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Borum

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Borum
Town
Borum church
Borum church
Location of Borum in Aarhus Municipality
Location of Borum in Aarhus Municipality
CountryKingdom of Denmark
Regions of DenmarkCentral Denmark Region
MunicipalityAarhus Municipality
ParishBorum Sogn
Population
 (2026)
 • Total
311
Postal code
8471 Sabro

Borum is a village in Aarhus Municipality, Central Denmark Region in Denmark. Borum is situated 2.5 kilometres south of Sabro and 3 kilometres west of the Aarhus suburb of Tilst and has a population of 311 (1 January 2026).[1] About 2 kilometres west of Borum is the village of Herskind.

The village has an active community centered on the village hall, with amateur theatre, film club, choir, cooking, gymnastics, markets, etc. Just south of Borum is the stream of Lyngbygård Å. The stream feeds Årslev Engsø and the Aarhus River and part of the river valley has recently been environmentally restored and reconstructed, with nature paths and trails.[2]

Borum church

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Choir and altar

Borum church is placed on an elevation in the south west, overlooking the village. The older Romanesque parts of the small church is built from granite ashlar. There are several stone carved decorations and church frescos in the church. A 43 x 32 cm grey granite stone with a chiselled sun cross from the Bronze Age was discovered in the 1890s, when an associated stone dyke was dismantled. It has been in possession of the National Museum of Denmark since 1902.

Bronze Age burial mounds

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Northwest of the village, towards the lake of Lading Sø, is an elevated plateau overlooking the surrounding landscape, with the remains of several Bronze Age burial mounds (tumuli).[3]

The most famous is Borum Eshøj, one of Denmark's best-known Nordic Bronze Age burial mounds.[3][4] It contained three remarkably preserved oak coffins holding the remains of two men and a woman, together with intact clothing, daggers, combs and other grave goods dating to the 14th century BC.[3][4][5][6]

Originally measuring about 40 metres (131 ft) in diameter and 9 metres (30 ft) high, the mound was one of the largest burial mounds in eastern Jutland before centuries of quarrying and erosion reduced its size.[3][4]

A woman's oak-coffin burial was discovered in 1871, followed by archaeological excavations in 1875 that uncovered two further oak-coffin burials.[3][4]

Today, the site is a protected cultural heritage monument, and a reconstructed Bronze Age settlement with replica houses is located nearby.[3][4]

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Notable people

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References

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  1. ↑ BY3: Population 1. January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ↑ "Sporene i Lyngbygård Ådal" (PDF) (in Danish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2015. A pamphlet guide to Lyngbygård Å
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Frost, Lise; Løvschal, Mette; Lindegaard, Marianne Rasmussen; Holst, Mads Kähler (2017). "Borum Eshøj Revisited – Bronze Age monumental burial traditions in eastern Jutland, Denmark". Danish Journal of Archaeology. 11 (1): 31–49. doi:10.1080/21662282.2017.1370835.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Family from Borum Eshøj". National Museum of Denmark. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Bronze Objects from the Barrow". National Museum of Denmark. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "The Textiles from Borum Eshøj". National Museum of Denmark. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Truelsen Voigt, Marie-Louise (24 May 2023). "Marie Bach Hansen: 'Kvindelig vrede kan flytte rigtig meget på en smuk måde'". Alt.dk [da] (in Danish). Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Mazur, Claudia (24 June 2025). "Marie Bach Hansen: Jeg prøver mange ting i ét liv ved at spille forskellige karakterer". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 14 April 2026.

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