Kongeå

The Kongeå (Königs Au in German) is a river in Southern Jutland, Denmark. It rises southeast of Vejen and Vamdrup and runs through a sluice to tidal mudflats and sandbanks north of Ribe before emptying into the North Sea after about 50 kilometers (31 miles). The eastern half is barely more than a creek, but the western section is boatable all the way to the sluice.

The Kongeå, on the other hand, goes through no significant ports or market towns, and small vessels utilize Ribe. Historically, the stream has served as an administrative boundary between northern and southern territories. Skodborg was the name given to it in the Middle Ages after the royal palace Skodborghus, which stood where a track crossed the stream south of Vejen.

For centuries, the Kingdom of Denmark and the Duchy of Schleswig were divided by a customs border in Konge. Except in the far west, Kongeen marked the border between Denmark and Germany from 1864 until 1920. The Kongeå is mentioned in the Heimskringla (as "Skotborg river") in a description of the 1043 battle at Lyrskov Hede (Hlyrskog Heath).

Length: 63.6 km