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Orestenen
Inde midt i
Tybjerg skov ca. 3 km vest for Tybjerg kirke ligger den gamle
kæmpesten, som gennem tiderne er blevet kaldt Asestenen,
Dansestenen, Tybjergstenen eller Orestenen, imponerende og tung.
Stenens mest almindelige navn - Orestenen hentyder til, at den
ligger i en ore, - det vil sige en udmark eller lysning i
skoven.
Sagnet beretter, at dengang den hvide kirke i Tybjerg rejste sig på
Tybjerg bakke, sad en led troldkælling ovre på Tåsinge og stirrede
over på Sjælland. Jo klarere tårnet tegnede sig langt ude i
kimingens rand, jo mere ond blev hun, og til sidst bandt hun sit
strømpebånd om den store sten, løb op i Bregninge kirkes tårn og
slyngede stenen mod Tybjerg kirke. Men uheldet ville imidlertid, at
strømpebåndet brast, hvorfor stenen ikke ramte kirken, men faldt
ned i skoven vest for kirkebakken.
I virkelighedens
verden kan det kort og godt siges, at den er en erratisk
granitblok, en såkaldt vandreblok, et granitstykke, der i istiden
er blevet ført hertil af indlandsisen fra dens oprindelige
hjemsted, den skandinaviske halvøs fjelde.
Da indlandsisen i sin tid smeltede, lå Orestenen efterladt på sin
nuværende plads i Tybjerg skov. Stenen er ca. 4,75 mtr. lang, 3,75
mtr. bred, 2,5 mtr høj på forsiden og ca. 1,75 mtr. høj på
bagsiden.
De mange initaler og
årstal der er hugget ind i forsiden af stenen, er initialerne på
Tybjerggårds ejere samt deres tiltrædelsesår. En del unøjagtigheder
er dog blevet foreviget i granitten, da ikke alle data er
korrekte.
(Kilde: Orestenen i Tybjerg skov, af Olav Evensen -
1980)
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Orestenen
In the middle of
Tybjerg wood approximately 3 km west of Tybjerg church, an old
giant stone is located, which as time has passed has been called
Asestenen, Dansestenen, Tybjergstenen or Orestenen, very impressive
- and heavy. The most common name used is Orestenen which refers to
the location an "ore" (old Danish word), which is an uncultivated
area or glade in the wood. The tradition says, that at the time the
white church at Tybjerg raised on Tybjerg hill, a mean sorceress
sat on the island Tåsinge and stared towards Zeeland. The more the
tower raised over the horizon, the more mean she got, and at last
she tied her suspender around the huge stone, and ran up into the
tower of Bregninge church, and from here she throw the stone
towards Tybjerg church. Unfortunately the suspender broke and the
stone did not hit the church, but instead it dropped down in the
wood west of the church.
In the real world the
facts are, that it is an erratic block of granite, a so called
migrating rock, a huge block of granite, which during the Ice Age
was pushed by the glaciers to the spot where it is now. The stone
is approximately 4,75 mtr. long, 3,75 mtr. wide, 2,75 mtr. high on
the front, and 1,75 mtr. high on the back.
The many initials and dates which are carved in to the front of the
stone, are the initials of the owners of the nearby Tybjerg manor
and the dates where they toke possession of the manor. Some
irregularities have been immortalized in the granite, as not all of
the data are correct.
Cache indhold fra
start:
- First Finders
Certificate
- Junior First
Finders Certificat
- Logbog, blyant og
blyantspidser
- Bytteting
