Virket

Virket
Virket
Village
	Virket, Falster (1916 photo)
	Virket Location on Falster
	Coordinates: 54°50′7″N 11°58′34″E / 54.83528°N 11.97611°E
Country	Denmark
Region	Zealand (Sjælland)
Municipality	Guldborgsund
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Virket is a village in central Falster, Denmark. It belongs to Falkerslev Parish in Guldborgsund Municipality, in Region Zealand. It is located approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northeast of Nykøbing Falster. To the northwest is Falster Golf Club. The village lies along a road named Virketvej, which connects it to Kraghave, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the southwest.^[1]

History

Saxo Grammaticus tells us that in the middle of the 12th century the inhabitants of Falster often fled to a large fortification to escape attacks by the Wendish fleets. He was probably referring to the huge earthworks, Falsters Virke, located beside Virket. In Old Norse, wirki meant fortification, as in the "Dannevirke" fortifications now in Schleswig-Holstein. First mentioned around 1250, the settlement was then documented as Wirky.

At one time there was a manor in Virket. There are references in 1430 and 1452 to a judge named Mogens Falster and in 1472 and 1494 to Jørgen Falster whose son, Laurids Falster, was still alive in 1536. A daughter of Jørgen Falster married Anders Josephsen Bielke in Bellinge, and their descendants called themselves Falster. Mogens Falster Bielke owned Virket in 1546.

A stone ring with one large stone and 16 smaller stones in a semicircle was created in 1947 to commemorate the independence gained by the local farmers in 1766.

Archeological finds

In addition to Falsters Virket, recent archeological investigations have provided evidence of an early Iron Age settlement between Virket and Falkerslev. Graves from the Viking Age have also been uncovered in the area.^[2]

Notable people

Johanne Andersen (1913 in Virket – 1999) a Danish Lutheran priest, one of the first three women to be ordained into the Church of Denmark

References

^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
^ Katrine Kølle Hansen, "Kulturhistorisk rapport for den arkæologiske forundersøgelse og undersøgelse af MLF00335 Sibirien 6, Virket – med fund af jordfæstegravplads fra vikingetid og bebyggelsesspor fra ældre jernalder". (in Danish) Retrieved 28 November 2012.

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[GM-1] Maps (Map). Google Maps.

[2] Katrine Kølle Hansen, "Kulturhistorisk rapport for den arkæologiske forundersøgelse og undersøgelse af MLF00335 Sibirien 6, Virket – med fund af jordfæstegravplads fra vikingetid og bebyggelsesspor fra ældre jernalder". (in Danish) Retrieved 28 November 2012.

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v t e Falster, Denmark
Towns and villages	Aastrup Eskilstrup Gedser Guldborg Hasselø Plantage Horbelev Idestrup Marielyst Nordbyen Nørre Alslev Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Strandhuse Orehoved Ønslev Øster Kippinge Sønder Vedby Skovhuse Stubbekøbing Systofte Skovby Tingsted Torkilstrup Væggerløse
Localities	Hesnæs Kraghave Virket
Culture and attractions	Czarens Hus (Nykøbing's city museum) Danmarks Traktormuseum Falster Crocodile Zoo Guldborgsund Zoo Middelaldercentret
Churches	Aastrup Church Abbey Church, Nykøbing Brarup Church Eskilstrup Church Gedser Church Nørre Alslev Church Stubbekøbing Church Tingsted Church Torkilstrup Church Væggerløse Church
Manor houses	Corselitze Gammel Kirstineberg Gjedsergaard Orupgaard Valnæsgård Vennerslund
Other landmarks	Bøtø Nor Pumping Station Ejegod Windmill Generalens Lysthus Gåbense Færgegård Karleby Rectory Nykøbing Latin School Orehoved Lighthouse Torkilstrup Windmill Torkilstrup Rectory
Geography	Corselitze Forest Gedser Odde Grønsund Guldborgsund Kalvø Storstrømmen
History	1872 Baltic Sea flood Falsters Virke Jørgen Ringnis Mecklenburg Ancestral Table Nykøbing Castle Siege of Nykøbing Johan Frederik Classen
Transport	E47 Farø Bridges Frederick IX Bridge Gedser Station Guldborgsund Bridge Nykøbing Falster railway station Scandlines South Line Storstrøm Bridge
Other	Diocese of Lolland–Falster Guldborgsund Municipality Det Classenske Fideicommis

v t e Guldborgsund Municipality
Towns & villages	Eskilstrup Gedser Guldborg Hasselø Plantage Hesnæs Horbelev Horreby Idestrup Kraghave Marielyst Nagelsti Nørre Alslev Nordbyen Nykøbing Falster (seat) Nykøbing Strandhuse Nysted Ønslev Orehoved Øster Kippinge Øster Ulslev Sakskøbing Sønder Vedby Skovhuse Stubbekøbing Sundby Systofte Skovby Tingsted Toreby Væggerløse Virket
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