Sagnlandet Lejre / Land of Legends
Go back in time to a distant past. Meet the Stone Age hunters, the Iron Age peasants and the trading Vikings. Grind flour, bake biscuits and try to sit in a Stone Age boat. Lejre Land of Legends is an atmospheric and exciting tourist attraction for the whole family. 10.000 years of Danish history brought to life!
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Tag familien under armen og rejs tilbage til en fjern fortid. Mød stenalderjægeren, jernalderbonden og de handlende vikinger. Kværn mel og bag brødkiks, sejl en tur i en stenalderbåd, skyd med bue og pil og udforsk livet for længe siden.
Lejre - Land of Legends
With kind permission from Land of Legends Lejre, i made this video with pictures from their website.
Its a fan-video...
I feel lucky that i live close to this place where several pre-historic, as well as historic periods are brought to life in beautiful sorroundings that might have been the background for the real story behind the great anglo-saxon poem Beowulf...
Here you find houses from the Iron age and the 19th century, in which you can spend you holiday as a family of the past.
On the grounds are also huts from the stone age and a small viking settlement.
A herbal garden has been established in the spirit of the Roskilde-based medieval doctor Henrik Harpestreng (Henricus Dacus) - author of a book called Liber Herbarum.
In addition animals, a sacrificial bog, a story-telling festival, midsummer celebration ...
Its difficult to describe everything...its a place you have to experience...preferably on a sunny day!!:)
Music: Anders Hagberg - Vandringar (you can buy his music at itunes)
Sagnlandet Lejre - Denmark
“Sagnlandet Lejre” is a place where the history of the Scandinavian people, dating from about 5000 b.c. to about 1850 a.d. is visible in a outdoor museum where most activities can be tried by even the youngest family members.
Not even 1/10 of all is seen in this video.
Its located about 30 min west of Copenhagen.
Sagnlandet (Lejre, Denmark) shield wall LARP tutorial
The Viking weapon training session at Sagnlandet (Land of Legends) in Lejre, Denmark. Visitors are taught how to form a shield wall and some of the basic techniques of fighting with [foam] Viking-age weapons such as swords, spears, and pole axes. Then, visitors engage in a series of mock shield wall battles.
Very fun stuff! One of the highlights of my girlfriend's and my recent holiday in Europe.
Leikarar performing in Sagnlandet Lejre on August 22, 2010
The enemble Leikarar performed as supplementary event in the weekend with Icelandic Horse Show in Sagnlandet Lejre, August 21 and 22, 2010. Here is a brief video snapshot. Video and postproduction: Peter Larsen
Skjoldehamn dragt, vævning, Sagnlandet Lejre, 2011
Efterårsferie, Sagnlandet Lejre 2017
Sagnlandet Lejre: se stenalderingenører arbejde - See Stone Age ingeneers at work
Allerede for mere end 5000 år siden udviklede bondestenaldersamfund teknikker og logistiske løsninger, der tillod rejsning af kæmpesten. I det danske område, har de kunnet flytte og sætte på plads granitsten, der vejede op til 25 tons.
De har nok ikke brugt lastbiler og krane, som vi kender idag. Hvordan gjorde de så?
Se videoen filmet i Sagnlandet Lejre af én af disse vellykkede forsøg!
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More than 5000 years ago Stone Age societies developed techniques and logistical solutions which allowed the erection of huge stones. In the Danish territory, they managed even to move and set on place stones, which weighed up to 25 tons. They didn't use trucks and cranes, as we know them today. How did they do that then?
Watch this movie and see a successful experiment which took place at The Land of Legends Lejre. It is in Danish, but pictures tell a lot anyway!
Sagnlandet Lejre: Teambuilding og gruppeudflugter
Se videoen med et udpluk af de oplevelser, Sagnlandet Lejre tilbyder til firmaer og grupper.
Skræddersy din oplevelse sammen med os.
