Jelling rune stones
| Jelling burial mounds, runes and church | |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| Christ relief on the Großer Jellingstein, the "font of Denmark", was created between 960 and 985 |
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| National territory: |
 Denmark
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (iii) |
| Surface: | 12.7 ha |
| Buffer zone: | 59.2 ha |
| Reference No .: | 697bis |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1994 (session 18) |
The Jelling rune stones are two rune stones from the 10th century in Jelling , Jutland . They are the most important stones in the history of Denmark and were erected on the initiative of Kings Gorm and Harald Blauzahn . The Great Jellingstein contains a representation of Christ and an animal .
The stones are of two barrows (the older of 958/59) and near the later built village church (around 1100). The ensemble was founded in 1994 for the first Danish UNESCO - World Heritage declared.
Excavations between 2006 and 2013 revealed a large ship settlement and remains of wooden palisades .
The little Jellingstein
The small Jellingstein was probably built around 935. It is provided with a runic inscription on two sides:
Gorm was the founder of the Jelling dynasty and defended Denmark against the Swedes. His wife Thyra is credited with establishing the Danewerk . It is the first mention of a Danish king by name and the country name Denmark is used for the first time in written sources. The Kleine Jellingstein is therefore also the “birth certificate” of the Danish nation.
The Great Jellingstein
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The Great or Younger Jellingstein was probably built between 960 and 985. It is provided with a runic inscription on all three sides. On one side of the stone there is an animal (lion, dragon, griffin?) That can not be clearly identified and is being wound around by a snake. The animal representations are more natural than in other previous styles. The ornamentation is less intricate. This is known as the Younger Jelling Style or Mommy Style . Another side shows a relief of Christ. The figures were originally painted in bright colors.
The inscription reads:
- “ King Harald ordered this stone to be erected in memory of Gorm, his father, and Thyra, his mother. Harald, who submitted to all of Denmark and Norway and made the Danes into Christians. "
The stone is sometimes referred to as Denmark's “ font ”.
Kongernes Jelling
A museum was built in the immediate vicinity in 2000. In the meantime it has been modernized and expanded and celebrated its reopening on June 6, 2015 as the history and experience center Kongernes Jelling ( Eng . The Jelling of the Kings). Admission is free.
gallery
Text side of the Großer Jellingstein
Second image of the Großer Jellingstein
Animal shape, color reconstruction
Presentation at the original location, 2012
Presentation at the original location, 2012
Museum with a roof terrace
Situation 2004, the grave mound in the background
Postcard around 1900
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Web links
- Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- The Jelling of the Kings Jelling History and Experience Center, Danmarks National Museum (English, Danish)
- Jelling.dk facts and pictures, Vejle Municipality website (English, Danish)
- Runestones, barrows and church in Jelling Private Website, 2003 (German)
- The Runic Stones in Jelling Private Website
Cultural heritage: rune stones , tumuli and Jelling Church (1994) | Roskilde Cathedral (1995) | Kronborg Castle (2000) | Herrnhuter settlement Christiansfeld (2015) | Parforce Hunting Landscape North Zealand (2015) | Kujataa (2017) | Aasivissuit - Nipisat. Inuit hunting grounds between ice and sea (2018)
Natural heritage: Ilulissat Icefjord (2004) | Wadden Sea of the North Sea (2014) | Stevns Klint (2014)
Coordinates: 55 ° 45 ′ 23.7 " N , 9 ° 25 ′ 10.5" E