5 Sights in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, Denmark (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, Denmark. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 5 sights are available in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, Denmark.

1. Hover Kirke

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Hover Kirke Inge-Dorthe Kaasgaard / CC BY 3.0

Hover Church is located approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the village of Hover in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, Denmark. Built in twelfth century, it is one of Denmark's oldest stone churches. Not much has changed in its shape and appearance over the past 800 years, making it a good example of old Danish architecture. Hover Church is included within the Danish Culture Canon in the Architecture category.

Wikipedia: Hover Church (EN)

2. Sønder Vium Kirke

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Sønder Vium Church is now located 1 km northeast of Sønder Vium, but the village has originally been located at the church. The priest wrote in a 1683 report that the church was in Vimby, that just south of the church was a small lake, Vim Lake, that there was a southwest of the church and the lake, and that Vim Møl was a city called Esbøl, and that Vim Mølle was west of the church and lake.

Wikipedia: Sønder Vium Kirke (DA)

3. Historiens Sten

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The Stone of History is the name of a large stone with illustrations of some of the most important years in Danish history. The stone stands at the northwest end of Klovsig Nørre Plantage, southwest of Ulfborg in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality. The stone was carved and erected in 1938 by schoolteacher Alfred Kaae, who was a teacher at Kronhede School.

Wikipedia: Historiens Sten (DA)

4. Vedersø Kirke

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Vedersø Church is nationally known after the poet priest Kaj Munk was executed by the Gestapo in 1944 during the occupation. He had been parish priest at the site since 1924. Together with his family, Kaj Munk is buried at the east end of the church.

Wikipedia: Vedersø Kirke (DA)

5. Dejbjerg Jernalder

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Dejbjerg Jernalder Lennart Larsen, Nationalmuseet / CC BY-SA 3.0

Dejbjerg Iron Age is a historical open-air museum consisting of a number of reconstructed farms from the Iron Age about 8 km north of Skjern. It was founded in 1995 and is today part of Ringkøbing-Skjern Museum after a merger in 2014.

Wikipedia: Dejbjerg Jernalder (DA)

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