Øster Bjerregrav is a small town, with a population of 1,024 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from
Statistics Denmark
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Randers Municipality
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Central Denmark Region
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Denmark
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. It is situated just northeast of Fussing Sø (''Fussing Lake''), 8 km west of
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is List of cities and towns in Denmark, Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 64,511 ().Viborg.
Øster Bjerregrav Church
Øster Bjerregrav Church is located on the northern outskirts of the town. Two
runestones
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, both dated to the late
Viking Age
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between the years 970–1020, were found in the
church porch
A church porch is a room-like structure at a church's main entrance. A porch protects from the weather to some extent. Some porches have an outer door, others a simple gate, and in some cases the outer opening is not closed in any way.
The porch ...