Vorbasse marked

’Ses vi ikke før, så ses vi til Vorbasse marked’, har parolen lydt i årevis. Markedet, der varer 2½ dag i slutningen af uge 29, er et af Nordens største, med ca. 250.000 besøgende. Vorbasses relative velstand som landsby skyldes til dels overskuddet fra markedet, hvor en stor del af indbyggerne arbejder frivilligt. Nutidens marked stammer fra et middelalderligt marked holdt ved helligkilden ved kirken. I 1730 genopstod det i bymidten primært som hestemarked. Først i 1971 blev det flyttet permanent til sin 30 hektar store markedsplads ved landsbyens sydvestlige kant. Her er der også rejst et mindesmærke for gøglerkongen professor Labri, der har en del af æren for, at Vorbasse marked (og Vorbasse Krigshavn) er blevet landskendt.

 

Vorbasse Market

‘See you at Vorbasse Market if not before’, people have said for years. The market lasts for 2½ days at the end of July and is one of the largest in Scandinavia with its 250,000 visitors. The relative prosperity of Vorbasse is in part due to profits from this market, where a large percentage of the villagers work for free. The present market has its roots in a medieval market held by the holy well beside the church. It was revived primarily as a horse market in the center of the village in 1730. In 1971 it relocated to its present 30 hectare site on the south west edge of the village. There is also a commemorative sculpture here for the market entertainer Professor Labri, who is greatly responsible for the nation-wide fame of the market and the Naval Port of Vorbasse.