Ravning Bridge
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: bridge
- Also known as: “Ravninge Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Troldborg Ring and Vingsted Historiske Værksted.
Troldborg Ring
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Troldborg Ring is situated 1 km north of Ravning Bridge.
Vingsted Historiske Værksted
Museum
Photo: Nico, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vingsted Historiske Værksted is a museum, which is situated 3 km east of Ravning Bridge.
Tørskind Gravel Pit
Photo: Hjart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tørskind Gravel Pit is a former gravel pit converted into a sculpture park near Egtved, Vejle, Denmark. The sculptures were created by Robert Jacobsen and Jean Clareboudt over five years from 1986 to 1991. Tørskind Gravel Pit is situated 3½ km southwest of Ravning Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ødsted and Haraldskær Fabrik.
Ødsted
Village
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ødsted is a town, with a population of 1,535, in Vejle Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is located 11 km southwest of Vejle and 9 km northeast of Egtved. Ødsted is situated 3½ km southeast of Ravning Bridge.
Haraldskær Fabrik
Hamlet
Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haraldskær Fabrik is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km northeast of Ravning Bridge.
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 1,902. 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. Bredsten is situated 4 km northeast of Ravning Bridge.
Ravning Bridge
- Categories: bridge, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Vejle, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.67155° or 55° 40′ 18″ northLongitude
9.34643° or 9° 20′ 47″ eastOpen location code
9F7FM8CW+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 617329918OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q996217
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Spanish—“Ravning Bridge” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Ravning Enge broen”
- Danish: “Ravningbroen”
- Dutch: “Ravning Bridge”
- Dutch: “Ravningbrug”
- German: “Brücke über die Ravning Enge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ravning Enge broen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ravningebroen”
- Norwegian: “Ravningebroen”
- Spanish: “Puente de Ravning”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rekonstruktion af Ravning broen and Ravning Gamle Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ravning Bridge”. Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 3.0.