Kirkevejen - Skødebjerg, Bække

In the past as today, the Ancient Road is used by many for different purposes, and this is where the past and present meet. 

The Ancient Road's route has also been used by locals throughout the ages. The Ancient Road was the backbone of the road network in medieval Jutland. Here at the T-junction between Tværvej and Klebækvej just north of Bække, you are actually standing in the middle of an old church road - Skøde Kirkevej. To the south is Bække Church and to the north is a larger farm called Skødegård. From here you had to walk to Bække Church to get to the service, and it took place along the path that from the T-junction goes due north and further south along Klebækvej. Today, the path north appears as an old farm road. At Klebækvej is Klebæk Høje, where between the two burial mounds you can still see wheel tracks from the Ancient Road. So this is where the Ancient Road went. 

The entire course from Skødegård to Bække is one of the oldest roads in Bække Parish, as it is presumed to have been built around 1580-90. At that time, King Frederik II was staying in the area, and he decided that Skødegård, which was then located in Vorbasse Parish, should be transferred to Bække Parish, and that in the church in Bække pews should be allocated to the residents of Skødegård. So when there were to be chairs, a road had to be made to the church. At a time when all roads had to be named in the early 1970s, the first part of Kirkevejen from Bække town to Tværvej was called Klebækvej.

You will pass Skødegård a little later on your trip if you go north. If you are heading south, you have passed it. It is approx. 3 km from the T-junction to Skødegård.