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The Pastures | Land of Legends (Sagnlandet Lejre)
C o p e n h a g e n / 20 08 2015
U s e f u l I n f o :
M u s i c :
David P / No (Zwette Remix)
Crystal Fighters / At Home (Passion Pit Remix)
Angus & Julia Stone / Heart Beats Slow (Suna Remix)
Cosmo's Midnight / Walk With Me (feat. KUČKA)
C a m e r a :
Canon S100
S n a p c h a t :
Sunshinefortea
Sheep and lamb in Land of Legends, Denmark
Sheep and lamb playing together but they still stay close to their mom. From Land of Legends Denmark.
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Sagnlandet Lejre. Själland ( Zealand) island, Själlandi saar Danmark Danimarca Taani Denmark
Sagnlandet Lejre.
Själland, ( Zealand) island, Själlandi saar.
Danmark Danimarca Taani Denmark
Suvi/ Summer 2017
Our tripvideo / Meie reisivideo
Music: Hurdy-Gurdy Chanson ( Jolivete` et bone amor)
& Byron Metcalf- Heart Warriors
Camera: Fuji XT2, GoPro 4 Black
Filmed & directed by Allan Tark
Company: Rein Mets
Summer 2017 Stockholm. Sweden
Lejre is a villige with a population of 2,415 (1 January 2015) in Lejre Municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. It belongs to Region Zealand. The town's Old Norse name was Hleiðr or Hleiðargarðr.
Lejre was the capital of an Iron Age kingdom sometimes referred to as the Lejre Kingdom. According to early legends, this was ruled by kings of the Skjöldung dynasty, predecessors of the kings of medieval Denmark. Legends of the kings of Lejre are known from a number of medieval sources, including the twelfth-century Gesta Danorum written by Saxo Grammaticus and the anonymous twelfth-century Chronicon Lethrense, or Chronicle of Lejre. As the home of the Skjölding (Old English Scylding) dynasty mentioned in Beowulf, Lejre has long been thought to have been the real-world counterpart to Heorot, the fabulous royal hall where the first part of the action of that Anglo-Saxon poem takes place.
Among other works of the medieval imagination that tell of adventures at Lejre, the best known is the fourteenth-century Icelandic Saga of King Hrolf Kraki.
Archeological excavations undertaken since the 1980s have produced dramatic confirmation that medieval legends of Lejre, though largely fabulous, have a basis in history.
Research teams led by archaeologist Tom Christensen of Roskilde Museum have uncovered the remains of an extensive Iron Age and Viking Age settlement complex just outside the hamlet of Gammel Lejre (Old Lejre).
Discovered here were the post-holes for a series of large rectangular buildings measuring fifty to sixty meters in length or more. These must have been the halls of powerful magnates or kings. Outbuildings and other structures whose remains were unearthed in this same area indicate that Lejre was also a center for crafts, commerce, and religious observances. The relative absence of weapon finds suggests that the site was more important as a social and economic center than as a military base. A noteworthy loose find that has recently turned up, thanks to metal-detector work, is a tiny silver Viking Age figurine known as Odin from Lejre.
This is thought to depict the god Odin enthroned in majesty between ravens.
Other sites of archaeological interest in the vicinity, long admired by visitors even when their nature was not well understood, are a Viking-Age cemetery that includes several ship settings, a great Iron Age cremation mound (Grydehøj), a number of tumuli that are mostly of Bronze Age date, and several Neolithic chamber graves, including one that in modern times has been known as Harald Hildetandshøy.
As for the Iron Age archaeological settlement complex unearthed since the 1980s, its two related parts span the period from about 550 to about 1000 AD, thus confirming the significance of this land of legends over a period of almost half a millennium, up to the time when Denmark was converted to Christianity and a new royal capital was established at what is now the cathedral city of Roskilde.
