King Waldemar's sailing route
As King Waldemar sailing route ( Swedish Kung Valdemars segelled ) is a medieval maritime route in the Baltic Sea , made up, by the then Danish Blekinge along the Swedish east coast on Åland , the Archipelago Sea and Finland's south coast as far north as Tallinn in Estonia stretched. It is named after the Danish King Waldemar II (Valdemar Sejr).
It was mentioned for the first time in a medieval document from the 13th century, which was called Det Danska Itinerariet and which was taken from the Waldemar Erdbuch ( Danish : Kong Valdemars Jordebog , Latin : Liber Census Daniæ ). In this book, the 101 places were listed in short sentences, including the exact distances between the individual points. The way of the trip led close to the coast, through between the small islands. It was not until after the 13th century that it became common to sail around the islands.
During the 1990s, King Waldemar's sailing route began to be used for tourism . In this context, many places along the old route were marked with signs. These also name the old place names.
course
The starting point of the trip was Utlängan in Blekinge. In a translation from the 1940s by Axel Härlin, the medieval locations were converted to the place names that exist today. It turned out that many of the old place names match the current names. Therefore, many points of the trip could be reconstructed. The routes with the greatest uncertainty are along the coasts of Småland and Roslagen . The respective distances were given in Veckosjöar . This is an old Nordic measure of the distance a rowing team could cover before releasing or resting (an average of 7.4 kilometers or four nautical miles ). Factors such as wind and currents also played a major role. The exact amount can therefore only be estimated.
The route is described in partially overlapping reports, which indicate that it comes from several sources. The start and end points of the individual sections may have been different pilot stations .
- From Utlängan to Vinö
- From Kalmar to Bråviken
- From Bråviken to Runmarö
- An alternative eastern route from Utö to Runmarö
- From Runmarö to Arholma
- From Bråviken the inner way to Stockholm
- From Sveriges holme to Arholma
- From Arholma to Tallinn via Lemböte , Kökar , Aspö , Kyrkosund in Hitis , Hangö , Tvärminne , Hästö-Busö , Jussarö , Korpholm , Porkala , Nargö and Karlö
- A shortcut from Hangö to Odensholm
literature
- Flink G (red): Kung Valdemars sailed , Riksantikvarieämbetet 1995, ISBN 91-7886-134-9