Mammen is a village in

Viborg Municipality Viborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,421.04 km2, and has a population of 94,622 (1 April 2014). Søren Pape Pou ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

7 km north of

Bjerringbro Bjerringbro is a railway town located at the railway line between Viborg and Randers and lying on both sides of the Gudenå (''River Guden''). Until 1 January 2007 it was the municipal seat of the former Bjerringbro Municipality and today, with ...

. Mammen is recognized as the production site of ''Mammen cheese'', a well known brand in Denmark.

Mammen chamber tomb

The Mammen area was the finding site of the famous and rich ''Mammen chamber tomb''; a

Viking Age The Viking Age () was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. It followed the Migration Period and the Ger ...

chamber tomb A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures. In the case of individual burials, the chamber is thought to signify a higher status for the interred than a simple grave. Built from rock or sometimes wood, the chambers could ...

, complete with the remains and offerings of a wealthy

magnate The magnate term, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...

burial in the winter of 970-71 AD. The tomb was opened in 1868, when a farmer began digging away at the mound of Bjerringhøj. At about the same time, a hoard was unearthed close by in a gravel quarry.The hoard from Mammen
The National Museum of Denmark The various objects of both finds later gave name to the so-called

Mammen style Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the 8th-11th centuries ...

, an art phase typical of

Scandinavia Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion#Europe, subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, ...

. The objects are displayed at the

National Museum of Denmark The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from Strøget ...

in Copenhagen. File:Viking attire and jewellery - VIKING exhibition at the National Museum of Denmark - Photo The National Museum of Denmark (9066249362).jpg, Reconstructed attire and objects from the Mammen chamber tomb and hoard. The golden chest is a replica of the lost

Cammin Chest Cammin may refer to: * Cammin, Rostock, a municipality in the district of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany * Cammin (Burg Stargard), a village in the town of Burg Stargard, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany *the German name for Kamień Pomors ...

and not from this find, but crafted in the Mammen style. File:EB1911 Scandinavian Civilization - axe inlaid with silver.jpg, Silver adorned iron axe, probably a ceremonial weapon.

References

External links

Mammen Dairy
Company homepage Villages in Denmark Cities and towns in the Central Denmark Region Viborg Municipality {{CentralDK-stub