Hvalsø
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Hvalsø is a town and a former municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The former municipality covered an area of 72 km2, and had a total population of 7,856. Its last
Skjoldenæsholm south of town
Tadre Mølle west of town
Lejre
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Lejre is a railway town in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It has a population of 3,429.
Hvalsø
…January 2007 Hvalsø municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Bramsnæs and Lejre municipalities to form the new Lejre municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 240 km2 and a total population of 25,971 (2005). Christian…
Interior of the reconstructed King's Hall at Lejre, Denmark, c. 8th century
'Odin from Lejre' silver figurine, c. 900 AD
View west from the earliest hall site
Øm jættestue: Neolithic passage grave near Gammel Lejre.