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.

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Type: Runestone
Description: runestone at Læborg church in Vejen Kommune
Also known as: “laeborški runski kamen”

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Læborg Church.

Læborg Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bække and Vejen.

Bække

Village

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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

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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.