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Exciting visits from Bornholm and Copenhagen A little over a month before the three local boat guilds' joint event at Sottrupskov on 1-2 July, Bo Iversen from TV2/Bornholm contacted us. In collaboration with Bornholm Museum, he is working on a major TV programme about rock carvings.‘Based on the rock carvings found on Bornholm, I will tell the story of Bronze Age rock art,’ Bo Iversen wrote in a letter to us on 24 May.He goes on to write:‘The Hjortspring boat is an important element in this story of rock carvings. At Hammersholm and Blåholt there are carvings of ships that are typically close to or identical to the Hjortspring boat.’Bo Iversen wanted to film when we put Tilia in the water and sail out from land. He also wanted pictures of the sailing crew taken on board the boat.Bo Iversen came over with Mogens Jensen from Bornholm Museum and participated in the sailing on Saturday, filming from Tilia, from the accompanying boat (M/S Als) and from land. Just look at the picture.Mogens Jensen could tell a lot about rock carvings and many other things from the Bronze and Iron Ages, so there was a lot of lively chatter between him and members of the guilds. When Bo had to return to their accommodation in Nordborg, Mogens wasn't done socialising, so he had to get a lift with Anton Johnsen later that evening. Mogens is now a member of our guild.In the week before we travelled to Sottrupskov, we received a new enquiry by phone. It was from Dorte Krogh, who was (and still is) filming a book about Denmark for Gyldendal. Apparently it's a periodic release, because as she said: ‘This time we want something other than furniture architects to help characterise Denmark!’ She too had to leave on 1 July if she didn't want to spend a large amount of DKK to get the boat in the water at the time she wanted.Dorte Krogh came and, like the Bornholmers, was very captivated by what she saw. Her driver had to remind her several times that they had to continue to Aarhus. The car had the engine running, but there were a few more pictures from a new angle that had to be included. Both products will be sent to us when they are finished.J.J. Kjær Rasmussen
Film footage of Tilia From the logbook: Sailing with "Tilia" on 3 July 2004 The company Agaton from Stockholm has been commissioned to make a film about shipbuilding in the Nordic Antiquity and wanted to do some filming, partly in the shipyard and partly during sailing. We were hired for a fee to carry out various sailing trips according to Agaton's wishes on Saturday 03:07 in the morning. A whole crew arrived dressed at 07:00 and at 07:30 (as always) ‘Tilia’ was in the water and we awaited the arrival of the film crew at 8am.We were ordered to remove glasses, watches and jewellery to look more contemporary. However, this meant that the skipper, in particular, had to feel his way around and sneakily put on glasses before landing, but the photographer could not see this.Møller-Olsen had to sail them round, and at 08:30 we left the floating bridge after repeating boarding and landing a couple of times.We sailed almost directly to the headland at Farresdam, where we again made landings and boardings, and this was repeated in the small bay east of Farresdam. We then departed for Mjelsvig, where we again sailed around so that the light fell on us. The photographer then came on board with us and took some close-up shots, and then we turned the bow towards the slipway, where we arrived at 10:30. Half an hour later we started the trip back to the shipyard after the Land Rover.At 11 o'clock, ‘Tilia’ was home again. This time there were three fairly large cracks in the sideboards, so we had to do a lot of scooping.By skipper Knud Skov Rasmussen Sources Newsletter, August 2004, no. 4. Language The text in this article has been translated from Danish to English using the free DeepL translation programme.
