- Hedeby (. Danish pronunciation: [ˈheːðəˌpyˀ], Old Norse: Heiðabýr, German: Haithabu) was an important Danish Viking Age (8th to the 11th centuries)...
- Having control of Hedeby meant that you had control of the North Sea-Baltic Sea traffic, and helped in the development of Hedeby as a major trading town.
- The town was briefly captured by the Franks in 934 CE and then reoccupied by them in 974 CE; the Danes did not succeed in taking Hedeby back until 983 CE.
- Hedeby, akademisyenlerin, araştırmacıların, profesyonellerin ve kamuoyunun ilgisini çeken, farklı alanlarda geniş çapta tartışılan ve incelenen bir konudur.
- Archaeologists discovered Hedeby in the 19th century, revealing its historical significance. The Danish King Godfred founded the settlement around 800 AD.
- Hedeby is located near the modern city of Schleswig, Germany on the Jutland Peninsula, but it was Scandinavia’s southernmost trading port in the Early Middle Ages.
- Hedeby and the Danevirke were inscribed as UNESCO-World Heritage Site as “Archaeological Border Complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke”.
- Hedeby and Danevirke are an outstanding testament to the Viking Age. ... Hedeby was a flourishing trade centre in this border region.
- Hedeby had its own mint, which is the earliest known in Scandinavia. ... At the height of settlement, Hedeby had a population of between 1,000 and 1,500 people.
- Hedeby, in medieval Danish history, trade centre at the southeastern base of the Jutland Peninsula on the Schlei estuary.
