{{Infobox settlement | name = Borum | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Borum Kirke.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Borum church | image_map = Borum-placering-relativ-til-aarhus.jpeg | mapsize = 200px | map_caption = Location of Borum in [[Aarhus Municipality]]
| subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Kingdom of Denmark]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Denmark]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Central Denmark Region]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Aarhus Municipality]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Parish]] | subdivision_name3 = Borum Sogn
| population_footnotes = | population_total = 314 | population_as_of = 2025 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi= auto | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 8471 Sabro }}
'''Borum''' is a village in [[Aarhus Municipality]], [[Central Denmark Region]] in [[Denmark]]. Borum is situated 2.5 kilometres south of [[Sabro]] and 3 kilometres west of the [[Aarhus]] suburb of [[Tilst]] and has a population of 314 (1 January 2025).<ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January, by urban areas] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> About 2 kilometres west of Borum is the village of [[Herskind]].
The village has an active community centered on the [[village hall]], with amateur theatre, film club, choir, cooking, gymnastics, markets, etc. Just south of Borum is the stream of Lyngbygård Å. The stream feeds [[Årslev Engsø]] and the [[Aarhus River]] and part of the river valley has recently been [[environmental restoration|environmentally restored and reconstructed]], with nature paths and trails.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dofoj.dk/filer/2013/04/LyngbygaardAadal.pdf|title=Sporene i Lyngbygård Ådal|language=Danish|accessdate=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030924/http://dofoj.dk/filer/2013/04/LyngbygaardAadal.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} A pamphlet guide to Lyngbygård Å</ref>
== Borum church == [[File:Borum Kirke Alter.jpg|thumb|upright|Choir and altar]] Borum church is placed on an elevation in the south west, overlooking the village. The older [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] parts of the small church is built from granite ashlar. There are several stone carved decorations and [[Church frescos in Denmark|church frescos]] in the church. A 43 x 32 cm grey granite stone with a chiselled [[sun cross]] from the [[Nordic Bronze Age|Bronze Age]] was discovered in the 1890s, when an associated [[dry stone|stone dyke]] was dismantled. It has been in possession of the [[National Museum of Denmark]] since 1902.
== Bronze Age burial mounds == {{See also|Nordic Bronze Age}}
North west of the village, towards the lake of ''Lading Sø'', is an elevated plateau overlooking the surrounding landscape, with remains of several Bronze Age burial mounds ([[tumulus|tumuli]]). The most fam<!-- source literally says it is internationally famous in the first sentence-->ous is Borum Eshøj, containing three remarkably preserved oak coffins, with the skeletons of two men and a woman, wearing intact clothing, daggers, combs and other grave goods, from the 14th century BC ([[Nordic Bronze Age]]). It is formerly one of the largest [[long barrow]]s in Denmark. First explored in the 1870s, it is now a protected cultural heritage site. There is also has a Bronze Age settlement with some replica houses.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Frost |first1=Lise |title=Borum Eshøj Revisited – Bronze Age monumental burial traditions in eastern Jutland, Denmark |journal=[[Danish Journal of Archaeology]] |date=2017 |volume=11 |number=1 |pages=31-49 |url=https://www.academia.edu/101650315/Borum_Esh%C3%B8j_Revisited_Bronze_Age_monumental_burial_traditions_in_eastern_Jutland_Denmark }}</ref>
<gallery> File:DO-4837.jpg|The old man from Borum Eshøj File:DO-4785.jpg|Woman from Borum Eshøj File:DO-4801.jpg|The young man from Borum Eshøj File:Bronsalderslik.jpg|The young man from Borum Eshøj File:DO-4372.jpg|Wool dress from Borum Eshøj File:Kvinnodräkt av ylle fr Borum Eshøj, Jylland (Montelius 1873 sid 38 fig 43) vit bakgr.jpg|Clothes, illustration File:Udgravningen af Borum Eshøj (8959252179).jpg|Excavation of the Borum Eshøj burial mound, 1875 File:Borum Eshøj - reconstruction of bronze age house.jpg|Replica Bronze Age house near Borum Eshøj File:Borum Eshøj.Jylland.1.JPG|The Borum Eshøj burial mound </gallery>
==Notable people== * [[Marie Bach Hansen]], actress<ref>{{cite web |last=Truelsen Voigt |first=Marie-Louise |title=Marie Bach Hansen: 'Kvindelig vrede kan flytte rigtig meget på en smuk måde' |url=https://www.alt.dk/artikler/marie-bach-hansen-interview-om-kvindefaellesskaber/1850928 |website={{ill|Alt.dk|da}} |access-date=14 April 2026 |language=da |date=24 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Mazur |first=Claudia |title=Marie Bach Hansen: Jeg prøver mange ting i ét liv ved at spille forskellige karakterer |url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/mennesker/marie-bach-hansen-jeg-proever-mange-ting-i-et-liv-ved-spille-forskellige-karakterer |url-access=subscription |website=[[Kristeligt Dagblad]] |access-date=14 April 2026 |language=da |date=24 June 2025}}</ref>
==References== <references/>
== Sources == * [http://www.borum-lyngby.dk/ Local historical archives for the Borum and Lyngby parishes] {{in lang|da}} * [http://www.borum-by.dk/ Official homepage for Borum] {{in lang|da}} * [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/aarhus/borum-kirke/ Borum church] National Museum of Denmark {{in lang|da}} Summary in English
== External links == {{Commons category|Borum (Jylland)}} * {{Official homepage|http://www.borum-by.dk/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20081226002918/http://www.aarhus.dk/sabro-borum.asp Sabro-Borum]
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