Jelling
Sign in to saveJelling is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 4,038 (1 January 2025), located in Jelling Parish, approximately 10 km northwest of Vejle. The town lies 105 metres above sea level.
Key facts
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- CEST
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- Jelling
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- Town
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- Jelling Kommune.jpg
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- Former sign of Jelling Municipality
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- Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
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- right
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- Location in Denmark
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- Country
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- Denmark
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- Region
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- Southern Denmark (Syddanmark)
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- Municipality
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- Vejle
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- Established
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- 956
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- 3
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Jelling
- Population
- 3370
- Elevation
- 105
- Official website
- www.visitvejle.dk/vejle/oplevelser/guide-til-jelling
- Image
- Jelling - Byens Hus 2015.jpg
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- Jelling
- postal code
- 7300
- native label
- Jelling
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- History
- Local culture
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Jelling is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 4,038 (1 January 2025), located in Jelling Parish, approximately 10 km northwest of Vejle. The town lies 105 metres above sea level.
==Location== Jelling is located in Vejle municipality and Region of Southern Denmark. The town is mainly famous for the Jelling stones, national monuments. Until the Municipal Reform of 2007 on 1 January 2007, Jelling was the capital of Jelling municipality. Jelling was also the only town in the former Vejle County headquarters for a bank – Jelling Sparekasse, which had its headquarters in the town until 2007 when it merged with , headquartered in Grindsted. Jelling Sparekasse's slogan was: "If king Gorm was alive today ... we would probably be the country's National Bank." One source at least claims that Jelling was the capital of an ancient kingdom of Denmark that was known as Jellund.
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