Hjarnø
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Hjarnø is a small Danish
island at the mouth of Horsens Fjord
on the east coast of Jutland
in Hedensted Municipality
. With an area of 3.2 km2, as of 1 January 2010 it has a population of 98. A regular ferry service connects the island with Snaptun on the mainland. Most of the buildings are farms, lining the road which crosses the island from east to west. The church is from the 16th century. There is an area with 10 stones, the so-called Kalvestenene, from the Viking period.
There is evidence of habitations on the island since the Paleolithic
while artifacts from the Ertebølle culture
are frequently washed up along the coast.
The white-washed church, built principally of fieldstone, appears to be from the 16th century. In 1804, it was damaged by fire and subsequently restored. The weather vane over the spire displays the year 1877, probably the date when the spire was added together with the bell. The church can seat about 50 although the chancel is quite large in proportion to the nave.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
island at the mouth of Horsens Fjord
Horsens Fjord
Horsens Fjord is a Danish fjord in the east of Jutland which stretches from the islands of Alrø and Hjarnø in the east to the town of Horsens on the mainland. It is some long. The navigational channel to Horsens has a depth of ....
on the east coast of Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
in Hedensted Municipality
Hedensted municipality
Hedensted Kommune is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. Its seat and main town is Hedensted.-Overview:...
. With an area of 3.2 km2, as of 1 January 2010 it has a population of 98. A regular ferry service connects the island with Snaptun on the mainland. Most of the buildings are farms, lining the road which crosses the island from east to west. The church is from the 16th century. There is an area with 10 stones, the so-called Kalvestenene, from the Viking period.
History
According to the historian Saxo, the island gets its name from Hjarne, a mythological king who was crowned for writing a commemorative song about Frode Fregegod but in fact it comes from the old Danish word hiarni which simply means "raised ground".There is evidence of habitations on the island since the Paleolithic
Paleolithic
The Paleolithic Age, Era or Period, is a prehistoric period of human history distinguished by the development of the most primitive stone tools discovered , and covers roughly 99% of human technological prehistory...
while artifacts from the Ertebølle culture
Ertebølle culture
The Ertebølle culture is the name of a hunter-gatherer and fisher, pottery-making culture dating to the end of the Mesolithic period. The culture was concentrated in Southern Scandinavia, but genetically linked to strongly related cultures in Northern Germany and the Northern Netherlands...
are frequently washed up along the coast.
The white-washed church, built principally of fieldstone, appears to be from the 16th century. In 1804, it was damaged by fire and subsequently restored. The weather vane over the spire displays the year 1877, probably the date when the spire was added together with the bell. The church can seat about 50 although the chancel is quite large in proportion to the nave.