The
Broke-back-stone
At the far end of Enghavevej in Frejlev Enghave this big pointed stone is
found in the middle of the meadow facing Guldborgsund. According to legend
the Broke-back-stone got its name from an incident here back in 1533. The
bailiff of Aalholm Castle tried to prevent the farmers from letting their
pigs run freely in their wood. This made the Frejlev farmers so angry that
together they caught the bailiff and killed him by breaking his back over
the stone. Contemporary documents verify that the murder was committed, but
somehow the farmers managed to avoid severe punishment. The story about the
Skalkekors tells you how…
Skalkekorset - The Cheaters’ Cross
On the south side of Enghavevej east of Frejlev village you find a white
cross with an inscription and a date, 1533. It was erected by order of the
King to commemorate not so much the murder of the bailiff but the cheating
farmers, who tried to escape paying the 12 white oxen with red ears they
were fined. The oxen were to be driven to Aalholm Castle before a certain
date, but the farmers found it impossible to find so many white oxen with
red ears. The last two were all white! The creative farmers decided to paint
the ears of the last two oxen red, and off they went towards Aalholm.
Unfortunately it started to rain on the way, so their cheating was disclosed.
There is a circle
of stones around the cross each with the name of a farm in Frejev of that
time. Though the farm houses have been rebuilt several times since then,
these names can still be found on many of the farms in and around Frejlev.
Frejlev Wood along the coast
of Guldborgsund east of the little village, Frejlev.
The small wood has been common property of the farmers in Frejlev at least
since the beginning of the 1600th century. This was very unusual at the time
where all forests belonged to the king and nobility. Allegedly Queen
Margareth 1st gave the wood to the farmers in return for their
help in seizing a local manor house. Today the wood is divided into lots –
one for each farm in Frejlev.
There is a multitude of prehistoric relics here – all protected. You can
find 5 passage-tombs, about 13 dolmens, and more than 100 Bronze Age burial
mounds. The wood is open to the public.
Visit the Info-Café in Nysted to get a leaflet with a map of the wood.
