Lejre
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Lejre is a railway town in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It has a population of 3,429.
Interior of the reconstructed King's Hall at Lejre, Denmark, c. 8th century
'Odin from Lejre' silver figurine, c. 900 AD
View west from the earliest hall site
Øm jættestue: Neolithic passage grave near Gammel Lejre.
Heorot
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Heorot is a mead-hall and major point of focus in the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf. The hall serves as a seat of rule for King Hrothgar, a legendary Danish king. After the monster Grendel slaughters the i
Lejre
…in Danish history can be compared to that of Gamla Uppsala in Sweden. Moreover, it has long been thought to have been the real-world counterpart to Heorot, the hall of King Hrothgar at the centre of the action in the Old English epic poem Beowulf. Lejre is sometimes assumed to have been the capital of a…
The first page of the Beowulf manuscript
A reconstructed Viking Age longhouse (28.5 metres long) in Fyrkat.