Vedbæk
Vedbæk is a small town in the municipality of Rudersdal (formerly Søllerød), Denmark. It is located on the Øresund coast of Zealand, between Rungsted to the north and Skodsborg to the south. The town has a station on the busy Kystbanen railway line, approximately midway between Copenhagen and Helsingør. It also has a well-frequented marina.
Vedbæk is perhaps best known for the Bøgebakken archaeological site, a Mesolithic cemetery of the Ertebølle culture. An example of the findings of this culture cemetery include the bodies of a young woman with a necklace made of teeth, and her newborn baby. The child is cradled in the wing of a swan with a flint knife at its hip. The child's gravegoods suggest that the culture involved ascribed status – the passing of power between generations. The brief statistical findings of the cemetery are as follows; 22 individual bodies (4 newborns), 17 of the adults buried could be aged - 8 died before reaching the age of 20. There were 9 men, 5 of them over the age of 50, and 8 women: 2 died before the age of 20, 3 living to over 40. Two women died in childbirth (including the young woman mention above) and were buried with their newborns beside them. Infant mortality rate is around 35%. Mortality rate is 50%. Reasons for these high death rates could be physiological or cultural.
The cemetery is located in the northern part of the Maglemosen peat bog, and was discovered in 1975 during excavation for the new Vedbæk School. (It should not be confused with the earlier Maglemosian culture, named for a different Maglemose near Slagelse.)
The Danish national football team trains at Vedbæk Stadion. Between 1973 and 2006, the Danish Defence Command was located in Vedbæk.
External links
- Vedbæk Skole & Kulturcenter (Danish)
- Vedbæk Havn (Danish)
- Vedbæk Kirke (Danish)
Coordinates: 55°51′11″N 12°33′54″E / 55.853°N 12.565°E