Byfredsten
Byfredsten (also Bifredsten; - in the sense of "Stadtfriedensstein") marked the transition between the country and the city in Denmark , where there were special legal provisions in the Middle Ages . Byfredstenerne can be found all over the country.
In the areas marked by stones it was particularly expensive to commit criminal acts. The places where trade was conducted were under the special protection of the king, and the stones were typically placed on the old country roads where the rural areas ended and the cities began.
When King Christian V replaced the previously valid rights in the individual areas of Denmark (Jutian, Scandinavian and Zealand law) with the Danish code of law "Danske Lov" in 1683, the system of special punishment in the cities was abolished. The stones were further used to mark the territory of the market town, so some of them survived and were protected to this day.
Byfredstenen usually have a year or two and typically have a decoration (lilies or birds - perhaps Odin's two ravens , Hugin and Munin ).
In Odense , which was granted city privileges in 1355, the extent of city peace was documented in 1982 by Ove Jørgensen.