- Hedeby is mentioned in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Marsh King's Daughter. Name[edit]. Site of the former town of Hedeby.
- 2018 yılında UNESCO tarafından Hedeby ve Danevirke'deki Arkeolojik Sınır Kompleksi adı ile Dünya Mirası olarak ilan edilmiştir.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hedeby and Danevirke are an outstanding testament to the Viking Age. ... Hedeby was a flourishing trade centre in this border region.
- Hedeby and the Danevirke were inscribed as UNESCO-World Heritage Site as “Archaeological Border Complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke”.
- The earliest mention of Hedeby occurred in the 804 Frankish chronicles of Einhard, although the settlement was likely established in 770.
- Hedeby is known to exist as early as in the 8th century. A written source tells of the arrival of King Godfred to Hedeby in 804 with his army.
