Helligkilden

Folk har gennem århundreder valfartet til helligkilden ved Vorbasse kirke for at blive helbredt for sygdomme. Helligkilden er mindst lige så gammel som kirken, som er bygget i slutningen af 1100-tallet. ’Hellig Legemsdag’, som kirken er viet til, var den dag, hvor flest folk søgte hen til kilden. Et kildemarked, forløberen for nutidens store Vorbasse Marked, opstod samtidigt. Der blev lagt mange penge, og kirken blev udbygget og fik sit tårn. Efterhånden holdt folk op med at besøge kilden. Den var muligvis også begyndt at svinde ind. I dag er den helt væk. En skrøne fortæller, at en mand forsøgte at kurere sin skabede hest ved at genne den ind i kilden. Som konsekvens heraf, forsvandt kilden omgående.

I dag er stedet markeret ved en rund stensætning på stien indenfor kirkegårdens sydlige mur. En mindesten er også sat i muren.

 

The Holy Well

Throughout the centuries, people have travelled to the holy well by the church to seek a cure for illnesses. The well is at least as old as the church. The church is dedicated to Corpus Christi – the Body of Christ – and people made a pilgrimage to the well on the day of the solemnity in June. At the same time, a market arose by the well, being the predecessor of today’s Vorbasse Market. Money rolled in, and the church was extended and the tower built. People gradually stopped visiting the well, which may also have begun to dry up. It has completely gone today. There is a tale that a man attempted to cure his horse of mange by leading it into the water. As a result of this, the well dried up then and there. The site is marked by a circular set of stones in the path just inside the southern wall of the churchyard. A memorial plaque is set in the wall here.