Haithabu

The Danewerk in Haithabu, a 15km/9mi long earthwork constructed in the ninth C. and maintained and strengthened until the 13th C., was designed to protect the southern frontier of the Danish kingdom. In the 12th C. the central section was reinforced by the Waldemarsmauer, a brick wall 3.5km/2mi long, 7m/23ft high and 2m/6.5ft thick.

Most of the material recovered from the site in excavations from 1900 onwards is displayed in the site museum, opened in 1985. Reconstructions and models illustrate the layout, the buildings and the fortifications of the Viking settlement and the way of life of its inhabitants. In the ship hall can be seen a reconstruction of a Viking longship.