Vesterby Skov

Vesterby Skov is a forest in Vejle Municipality, Region South Denmark. Vesterby Skov is situated nearby to the hamlet Vork, as well as near Vingsted.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ravning Bridge and Troldborg Ring.

Ravning Bridge

Archaeological site

Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Ravning Bridge was a former 760 m long timber bridge, built in Denmark in the 10th century during the Viking Age. Located 10 km south of Jelling near the village of Ravning, it crossed the meadows of Ravning Enge at Vejle River.

Troldborg Ring

Archaeological site

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The Troldborg Ring is an Iron Age fortification in Vejle Municipality in Denmark, 13 km west of the city of Vejle. It is located at a natural spring on a high point overlooking the Vejle River Valley.

Vingsted Historiske Værksted

Museum

Photo: Nico, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Vingsted Historiske Værksted is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bredsten and Ødsted.

Bredsten

Town

Photo: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bredsten is a village in Vejle Municipality, Denmark. Bredsten is situated 11 kilometres west of Vejle, and it has a population of 1,881. The village is quite old, indicated by the church which dates back to the Middle Ages though modified by the local entrepreneur de Lichtenberg in the 1740s.

Ødsted

Village

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Ødsted is a town, with a population of 1,533, in Vejle Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located 11 km southwest of Vejle and 9 km northeast of Egtved.

Jerlev

Village

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Jerlev is a village, with a population of 852, in Vejle Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located 8 km southwest of Vejle. Jerlev form an active local community, Ødsted/Jerlev Local Council, together with the neighbouring town of Ødsted 3 km to the southwest.

Vesterby Skov

Type: Forest
Location: Vejle Municipality, Region South Denmark, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

55.6678° or 55° 40′ 4″ north

Longitude

9.3518° or 9° 21′ 7″ east

Open location code

9F7FM992+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 386571473

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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