Jens Vejmand's monument.
På denne plet
ved landevejen nord for Tjørring mødte Aakjær inspirationen til sit
berømte digt. I sin regnskabsbog skrev han den 19. maj 1901
'Stenslageren, Tjørring, 25 øre'. Mange år efter huskede han dette
og tilføjede: Denne mand på landevejen ved Tjørring gav mig den
første idé til digtet 'Jens Vejmand'
Det siges at
det var her på dette sted, digteren Jeppe Aakjær fik sin
inspiration til sit berømte digt om Jens Vejmand.
Historien
fortælles at Aakjær der sammen med sin ven Ove Rode, der var
redaktør på Politiken, her traf en vejmand ved navn Thomas
Petersen. Denne Thomas Petersen fortalte om sin forgænger Jens
Nielsen der lå på kirkegården tæt ved under et simpelt trækors.
Efter denne samtale opfordrede Ove Rode, Aakjær til at skrive et
digt om denne Jens Nielsen. Dette digt blev senere publiceret og
Carl Nielsen satte melodi til den.
Jens Vejmand
hed Nielsen til efternavn. Han levede 1832-1901 og var søn af en
husmand, Niels Hansen, der boede i Herning. Han blev gift med
Johanne Pedersdatter 1854, og sammen
fik de 10 børn, hvoraf 4 døde som små. 1868 flyttede familien fra
Herning til Tjørring, og i 1873 blev han ansat som vejmand i
Ringkøbing amt.
Jens Nielsen og Jens Vejmand
I digtet døde
Jens Vejmand en kold december nat midt i sit arbejde. I
virkeligheden døde han i februar 71 år gammel, Det var den gang
meget gammel. Iflg. digtet fik han kun en ringe løn. Lønnen var
fast og lå på samme niveau som en tjenestekarl fik, og Jens Nielsen
fik faktisk et gratiale efter 25 års virke på 25
kr, hvilket har svaret til en
månedsløn.
Eng.
At this spot the road north of Tjørring
met Aakjær inspiration for his famous
poem. In his account book he wrote on 19 May 1901
Roadworker,
Tjørring,
0,25 kr'.
Many years after he remembered this and added: "This man on the
road by Tjørring gave me the initial
idea for the poem 'Jens Vejmand'
It is said that it was here in this place, the poet Jeppe
Aakjær got his inspiration for his
famous poem about Jens Vejmand.
The story is told that Aakjær there
with his friend Ove Rode, who was
editor of the Politiken, here meet one
Roadworker named Thomas Petersen. This
Thomas Petersen told of his predecessor, Jens Nielsen was in the
cemetery close by, taking a simple wooden cross.
After this conversation called
Ove Rode,
Aakjær to write a poem about this Jens
Nielsen. This poem was later published and Carl Nielsen put
the melody to it.
Roadworker named Jens Nielsen surname.
He lived 1832-1901 and was the son of a smallholder, Niels Hansen,
who lived in Herning. He married Joanna
Pedersdatter 1854, and together they
had 10 children, 4 of whom died young. 1868 the family moved from
Herning to
Tjørring
, and in 1873 he was hired as
Roadworker in
Ringkøbing region.
Jens Nielsen and Jens
Vejmand
In the poem died Jens Vejmand a cold
December in the middle of his work. In fact, he died in February 71
years old, it was once very old. Specified in the poem he received
only a low wage. Wages were fixed and were at the same level as a
laborer received, and Jens Nielsen was actually a bonus after 25
years of activity at 25 kr, which
responded to a monthly salary.