German: Haithabu
  • German: Hedeby
  • German: Heidiba
  • German: Heithabu
  • German: Schlacht von Haithabu
  • Greek: Χέδεπι
  • Hebrew: הדבי
  • Hungarian: Haithabu
  • Hungarian: Hedeby
  • Icelandic: Heiðabær
  • Italian: Haithabu
  • Italian: Hedeby
  • Japanese: ハイタブ
  • Japanese: ヘーゼビュー
  • Latin: Heidiba
  • Latvian: Hedebija
  • Maltese: Haithabu
  • Maltese: Hedeby
  • Maori: Hedeby
  • Northern Frisian: Haithabu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hedeby
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hedeby
  • Norwegian: Hedeby
  • Persian: هدیبی
  • Polish: Hedeby
  • Portuguese: Hedeby
  • Russian: Гаддеби
  • Russian: Слисторп
  • Russian: Хедебю
  • Russian: Хэдебю
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hedeby
  • Slovenian: Hedeby
  • Spanish: Haithabu
  • Spanish: Hedeby
  • Swedish: Haddeby
  • Swedish: Haithabu
  • Swedish: Hedeby
  • Tatar: Хедебю
  • Turkish: Hedeby
  • Ukrainian: Слісторп
  • Ukrainian: Хайтабу
  • Ukrainian: Хайтхабу
  • Ukrainian: Хедебю
  • Vietnamese: Hedeby
  • Welsh: Heddeby
  • Welsh: Hedeby
  • Western Frisian: Hedeby

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