Lille Vildmose

Tørvearbejdere 1919

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Impassable bog where elf maidens frolic

By Lise Andersen, Museumsinspektør, mag.art. (17 stories)

When the heavy mass of ice on northern Denmark melted and the land tilted upwards, in about 500 B.C., a narrow strip of land was formed along the east coast of Himmerland. A lagoon was formed between this strip (or isthmus) and the mainland. Iron Age farmers settled on…

When the heavy mass of ice on northern Denmark melted and the land tilted upwards, in about 500 B.C., a narrow strip of land was formed along the east coast of Himmerland. A lagoon was formed between this strip (or isthmus) and the mainland. Iron Age farmers settled on its bank. The weather became colder and wetter in the Iron Age. Spagnum mosses began forming a raised bog. By the beginning of the Middle Ages, the bog had completely driven out the inhabitants. The raised bog grew at an average speed of 50 millimetres a year for 1,200 years. During the Age of Enlightenment, the idea of using the bog was broached. The four lakes in the bog were drained and Vildmose Farm was built in 1767-68. In 1936, 3,100 hectares of land were parcelled out to smallholders. But the bog has always been used mainly for peat digging.

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