Boeslunde Explained

Boeslunde
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Denmark
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Region Zealand
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Slagelse
Pushpin Map:Denmark Region Zealand
Pushpin Relief:above
Coordinates:55.3039°N 11.2678°W
Population As Of:2024
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:759
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2

Boeslunde is a village on Zealand, in Slagelse Municipality, Region Zealand in Denmark. It is located 7 km north of Skælskør, 9 km east of Korsør and 14 km south of Slagelse.

History

Boeslunde and the surrounding area has a history rich in archaeological finds, from the Nordic Bronze Age, the Viking Age and early medieval times. The area near the hill of Borgbjerg Banke was formerly the site of a defence fortress in the 14th century, and in the prehistoric times of the Nordic Bronze Age it was a holy place where votive offerings were made. Many large ceremonial gold rings from 1000-800 BC have been found here among the votive offerings, from the 1800s to the present. Archaeologists has classified them as "oath rings", even though such artefacts are usually associated with the much later Viking Age. In 2015, two thousand gold-spirals from 900-700 BC was excavated. It is a unique find, not seen before, and it is speculated that the spirals was part of a Bronze Age priest-king's ceremonial attire.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January, by urban areas
  2. https://www.slagelse.info/historisk/boeslunde-danmarkshistorie-i-landsbyformat-del-3/#gsc.tab=0 Slagelse.info