Juelsminde: A Popular Coastal Town in Denmark, Juelsminde, Denmark (B)

The population of Juelsminde started to grow when the railway line was brought here from Horsens in 1884.. A few years after that the harbor was added and became the focal point for the development of the town. By the time the trains stopped running in … Juelsminde was connected to Horsens by road and regular buses run between the two towns. As the town is situated at the mouth of the Vejle Fjord it does have an extensive coastline fringed with sandy beaches renowned for safe swimming. The most well-known of these beaches is Storstranden or the Great Beach. From this beach, across the water, an historic manor, Palsgaard Slot is visible in the woods that surround it. There has been a manor here since the thirteenth century. The manor is still privately owned but the grounds are open to the public. Some of its previous owners have been benefactors to the town of Juelsminde. In particular, E. V. Schou Palsgaard donated the church and the priest’s residence.

This church was consecrated in 1913, and was built through the initiative of local residents who felt it was time they had their own church. It is a cruciform church in neo-Gothic style. The church is surrounded by a small cemetery where each grave as its own little plot all marked out by box hedges. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).