The first stage of the Border Path starts in Vester Vedsted and ends in Høm. Most of the route takes place on tarmacked roads, with broad grassy shoulders or pavements for hikers. You can also walk a loop/ make a round trip from Vester Vedsted.
The first stage of the Border Path starts in Vester Vedsted and ends in Høm. Most of the route takes place on tarmacked roads, with broad grassy shoulders or pavements for hikers. One can also walk a loop/ make a round trip from Vester Vedsted.
In Vester Vedsted there is a shelter next to Digehytten on Vester Bjergvej, and in Høm there is a one south of Vesterlundvej.
The first stage will take you from the wide open spaces of the marshland to the inland plantations and cultivated fields. From Ho Bay in the north to Holland in the south, the Wadden Sea is listed as World Heritage. The Høm district is marked by farming, its villages surrounded by fields and its streams surrounded by grazing-meadows.
Experience the Wadden Sea at close hand with a visit to Vadehavscentret or by taking the tractor bus across Låningsvejen to Mandø. Crossing Låningsvejen or the Wadden Sea on foot is strongly discouraged. The high tide rises faster than one would expect.
Visit the market town of Ribe, with its many listed houses deemed worthy of preservation, or one of the town’s museums.
Until 1920, Egebæk-Hviding was divided between Denmark and Germany, and both contraband and refugees crossed the border in the dual town.
Following 1864, Egebæk-Hviding was divided in two: Egebæk in Denmark and Hviding in Prussia. Also the train station was divided in two and with its 220 m platform it became Northern Europe’s longest.
The border came to divide the dual town of Egebæk-Hviding, situated in Vester Vedsted Parish and Hviding Parish, respectively.
From 1864 to 1920, the parish of Hviding Sogn belonged to Prussia. During WWI the parish had to hand the church bell over to the German state, as it had run out of metal for the production of munitions.
The border ran close to Sprækbro south of Fløjdiget from 1864 to 1920, and the graveyard next to Vester Vedsted Kirke, which was built from 1175 - 1200 approximately, has stories to tell of world wars and cross-border conflict.
Several traces of the border period can be seen in and around the churches (i.e. kirker) in Seem, Spandet and Roager. In Spandet Kirke, there is a plaque commemorating 17 Danish-minded soldiers, who were killed during WWI.
The 6 meters high dike between Roborghus and Vester Vedsted was built from 1911-1915.
In 1888, Germany banned all teaching in Danish. As a result, the parents sent their children to independent boarding schools for lower secondary students.
During WWII, the west coast of Denmark was part of the German coastal defence system known as the Atlantic Wall. The Germans built three bunkers north of Vester Vedsted in 1943, each with a telephone, machine gun and cannon.
