Jelling Parish, Vejle, Denmark Genealogy

History
Until 1 January 2007 Jelling municipality was a municipality in Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in south-west Denmark and the main town and the site of its municipal council was the town of Jelling. The municipality was created in 1970 due to a Municipality Reform that combined a number of existing parishes, Hvejsel, Kollerup and Vindelev. Jelling municipality ceased to exist as the result of The Municipality Reform of 2007 when it was merged with Børkop, Egtved, Give, and Vejle municipalities to form a new Vejle municipality.The new municipality belongs to Region of Southern Denmark. Jelling parish is rich with history. It is the point from which Christianity spread to the rest of Denmark. Harold Bluetooth was the first Danish king to become christian and converted about 960 AD. Upon doing so, he erected a stave church, adjacent to his father's burial mound. This church burned down and was replaced by two more stave churches. After all three had burnt, a limestone church was built in 1100 AD on the site of the previous 3. This church still stands today and is the current jelling church. It is one of the oldest churches in Denmark, its walls are covered in mosaics created in early Christendom. In the days of the reformation, the mosaics were painted over and covered. But archaeologists have recently begun removing this paint to reveal the originals. 

Place Names
Anesminde, Baggesholm, Bøgelund,  Eliseholm,  Fårup, Fårup Huse, Fårup Sø, Fårupgaard,  Gravenslund,  Haughus, Hopballe, Hopballe Mølle,  Hornstrup, Hørup,  Jelling, Jelling Mark, Jelling Skov,  Kiddegaard, Kiddelund,  Moseby, Mølvang,  Rugballe,  Skovbølling, Skovdallund, Styvel, Styvel Mark,  Vester Hornstrup

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