Skarrild | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 55°58′42″N08°53′51″E / 55.97833°N 8.89750°E | |
Country | Denmark |
Region | Central Denmark (Midtjylland) |
Municipality | Herning |
Population (2025-01-01) | |
• Total | 312 [1] |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Skarrild is a village (Danish: landsby) in Herning Municipality (Danish, kommune ) in Central Denmark Region (Danish, Region Midtjylland), a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is notable as the location of the Danish Blues Guitar Festival and a memorial to RAF flyers who died there in 1944.
In 1944, it was the site of a deadly air skirmish during World War II near its Romanesque church, at which there is a memorial to the Royal Air Force fliers who died there. [2] [3] [4] [5] On 27 August 1944, a seven-member RAF crew in a Lancaster ME650 from East Kirkby were killed in a crash when a German plane shot it down. [5]
The Danish Folk, Blues, and Ragtime Guitar Festival in Skarrild attracts many international entertainers, including Thomasina Winslow. [6]