Discover Egtved: Museums, the Egtved Girl and Trails

Art in the Landscape near Tørskind

The landscape sculpture by Robert Jacobsen and Jean Clareboudt is located in a former gravel pit near Tørskind, close to Egtved. Nine partial sculptures form a cohesive whole there. The connection between art and the former gravel pit gives this place a clear connection to the landscape near Tørskind.

Historical Periods at Egtved Museum

Egtved Museum is a local history museum with objects from various historical periods, from the Stone Age to the 20th century. One exhibition covers the period from the Stone Age to 1960–1980, thus also focusing on more recent history. Another exhibition presents the history of fish farming in the Egtved Å and the streams that flow into it. The theme remains rooted in the waterways around Egtved. For those interested in culture, the museum therefore offers both a collection spanning different periods and a specific theme from the surroundings of the Egtved Å.

The Egtved Girl’s Find Site

The site where the Egtved Girl was found includes the reconstructed Egtved Storhøj and a small exhibition house. The exhibition house displays a copy of the oak coffin in which the Egtved Girl was buried. Egtvedpigens Verden is a modern museum in the landscape where the Egtved Girl lived and moved around 3,400 years ago. Egtvedpigens Verden is also a significant stopping point along Hærvejen and is located at the reconstructed burial site of the Egtved Girl. The reference to 3,400 years relates to the life and movement of the Egtved Girl in this landscape. The find site thus brings together the reconstructed burial mound, the exhibition house and the copy of the oak coffin in a shared spatial context.

Marked Trails near Egtved

The marked trails “Sporene i og ved Egtved” lead through fields, small lakes, green spaces and old routeways near Egtved. “Sporene omkring Egtved” is a blue route measuring 12.4 kilometres. For cyclists, the 60-kilometre cycling route “Egtvedpigen” starts and ends in Egtved; among other places, it passes the grave of the Egtved Girl. The two routes differ significantly in length and therefore suit different daily distances. For planning a hike, the 12.4-kilometre distance is the key figure, while the cycling route covers 60 kilometres. On the cycling route, Egtved is both the starting point and the end point, so the route forms a closed circuit.

Egtved Church in the Daily Schedule

Egtved Church has daily opening hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For daily planning, this time frame can be considered separately from the lengths of the two routes. A visit to the church therefore has its own time frame, while the trails are defined by their distances and the landscape features around Egtved.

Other travel destinations for orientation include Sønder Stenderup, Agtrup, Hejlsminde, Lejrskov, Christiansfeld, Lunderskov, Bjert Strand and Binderup.

For the overarching travel overview: Kolding Municipality.