Laeborg Runestone
The Læborg or Laeborg Runestone, listed as DR 26 in the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone located outside of the village hall or Forsamlinghus in Læborg, which is about 3 kilometers north of Vejen, Denmark.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Hjart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Læborg Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bække and Vejen.
Bække
Village
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bække is a town in Vejen Municipality, Southern Denmark. Bække grew up around the road between Ribe and Vejle. The road roughly follows the course of the historic Hærvejen or Ox Road past the church and inn. Bække is situated 5 km north of Laeborg Runestone.
Vejen
Photo: Spar Es Danmark, CC BY 3.0.
Vejen is a railway town of about 10,000 people between Esbjerg and Kolding in South Jutland. The town emerged in ancient times as an important waypoint for agricultural transport on the Jutlandic Ox Road trail, used for herding cattle and soldiers from Denmark to Germany.
Gesten
Village
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gesten is a village, which is situated 6 km east of Laeborg Runestone.
Laeborg Runestone
- Type: Runestone
- Description: runestone at Læborg church in Vejen Kommune
- Categories: Norse runestone and historic site
- Location: Vejen Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.52301° or 55° 31′ 23″ northLongitude
9.11457° or 9° 6′ 52″ eastOpen location code
9F7FG4F7+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 3664318345OpenStreetMap feature
historic=rune_stoneWikidata ID
Q1308371
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Laeborg Runestone” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Læborg-stenen”
- Danish: “Læborgstenen”
- German: “Runenstein von Læborg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Læborg-stenen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Læborgstenen”
- Polish: “Kamień runiczny z Læborg”
- Polish: “Kamień runiczny z Læborgu”
- Slovenian: “laeborški runski kamen”
- Slovenian: “runski jamen v Læborgu”
- Swedish: “Danmarks runeindskrifter 26”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Læborg Forsamlingshus and Læborg Kirkegård.
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