Press release from DR 2 Knowledge About By boat to the past - the story of the ancient boat from Hjortspring Mose on Als DR 2 - 28 August 2001 at 20.30. The prehistory 2,350 years ago, a foreign army attacked the island of Als. The enemy was repelled, leaving behind weapons and a warship that the victors sacrificed to the gods.A meeting between two wounded South Jutland soldiers in German military service at a hospital in Sønderborg during World War I revealed that there was probably an ancient find in Hjortspring Mose on Als. But it wasn't until after reunification in 1920, when Als became Danish again, that the National Museum was informed of the find. The famous conservator Gustav Rosenberg was sent to Als, where he spent two summers digging and brought back the remains of an ancient boat. Today it can be seen at the National Museum in Copenhagen. And it's actually a bit of a miracle. The preservation method used by the museum in the 1920s had disastrous consequences. The boat almost broke and had to be re-conserved using the same method as the VASA ship in Stockholm before it could be exhibited again. Tilia - a replica of the boat from Hjortspring Mose In Als, some local people got together in a guild to build a 1:1 replica of the ancient boat, based on the drawings that a Norwegian marine engineer Fr. Johannsen made in the 1930s after studying the find. The guild used the same materials as in the original boat, and the tools were copies of Iron Age tools. It was Johannen's drawings that formed the basis for the layout of the boat in the National Museum's exhibition at the time. But was this layout correct? The National Museum's staff are trying to find out.In collaboration with the Hjortspring Guild, Tilia, as the boat came to be known, has been out sailing several times with a team of elite oarsmen operating the paddles to test the boat's seaworthiness and how fast and how far it can sail in different wind and weather conditions. Tilia has also been measured and the results of the measurements have been entered into a 3D computer programme. This can now be compared to what the boat was thought to have looked like in the 1930s.All this data can bring scientists closer to finding out how the Hjortspring boat was actually constructed. The equipment on board suggests that the crew was an actual army of around 100 men, which again suggests a society organising itself, capable of beating back such a large enemy. But the big questions are, who was the enemy? And what happened during the dramatic events when someone tried to conquer Als? Photographer: Thomas Frank LarsenEditors: Anne Schoen, Anja Philip and Ulla Rønnow Sources Newsletter, July 2001, no. 4. Language The text in this article has been translated from Danish to English using the free DeepL translation programme.
Tilia is the only existing and navigable representative of the Bronze Age boat types as depicted on the many rock carvings in Scandinavia. For many years, broadcasters have wanted to depict the prehistory of their respective countries, including, of course, the Bronze Age and, for some countries, also the Early Iron Age. In order for such a depiction to be complete, a representative of the ships/boats of the time must necessarily be included in the depiction.This is where we come in.Over the years, we and Tilia have participated in filming for TV films:Med båd til fortiden (By boat to the past) - the story of the ancient boat from Hjortspring Mose on Als, 2001Svenske helleristninger (Swedish rock carvings), 2004The next four films all deal with the question of our origins in the three Scandinavian countries after the end of the Ice Age 10,000 years ago:Helleristninger på Bornholm (Petroglyphs on Bornholm), 2006Norske røter (Norwegian roots), 2010Historien om Danmark (History of Denmark), 2017De första svenskarna (The first Swedes), 2018Historien om Sverige (History of Sweden), 2023  Language The text in this article has been translated from Danish to English using the free DeepL translation programme.
Exhibition at Gottorp Castle, 2003 - 2004 While the Nydam boat was on loan from Gotorp Castle to the National Museum in Copenhagen, Tilia Alsie was on loan from the Hjortspring Boat Guild to the museum at Gottorp Castle in South Schleswig. Gottorp Castle with Nydamhalle in the foreground. Foto: Erik Christensen - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37185269 During this year, some sailing trips were organised, partly on the lake near the castle and partly on the Kiel Canal near Rendsburg. Some sailing stories On the lake at Gottorp Castle On Sunday 18 May 2003, we were invited to sail with Tilia on the lake at Gottorp Castle in connection with a market held at the castle. A team of members had travelled to Gottorp the day before to take Tilia out of the Nydam Hall to water her thoroughly before sailing. The rest of the participants arrived at the castle on Sunday morning, so we were ready at the boat at 11am. It rained all the way from Als to Gottorp, but when we turned off the motorway to drive to the castle, the rain subsided and by the time we arrived at the castle it was dry and it stayed dry for the rest of the day despite heavy clouds. There were already many visitors to the market at this time and they were very interested in the boat. Foto: Leif S. Andersen. At noon, we launched Tilia into the water via a couple of ramps that were laid out from the shore into the lake. We did a couple of demonstration sails around the castle and there were a lot of spectators along the shore. Despite the watering the day before, a lot of water got into the boat, especially