Vejle County

Vejle Amt
Basic Facts
County seat	Vejle
Area	212,997 km²
Inhabitants	360,921 (2006)
Map

Vejle Amt (English Vejle County) is a former county (Danish: amt) on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. The county was abolished effective January 1, 2007, when it was divided between Region Midtjylland (i.e. Region Central Jutland) and Region of Southern Denmark. Vejle became the seat of the latter region.

List of County Mayors

From	To	County Mayor
1974	1993	Erling Tiedemann (Venstre)

Municipalities (1970-2006)

Brædstrup municipality
Børkop municipality
Egtved municipality
Fredericia municipality
Gedved municipality
Give municipality
Hedensted municipality
Horsens municipality

Jelling municipality
Juelsminde municipality
Kolding municipality
Lunderskov municipality
Nørre-Snede municipality
Tørring-Uldum municipality
Vamdrup municipality
Vejle municipality

Notable sites

The Jelling stones are archaeological treasures erected by Harald Bluetooth to honour his parents.^[1] Encyclopædia Britannica considers the runic inscriptions as the most well known in Denmark.^[2]

The Haraldskær Woman is a bog body interred in about 500 BC, discovered in a peat bog with a remarkable state of preservation.^[3]

Citations

↑ C. Michael Hogan, "Jelling Stones", Megalithic Portal, editor Andy Burnham
↑ Encyclopædia Britannica
↑ "Haraldskaer Woman: Bodies of the Bogs", Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America, December 10, 1997.

Counties (amter) of Denmark, 1970–2006

Amter	Århus Copenhagen Frederiksborg Funen North Jutland Ribe Ringkjøbing Roskilde South Jutland Storstrøm Vejle Viborg West Zealand

Municipalities (kommuner) with county privileges	Bornholm¹ Copenhagen Municipality Frederiksberg Municipality

¹ Local county abolished in 2003.

Coordinates: 55°42′36″N 9°32′00″E / 55.71000°N 9.53333°E / 55.71000; 9.53333