Vejrø - Skatteøen Traditional Cache
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Sørøvere havde Vejrø som base i slutningen af 1300-tallet og måske
150 år frem i tiden. Nogle mener, at der stadig kan være en eller
flere sølvskatte gemt på øen.
The title of this cache means Treasure Island. Pirates had Vejrø as
a base in late 14th-century and maybe 150 years ahead. Some believe
that there still may be one or more silver treasures hidden on the
island.
Dansk
I den sidste halvdel af 1300-tallet lå Danmark i mere eller mindre
i konstant krig med Hansestæderne, som var et stærk forbund af
fortrinsvist tyske købmænd. Valdermar Atterdag modtog således i
følge overleveringen intet mindre end 77 krigserklæringer, hvilket
han fejrede ved at sætte den berømte guldgås på toppen af tårnet i
Vordingborg som en hån mod fjenden.
Hansestæderne havde Lübeck som hovedby, men som det fremgår af
kortet var en lang række andre byer også tilsluttet, og forbundet
havde kontorer så langt bort som i London og Novgerod. Salt var den
vigtigste og kostbareste handelsvare, men mange andre varer -
herunder store mængder sølv - blev også befordret på skibene.
Begge parter - men især danskerne - brugte sørøveri som en del af
krigsførslen. Enten ved stiltiende at acceptere sørøveriet - eller
ved at udstede såkaldte kaperbreve, som gav sørøverne ret til at
udføre deres "arbejde" på rigets vegne.
Da Øresundstolden blev indført i 1420'erne lovede kongen til
gengæld at holde farvandene fri for sørøvere. Det er muligt at
løftet kun var et ”salgstrick” for at få den nye told
til at glide lettere ned. Og så var det jo belejligt at have lidt
sørøveri kørende i Storebælt, så skibsrederne foretrak sikkerheden
i det smalle og kontrollerbare Øresund - mod betaling
naturligvis.
Note: Cachen er placeret udenfor det hegnede område med
cirka 700 fritgående høns. I cachen findes en uregistreret
first-finder mønt. Terrænratingen afspejler vanskeligheden i at
komme til øen.
English
In the latter half of the 14th century Denmark was more or less
constantly at war with the Hanseatic League, which was a strong
federation of mostly German merchants. King Valdermar IV Atterdag
received according to tradition, no less than 77 declarations of
war, which he celebrated by putting the famous golden goose on top
of the tower in Vordingborg as an affront to the enemy.
The Hanseatic League had Lübeck as capital, but as shown by the map
a large number of other cities were also connected and the league
had offices as far away as London and Novgerod. Salt was the most
important and most valuable commodity, but many other items -
including large amounts of silver - were also transported on the
ships.
Both parties - but especially the Danes - used piracy as part of
the warfare, either by tacid approval or by the issuance of letters
of marque, which allowed the pirates to perform their "work" on
behalf of the Crown.
As the Sound Dues was introduced in 1420 the king promised in
return to keep the waters free of pirates. It is possible that the
promise was just a "sales ploy" to get the new duty to slide down
easier. And so it was indeed timely to have a little piracy running
in the Great Belt, so shipowners preferred the security of the
narrow and controllable Sound - against payment of course.
NOTE: The cache is outside the nearby fenced area with 700
hens. There is an unregistred first-finder coin for free use. The
terrain rating refects the difficulty in getting to the island.
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