Tisvildeleje is the village and coastal part or of the area known as Tisvilde

Tisvilde

Tisvilde is a small town with a population of 1,531 located on the north coast of the island Zealand in Denmark north of Copenhagen....

 located in on the north coast of the island Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 60 km/40miles north of Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 in the municipal of Helsinge

Helsinge

Until 1 January 2007, Helsinge was a municipality in Frederiksborg County on the north coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It had a total population of 19,473 , but in the summer months the population grew to over 36.000 people. Its last mayor was Claus Lange, a member of the...

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The name "Tisvilde" is derived from “dedicated to the God Tyr”: Ti's vælde, hence the name Tisvilde. Tibirke Church was built on the site of a prehistoric “vi” or place of sacrifice at which human victims were offered. At the foot of the church is a spring which may have been the place where pilgrims came in days of old. "Leje" roughly translates as 'plain' and used to be a fishermans village. Now most of the fishermen's houses are used as summer cottages.

To the West Tisvildeleje is bordered by Tisvilde Hegn [hegn=fence], which is Denmark’s fifth largest forest. The beaches of Tisvildeleje are famed for their white sands and soft dunes.

Helene Spring in Tisvildeleje is located close to the sea is one of Denmark’s most famous springs, and legend has it that anyone whose illness has not responded successfully to other forms of treatment must come to the spring on 23 June, Sankt Hans or Midsummer’s Eve. Draw the amount of water you expect to drink in the course of the night and then direct your steps towards Helene’s grave; stretched out there, drink of the mystic health-giving water, and when the morning light has finally dawned afresh, you will be cured of your ills. Helene's Tomb is now a rectangular, grazed area surrounded by low stone fences. The two boulders leaning against each other indicate Helene's Tomb. It is located at Sankt Helenevej, 3220 Tisvildeleje.