On account of its imposing monuments as well as its unusual surrounding terrain, Gammel Lejre has long been a focal point for antiquarian scholarship, a source of Danish national pride, and a source of fascination regarding Scandinavian prehistory. Speculations about the prehistory of the area have been fueled by Thietmar of Merseburg's account in his twelfth-century Chronicon (ch. 17) that pagan sacrifices were formerly held every ninth year at Lejre.
A wooded path and lake a short distance west of Lejre, as well, was identified by some antiquarian scholars as Herthadal, the sacred sacrificial precinct of the goddess Nerthus (also called Hertha), whose rites were described by the Roman historian Tacitus in chapter 40 of his Germania. While such speculations can be dismissed as contributing to a myth of Lejre that has little to do with the actual Iron Age settlement-complex that has now been excavated, it could be argued that reality and fantasy have always been intertwined in stories pertaining to this region.
Lejre Municipality is home to the Land of legends (Sagnlandet Lejre), a center for experimental archaeology and education, which includes reconstructions and recreations from different periods of Denmark’s history— from pre-history to the Viking Age. The centerpiece of the facility is an Iron Age village reconstruction, complete with sacrificial bog.
The center is open to the public.
This video is not for commercial purposes, only educational / See video ei taotle ärilisi eesmärke, ainult üldhariduslikul eesmärgil.
Enjoy watching!/ Head vaatamist!
Krigertræning i Sagnlandet Lejre, 2016
Sagnlandet Lejre: skoleklasse i vikingetiden
Hvor kan man ellers møde vikinger på en bedre måde? I Sagnlandet Lejres vikingemarkedsplads, Ravnebjerg! På 3½ timer kan børnene leve sig ind i vikingetiden. De vil møde et aktivt, vidende, viist, dygtigt og gæstfrit folk ... og det vil være en uforglemmelig oplevelse.
Sagnlandet Lejre tilbyder også lejrskoleophold på 3 til 5 dage.
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Hestebjerggård Lejre
I Gammel Lejre vest for Roskilde ligger den over 200 år gamle fæstegård, Hestebjerggård. Gården er i dag Den Selvejende Institution Hestebjerggård, som har stået for at renovere og omdanne den gamle firelængede gård til et museum og formidlingscenter. Hovedvægten er lagt på perioden fra år 600 til år 1000, hvor Lejre var Nordens mægtigste kongesæde.
Realdania har støttet renoveringen med syv mio.kr. bl.a. fordi der er tale om et demonstrationsprojekt, der viser, hvordan et historisk gårdanlæg kan bevares, samtidig med at det får et nutidigt anvendelsesformål.
Kongehallen i Sagnlandet Lejre
Skjoldunge Trail in Denmark featuring the Tarptent Notch
The Skjoldunge Trails are natural hiking trails that all pass through Gammel Lejre, where they continue to Hvalsø, Roskilde, Gevninge and Osted. Stretching over 40 km, they traverse impressive natural and historical landscapes.
Skjoldungerne is, according to legend, the name of the first Danish royal dynasty, which is said to descent from King Skjold, it's first king. Lejre was the seat of the dynasty, which is why Denmark's newest and 4th national park is called Skjoldungernes Land.
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Sagnlandet Lejre er en af attraktionerne under Kulturregion Midt- og Vestsjælland, som Da Danmark blev til samarbejder med.
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Sagnlandet Lejre: Stenalderstemning - Stone Age atmosphere
Find serenity, inspiration and knowledge at Athra, the Stone Age camp of The land of legends Lejre. In the forest and aling the shore of an idyllic lake a wonderful time travel takes place. A travel to a time when man and nature lived in very close relationship.
See our family of the past in the video and become one, if you dare:
More about Athra:
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Find ro, inspiration og viden på Athra, Sagnlandet Lejres stenalderboplads. I skoven og ved bredden af en idyllisk sø finder en fascinerende tidsrejse sted. En rejse til en tid, hvor menneske og natur levede i meget tæt fordindelse.
Se videoen med én af vores fortidsfamilier i stenalderen, og bliv til en:
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