Jens Vejmand's
Grav'sten. /
Jens Vejmand's
cemetery plot.
En dag i 1905
gav Jeppe Aakjær sig i snak med vejmanden Thomas Petersen, der
fortalte, at hans forgænger, Jens Nielsen, lå begravet på
kirkegården overfor under et trækors. Ove Rode, der var redaktør på
Politiken, var med på turen og opfordrede Jeppe Aakjær til at
skrive et agitatorisk digt om denne vejmand. Det gjorde Aakjær, og
digtet kunne læses i Politiken 22. juni 1905. Senere satte Aakjærs
gode ven, Carl Nielsen, melodi til digtet, og det gjorde digtet
landskendt. Aakjær gav i øvrigt vejmanden, Thomas Petersen 25 øre
for hans fortælling om sin forgænger i embedet.
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 decembernat 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.
Cachen
er placeret
udenfor kirkegården, men benyt lejligheden til at følge anvisningen
til Jens Vejmand’s gravsted.
Eng.
One day in 1905 Jeppe Aakjær talked to
Roadworker Thomas Petersen, who said
that his predecessor, Jens Nielsen, was buried in the cemetery
opposite of a wooden cross. Ove Rode,
who was editor of the Politiken, was
along for the ride and called Jeppe
Aakjær to write a poem about this
agitatorisk
Roadworker. It did
Aakjær, and the poem could be read in
the newspaper Politiken 22
juni 1905th. Later sat
Aakjærs good friend, Carl Nielsen, the
melody of the poem, and it made the poem known country.
Aakjær also provided
Vejmand, Thomas Petersen, 25 cents for
his tale of his predecessor in office.
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.
Cache is located outside the cemetery, but use
this opportunity to follow the instructions to Jens
Vejmand's cemetery
plot.