Kongens Vase; 

Mellem Hovborg og Holsted ligger Kongens Vase på sydsiden af den store Klelund plantage. Den gamle studevej gik her ad den rute landevejen i dag følger. Sagnet vil vide, at Kong Valdemar kom denne vej, da han i Skanderborg havde fået besked om, at hans dronning, Dagmar, lå alvorlig syg i Ribe i 1212. Kongen sank i  det bløde her med sin hest og først kom op, efter at nogle store sten var kastet ud til hesten som den kunne  træde på. Kong Valdemar Sejr startede sit vilde ridt mod Ribe med 100 mænd for at nå frem til den døende Dronning på Riberhus. Da kongen nåede frem var han alene – mændende kunne ikke følge med.

Svensker Krigen; 

Lidt vest for Kongens Vase har et område i engen fået navnet Svenskerhullet eller Rytterhullet. I første halvdel af 1600-tallet blev Jylland besat af fremmede tropper i flere omgange. Det medførte plyndringer og megen vold, og i mange egne af Jylland blev der i århundrederne derefter, fortalt om hvordan især svenskerne havde opført sig. Sagnet vil vide, at her ved Kongens vase havde en bondedreng lokket nogle svenske ryttere ud i engen. Rytterne var tunge – dels vejede hest og soldat godt til, men desuden havde de tungt soldaterudstyr. Bondedrengen vejede ikke nær så meget og var kendt med mosen, så han sprang fra tue til tue og lokkede de svenske ryttere længere og længere ud i den bløde eng og det endte faktisk med, at de kom så langt ud at rytterne sank i og druknede. (Kilde. Lokalarkivet for Holsted kommune 1972 – 1997)

Da Grindstedvej blev lagt i 1876 fandt man flere rester af de svenske ryttere, kanoner, heste og rustninge. 

Idag; 

Kongens Vase Bro er 400 meter Nord for denne Cach. På den modsatte side er Klelund Dyrepark, som ejes af Sofie Kirk og er Danmarks Største indhegnet dyrpark. Læs mere om det her; www.Klelund.dk 

ENGLISH;

King's Vase; 

Between Hovborg and Holsted is king vase on the south side of the great Klelund plantation. The old droving road went here at the scheduled road today follows. The legend will know that King Valdemar came this way when he Skanderborg had been told that his wife, Dagmar, was seriously ill in Ribe in 1212th king sank into the soft here with his horse and first came up after some large stones were thrown to the horse as it could come on. King Valdemar started his wild ride from Ribe with 100 men to reach the dying Queen at Riberhus. When the king arrived, he was alone - the men could not keep up. 

Swedish War; 

Just west of King's Vase has an area of meadow been named Swede hole or Rider hole. In the first half of the 1600s Jutland was occupied by foreign troops on several occasions. This led to looting and much violence, and in many parts of Jutland, in the centuries thereafter, told of how especially the Swedes had behaved. The legend will know that here at King's vase had a farm boy lured some Swedish riders out in the meadow. The riders were heavy - partly weighed horse and soldier well, but also had the heavy equipment soldiers. Bond boy did not weigh nearly as much and knew the marsh so he leapt from tussock to tussock and lured the Swedish riders further and further out into the soft meadow and it actually ended up that they came so far to the riders fell in and drowned . (Kilde. Local Archives Holsted municipality from 1972 to 1997) 

As Grindstedvej was established in 1876 found more remnants of the Swedish men, guns, horses and armor. 

Today; 

King's Vase Bridge is 400 meters north of this Cach. On the opposite side is Klelund Wildlife Park, which is owned by Sofie Kirk and is Denmark's largest fenced dyrpark. Read more about it here; www.Klelund.dk