Genforeningssten Hjerting

In a small complex facing Dovervej on the eastern outskirts of Hjerting, stands the town's reunification stone. The stone was erected 10 years after the reunification next to the then Hjerting School on a small hill. 

The stone is a so-called twin stone. It has a partner who is at the Folk High School in Rødding. Both stones come from one and the same raw stone, which was split in two when blasted. This original stone was found close to Hjerting and weighed 24 tons. It was so large that blasting in two parts was the only option to get the stone moved. And it is not here that you should think that it was an easy matter that the citizens of the local community just fixed themselves in a jiffy. The task of blasting required close contact with the Army Corps of Engineers, and the actual transport to Hjerting and Rødding respectively was assisted by the Haderslev County Railway, which provided specially reinforced wagons and temporary sleepers and rails to get the stones from the meadow out to a solid road. From here, a flatbed truck had to handle the rest of the transport, and the Hjerting stone had to be used by train carriage again the last distance to its standing place. 

With a well-intentioned mind and mindful use of red and white colors during the expatriate period,  enjoy the red and white painted bench that stands right next to the stone. 

The text on the stone comes from the Norwegian poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's text for the Norwegian national anthem (end of verse 7). 

The stone was unveiled on the day  of the referendum, i.e. 10 February in 1930.