Jelling

Jelling is a village in Denmark with a population of 3,248 (1 January 2011), located in Jelling Parish approx. 10 km northwest of Vejle. The city lies 105 metres above sea level. Jelling is located in Vejle municipality and Region of Southern Denmark. The town is mainly famous for the Jelling stones, national monuments. Until Municipal Reform 2007 1 January 2007 Jelling was the capital of Jelling municipality. Jelling was also the only town in the former Vejle County headquarters for a bank - Jelling Savings Bank, which had its headquarters in the town until 2007 when it merged with The Royal Savings Bank, headquartered in Grindsted. Jelling Sparekasse's slogan was: "If king Gorm was alive today ... we would probably be the country's...