# Virket

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Village in Zealand, Denmark

Virket Village Virket, Falster (1916 photo) Virket Location on Falster Coordinates: 54°50′7″N 11°58′34″E / 54.83528°N 11.97611°E / 54.83528; 11.97611 Country Denmark Region Zealand (Sjælland) Municipality Guldborgsund Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

**Virket** is a village in central [Falster](/source/Falster), [Denmark](/source/Denmark). It belongs to [Falkerslev Parish](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Falkerslev_Parish&action=edit&redlink=1) in [Guldborgsund Municipality](/source/Guldborgsund_Municipality), in [Region Zealand](/source/Region_Zealand). It is located approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northeast of [Nykøbing Falster](/source/Nyk%C3%B8bing_Falster). To the northwest is [Falster Golf Club](/source/Falster_Golf_Club). The village lies along a road named Virketvej, which connects it to [Kraghave](/source/Kraghave), about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the southwest.[1]

## History

[Saxo Grammaticus](/source/Saxo_Grammaticus) tells us that in the middle of the 12th century the inhabitants of Falster often fled to a large fortification to escape attacks by the [Wendish](/source/Wends) fleets. He was probably referring to the huge earthworks, [Falsters Virke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Falsters_Virke&action=edit&redlink=1), located beside Virket. In Old Norse, *wirki* meant fortification, as in the "[Dannevirke](/source/Danevirke)" fortifications now in [Schleswig-Holstein](/source/Schleswig-Holstein). First mentioned around 1250, the settlement was then documented as *Wirky*.

At one time there was a manor in Virket. There are references in 1430 and 1452 to a judge named Mogens Falster and in 1472 and 1494 to Jørgen Falster whose son, Laurids Falster, was still alive in 1536. A daughter of Jørgen Falster married Anders Josephsen Bielke in Bellinge, and their descendants called themselves Falster. Mogens Falster Bielke owned Virket in 1546.

A stone ring with one large stone and 16 smaller stones in a semicircle was created in 1947 to commemorate the independence gained by the local farmers in 1766.

## Archeological finds

In addition to Falsters Virket, recent archeological investigations have provided evidence of an early [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age) settlement between Virket and Falkerslev. Graves from the [Viking Age](/source/Viking_Age) have also been uncovered in the area.[2]

## Notable people

- [Johanne Andersen](/source/Johanne_Andersen) (1913 in Virket – 1999) a Danish Lutheran priest, one of the first three women to be ordained into the [Church of Denmark](/source/Church_of_Denmark)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GM_1-0)** *Maps* (Map). [Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Katrine Kølle Hansen, "Kulturhistorisk rapport for den arkæologiske forundersøgelse og undersøgelse af MLF00335 Sibirien 6, Virket – med fund af jordfæstegravplads fra vikingetid og bebyggelsesspor fra ældre jernalder"](http://www.aabne-samlinger.dk/lollandfalster/arkaeologi/udgravninger_tidl/udgr_2011/pdfer/MLF00335_sibirien.pdf). (in Danish) Retrieved 28 November 2012.

v t e Falster, Denmark Towns and villages Aastrup Eskilstrup Gedser Guldborg Hasselø Plantage Horbelev Idestrup Marielyst Nordbyen Nørre Alslev Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Strandhuse Orehoved Ønslev Øster Kippinge Sønder Vedby Skovhuse Stubbekøbing Systofte Skovby Tingsted Torkilstrup Væggerløse Localities Hesnæs Kraghave Virket Culture and attractions Czarens Hus (Nykøbing's city museum) Danmarks Traktormuseum Falster Crocodile Zoo Guldborgsund Zoo Middelaldercentret Churches Aastrup Church Abbey Church, Nykøbing Brarup Church Eskilstrup Church Gedser Church Nørre Alslev Church Stubbekøbing Church Tingsted Church Torkilstrup Church Væggerløse Church Manor houses Corselitze Gammel Kirstineberg Gjedsergaard Orupgaard Valnæsgård Vennerslund Other landmarks Bøtø Nor Pumping Station Ejegod Windmill Generalens Lysthus Gåbense Færgegård Karleby Rectory Nykøbing Latin School Orehoved Lighthouse Torkilstrup Windmill Torkilstrup Rectory Geography Corselitze Forest Gedser Odde Grønsund Guldborgsund Kalvø Storstrømmen History 1872 Baltic Sea flood Falsters Virke Jørgen Ringnis Mecklenburg Ancestral Table Nykøbing Castle Siege of Nykøbing Johan Frederik Classen Transport E47 Farø Bridges Frederick IX Bridge Gedser Station Guldborgsund Bridge Nykøbing Falster railway station Scandlines South Line Storstrøm Bridge Other Diocese of Lolland–Falster Guldborgsund Municipality Det Classenske Fideicommis

v t e Guldborgsund Municipality Towns & villages Eskilstrup Gedser Guldborg Hasselø Plantage Hesnæs Horbelev Horreby Idestrup Kraghave Marielyst Nagelsti Nørre Alslev Nordbyen Nykøbing Falster (seat) Nykøbing Strandhuse Nysted Ønslev Orehoved Øster Kippinge Øster Ulslev Sakskøbing Sønder Vedby Skovhuse Stubbekøbing Sundby Systofte Skovby Tingsted Toreby Væggerløse Virket Category

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