Brabrand () is a postal district of

Aarhus Municipality Aarhus Municipality ( da, Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality ( da, Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a municipality in Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area ...

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. South of Brabrand, in the Aarhus river-valley, is the largest recreational area of Aarhus Municipality, comprising the

Brabrand Lake Brabrand Lake ( da, Brabrand-søen or Brabrand Sø) is a lake in the district of Brabrand (Gellerup), west of Aarhus city, Denmark. The Aarhus River passes through Brabrand Lake and it is possible to canoe all the way to the inner city from her ...

and the meadow-lake of Årslev, with surrounding natural sites.

History

Brabrand was originally a village 6–9 km west of Aarhus, founded in the 18th century, by clearing the land by forest burning (the Danish name reflects this), and its economy was initially based on farming and associated trades. The village became a suburb of Aarhus in 1970 and has now merged with the city.

Description

The district of Brabrand is located outside the

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and comprise four distinct areas: The old town in the south by the lake, mainly made up of single-family houses. A modern housing area in the west, with a mix of single-family houses and low multi-family houses. An industrial park around the road of ''Edwin Rahrs Vej'' in the north, and finally the

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suburban residential area of

Gellerup Gellerup is a neighborhood of the Brabrand district in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. The neighborhood was formerly a suburb that has now completely merged with the city and it is characterized by several natural attractions, detached house sectors ...

in the east. The more affluent western part of Brabrand was expanded recently in 2005, with the new residential area of Helenelyst further west. Helenelyst is a mix of modern one-family houses, two-family houses, and 3 story houses, built to accommodate slightly richer middle-class families. The neighbourhood of Gellerup stands out as an architectural example of the former urban development style, built around several Danish cities in the 1960s. Gellerup is known as a multinational district, where the

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is highly represented, also exemplified in the big middle-eastern inspired shopping mall of

Bazar Vest Gellerup is a neighborhood of the Brabrand district in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. The neighborhood was formerly a suburb that has now completely merged with the city and it is characterized by several natural attractions, detached house sector ...

. In the southeast of Gellerup, next to the busy Silkeborg Highway, is the shopping mall of City Vest, one of the largest in Denmark. Along with the retail and service sectors, a number of multi-national companies have a presence in Brabrand.

Attractions

Brabrand is home to several natural and recreational sites, attracting citizens from all over Aarhus. This includes the Brabrand Lake and the Årslev meadow-lake in the south, connected with the city centre of Aarhus by the pathway of Brabrandstien; the newly raised woodland of Gellerup Skov in the southeast;

Skjoldhøjkilen Skjoldhøjkilen is a recreational and natural site, in the district of Brabrand in the western part of Aarhus in Denmark. It stretches westwards from Hasle Hills, like a wavy green strip of meadows, small lakes and woodlands. It is 3.5 km ...

in the north; the valley of Langdalen in the west and the forests of Årslev Skov and

True Skov True Skov (True Forest) is a woodland, west of Skjoldhøjkilen in Aarhus, Denmark. True Skov is named after the small village of True and forms part of the New Forests of Aarhus. It is a relatively recent afforestation - and the largest within ...

also in the west. Brabrand has several important sports facilities, such as the rowing stadium at the Brabrand Lake, the new sports and community centre of Globus1 at Gellerup, opportunities for mountainbiking,

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and

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in Skjoldhøjkilen, in addition to many small-scale regular sports facilities like tennis courts, soccer fields, a swimminghall, boxing and martial arts clubs, etc.. Brabrand houses one of the few remaining

dolmen A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were some ...

s in the greater Aarhus area. Most of the dolmens in Aarhus, have been demolished long time ago, but what is left is now regarded as special relics of the past to be protected and valued in the landscape, wherever they might be located. The dolmen is called ''Årslev Dyssen'' (lit.: The Årslev Dolmen) and is dated to have been constructed in the

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, when the first agricultural societies emerged in Scandinavia around 6,000 years ago. Until 1822, there was a stone-coffin across the road of this dolmen, but it was demolished after a somewhat "scientific" excavation, led by

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Høegh Guldberg. 700 m to the east of The Årslev Dolmen, there was another dolmen. It was removed for an unknown reason at some point in the 1880s. The history surrounding Årslev Dyssen might be more impressive than its looks. The dolmen grounds are privately owned by the auto company next to it, but publicly accessible.

Gallery

;Nature and green spaces File:Hasle Bakker (Bakkekammen) 01.jpg, Hasle Bakker File:Holmstrup Mark.jpg, Skjoldhøjkilen File:Langdalen (øst) 01.jpg, Langdalen File:Gellerup Skov (sti).jpg, Gellerup Skov. File:Brabrand Sø (maj).jpg, Brabrand Lake. File:Aarslev Møllepark (skoven).jpg, Årslev Forest ;Culture and structures File:Årslev-dyssen - 1.jpg, Årslev Dyssen File:Ring 2 (Gellerup).JPG, Ring 2 ring road, separates Brabrand from

Aarhus V Aarhus Vest (lit.: Aarhus West) or Aarhus V, is a postal district in the city of Aarhus, consisting of Hasle, Herredsvang, Møllevangen and Frydenlund. Quarters and neighborhoods Møllevangen Built primarily in the 1940s, Møllevangen has many f ...

File:Globus1 3.JPG, Globus1, sports and cultural center. File:City Vest (syd).jpg, City Vest shopping center. File:Bazar Vest.jpg, Bazar Vest, ethnically diverse bazar. File:Stationsbakken 2.jpg, Gammel Brabrand, the old lakeside village

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{{Authority control Districts of Aarhus

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