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Silkeborg Museum is a museum of Danish cultural history with official state recognition based in
The Paper Mill was once important to the whole nation as the source of paper for money bills manufactured at the mill until 1992. The Paper Mill was founded in 1844-1845 and is inseparable from the beginning of
Museum Silkeborg Official website
{{Coord, 56.1690, 9.5531, type:landmark_region:DK, display=title Local museums in Denmark Listed buildings and structures in Silkeborg Municipality Listed castles and manor houses in Denmark Houses completed in 1770 1904 establishments in Denmark
Silkeborg Museum is a museum of Danish cultural history with official state recognition based in Silkeborg Municipality
Silkeborg municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 857.16 km², and has a population of 89,707 (1 April 2014). Its mayor is ...
, Denmark.
Museum Silkeborg is located at three different sites: Manor House (''Hovedgården'') and the Paper Mill Museum (''Papirmuseet'') in Silkeborg
Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 49,747 (1 January 2022).Rittmeister
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(German and Scandinavian for "riding master" or "cavalry master") is or was a military rank of a commissioned cavalry officer in the armies of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Scandinavia, and some other countries. A ''Rittmeister'' is typic ...
'' Hans Nicolai Hoff after he had acquired Silkeborg Castle, whose buildings had fallen into despair. From 1846, a room in the building was used as a chapel for workers at the new Silkeborg Paper Factory and later the building was used as a post office.
The museum was founded in 1904. Silkeborg Hovedgård came back into private ownership in 1906 before it was acquired by Silkeborg Municipality in 1939. Exhibitions cover the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the Viking Age. Silkeborg Hovedgård is also home to the Tollund Man
The Tollund Man (died 405–380 BC) is a naturally Mummy, mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 5th century BC, during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950, preserved as a bog body, ne ...
, one of the most well-preserved naturally mummified Pre-Roman Iron Age bog bodies found in Denmark.
Papirmuseet
The Paper Mill was once important to the whole nation as the source of paper for money bills manufactured at the mill until 1992. The Paper Mill was founded in 1844-1845 and is inseparable from the beginning of Silkeborg
Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 49,747 (1 January 2022).Battle of Grathe Heath
The Battle of Grathe Heath was fought in 1157 between the Danish armies of Valdemar I and his rival for the Danish throne, Sweyn III. Valdemar's forces won the battle, and Sweyn III was slain while attempting to flee. Background
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(''Slaget på Grathe Hede'') where one of the Danish kings was killed.
See also
*Museum Jorn, Silkeborg
Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, (formerly Silkeborg Kunstmuseum) is an art museum located by Gudenåen in Silkeborg, Denmark. The museum holds the collections that were developed by Asger Jorn (1914–1973) from the early 1950s until his death in 1973, s ...
References
External links
Museum Silkeborg Official website
{{Coord, 56.1690, 9.5531, type:landmark_region:DK, display=title Local museums in Denmark Listed buildings and structures in Silkeborg Municipality Listed castles and manor houses in Denmark Houses completed in 1770 1904 establishments in Denmark