at the seams fore and aft.We were then treated to lunch by Gottorp inside the castle itself - it was a nice treat. After satisfying our hunger, we sailed a few more trips with passengers - both employees of the castle and other interested parties.In the late afternoon, we took Tilia out of the water again, emptied her of water and put her back in place in Nydamhallen.Leif Stig Andersen. On the Slien From the logbook The original plan was to sail both Saturday and Sunday with Mysunde as the final destination for Saturday's 8.5 nautical mile voyage, but due to a shortage of crew for the Sunday voyage, it was cancelled.On Thursday, Kjær Rasmussen, Diederichsen, Valbjørn and Østergaard drove to Gottorp Castle, where they sealed Tilia (roughly), pulled it out behind the hall and filled it with water, and Diederichsen checked and watered it on Friday.On Saturday we met in suits at 9:00 am, 19 men and women, and there was room for 4 guest oarsmen from the castle staff.We pulled the boat on the combined cycle and footpath with a police escort across crossroads and at 10.30am Tilia was in the water with a full crew including the museum staff. When the helmsman had signed off, I took over the helm and command myself. It went fairly well with calling out to the crew. Tilia on Slien with the cathedral in the background. Foto: Leif S. Andersen. We followed the sailing orders I had received from Valbjørn: departure from the marina and then north around the island of Möwenberg, past the Holm district and then the straight road towards the Stexwiger Enge narrows down to Stexwig, where we paused without going ashore. We then returned through the narrows and followed the south coast of Kleine Breite past Fahrdorf and landed the boat on a nice grassy slip on the west side of the island, blocking Haddebyer Noor.We left Tilia, except Johannes Diederichsen, who took the first watch and we went to Hedeby Viking Museum, where we had a good tour and a good 3-course dinner. At 15:30 we met back at the boat and sailed back to Schleswig. Here we arrived at 16:30, picked up the boat and went to Gottorp Castle for dinner, which consisted of an almost overwhelming buffet.We couldn't pick up Tilia until 19:00 as there was a triathlon on the carriageway with around 800 participants. At 19:00 we started, again with police assistance in critical places, and already at 20:00 Tilia was back in the hall.Tilia had been in the water from 10:00 to 16:30 ~ 6½ hours and had sailed for 4½ hours.By skipper Knud Skov Rasmussen On the Kiel Canal at Rendsborg Apparently, it is difficult to make fixed appointments for sailing in Germany. The first agreement was to sail on Sunday the 4th, but it was changed to Saturday, but a new agreement with city councillor Jochen von Allwörden was to sail for one hour on Friday the 3rd from 5pm to 6pm to accommodate NDR.Despite the changes, we managed to assemble a crew of 16 men and women.Johannes and Chresten went to Gottorp Castle a few days in advance and with the help of the museum, they got Tilia out to be sealed and filled with water. It was very leaky.On Thursday it was taken to the shipyard in Rendsborg and launched with a mobile crane. Johannes stayed with the boat and drained it overnight.The crew gathered at the pier at 4pm and here we met the German rowers. We picked three plus a boy as a bailer. The extra suits we brought came in handy here. Tilia near Rendsburg.. Foto: H.P. Rasmussen. The plan was changed once again. Now we were to sail from 17:40 to 18:10, so we suddenly had plenty of time, which we used to train ourselves and our German crew members in sailing and various manoeuvres and salutes. We then put into calm water in a bay and rested for half an hour. At 17:30 we approached the ‘Begrüssungsstelle’ and heard them playing ‘King Christian’ while the Dannebrog slid to the top and was presented. Of course, we saluted in the proper manner, and now we were suddenly called forward to the parade sail, while Gebühr introduced us over the many large loudspeakers that were placed all along the long quay. Here was also the finish line for the races. It was then 17:35 - another change in the programme.The 400 metre course was packed with spectators and we sailed back and forth a few times, performing turns on the spot and big turns, full speed and braking, and of course greeting the crowds. Occasionally we could see ourselves on a big screen, as broadcast by NDR. After 20 minutes we returned, again passing the ‘Begrüssungsstelle’ (we considered taking a few more passes to be greeted).Just before 7pm, Tilia was back on the block coach ready for the transport to Gottorp. Everyone was happy with the trip except our ladle, he hardly saw anything because he was too busy ladling. Especially at the seams a lot of water came in.After changing, we were invited to a large two-storey party tent where we were treated to salmon sandwiches, beer, wine and water.At 8pm we said goodbye and headed home. As with the previous two voyages, we were incredibly lucky with the weather. It was pouring with rain both out and home, but during the sailing we had sunny weather.By Knud Skov Rasmussen If you have any comments on this article, you can send an e-mail to the  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..Please do not overwrite the existing text in the subject field, I need information to see which article you are writing from. Feel free to add your topic afterwards. Language The text in this article has been translated from Danish to English using the free DeepL translation programme.
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