Jelling
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JELLING
Region : Syddanmark
Amt (until 2007) : Vejle
Additions : 1970 Hvejsel, Kollerup, Vindelev
Incorporated into : 2007 Vejle
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted in 1977.
The arms show part of the design of the famous Jelling rune stones (a UNESCO monument), on which the name Denmark if mentioned for the first time.
 One of the local rune-stones |
Literature: Achen, 1982; Zeuthen, 2000