Blichers area at Museum Silkeborg
Blichersvej 30 Thorning, 8620, Kjellerup
Blicheregnens Museum is located close to Silkeborg in the village of Thorning, where the Danish priest and poet Steen Steensen Blicher was pastor from 1819 to 1825. Here he wrote his first short story. Today, Blicheregnens Museum is part of Museum Silkeborg and home to the story of the great medieval battle on Grathe Hede.
Steen Steensen Blicher's life
In the exhibitions at the Blickeregnen Museum, you can immerse yourself in the life of the Danish writer Steen Steensen Blicher, and his many short stories and opinions on the society around him. You can explore the harsh life on the heath in the 1800s and learn more about the farmers, vagabonds, and peddlers on the heath.
When the foundation stone was laid for Denmark
You can also go back to the violent civil war in the early Middle Ages in the exhibition "The Struggle for Power - The Battle on Grathe Heath," where the seed for the Denmark we know today was sown.
A collection of animals
In the museum's animal collection, you can meet animals from all over the world and take a closer look at eagles, penguins, a single wolf, and many more.