Skarrild

Skarrild
Town
Skarrild is located in Denmark
Skarrild
Skarrild
Location in Denmark
Skarrild is located in Denmark Central Denmark Region
Skarrild
Skarrild
Skarrild (Denmark Central Denmark Region)
Coordinates: 55°58′42″N 08°53′51″E / 55.97833°N 8.89750°E / 55.97833; 8.89750
CountryDenmark
RegionCentral Denmark (Midtjylland)
MunicipalityHerning
Population
 (2024-01-01)
 • Total
310[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Skarrild is a village (Danish: landsby) in Herning Municipality (Danish, kommune) in Central Denmark Region (Danish, Region Midtjylland), a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is notable as the location of the Danish Blues Guitar Festival and a memorial to RAF flyers who died there in 1944.

In 1944, it was the site of a deadly air skirmish during World War II near its Romanesque church, at which there is a memorial to the Royal Air Force fliers who died there.[2][3][4][5] On 27 August 1944, a seven-member RAF crew in a Lancaster ME650 from East Kirkby were killed in a crash when a German plane shot it down.[5]

The Danish Folk, Blues, and Ragtime Guitar Festival in Skarrild attracts many international entertainers, including Thomasina Winslow.[6]

References

  1. ^ BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ Visit Denmark website. Accessed September 13, 2010.
  3. ^ Flenstead website. Accessed September 13, 2010.
  4. ^ Story on Skarrild Church, West Jutland. Accessed September 13, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Grave of the Lancaster Crew," found at the Official government website. Accessed September 13, 2010.
  6. ^ Danish Folk, Blues, and Ragtime Guitar Festival website. Accessed September 14, 2010.


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