Kaj Munks Præstegård

Over het museum

The playwright and pastor Kaj Munk, who grew up on Lolland and was educated in København, took over the parish post in Vedersø on the Jutland west coast in 1924. With his wife Lise and their children he lived in the parsonage, which was then called Vedersø Præstegård. Here he wrote plays that played to full houses in the interwar period, as well as newspaper articles and hunting and travel books. During the German occupation he preached and wrote openly against the occupying power; on January 4, 1944, he was taken from the parsonage and murdered.

The property has a long history: in the Middle Ages the manor Aabjerg stood on its site, which became the parsonage in 1626. The residence burned down in 1881 and was rebuilt to plans by the architect Frits Uldall. The park was shaped by the successive pastors since the early 19th century; Munk himself planted blue anemones from his native Lolland here and had a canal dug to Nørresø.

After Munk's death the state bought the residence as a memorial site, and Lise Munk lived there until her death in 1998. In 2005 the entire property passed to a foundation, which restored it extensively and transferred it to the Ministry of Culture in 2010. In 2011 the parsonage officially opened as a museum; by 2013 all four wings had been restored to their 1944 condition. An independent institution runs the site, and museum operations are handled by Ringkøbing Fjord Museer.

Hoogtepunten

• Sound exhibition "Hvad var det dog, der skete?" in seven rooms of the residence
• Exhibition "Mussolini eller modstand?" on Munk's political development
• Parsonage in its 1944 condition
• Park with Munk's blue anemones, canal and flag hill
• Digterrute (poet's trail) with set-to-music texts via QR code
• Café Lise with a view of Nørresø

Vaste collectie

• Hvad var det dog, der skete? – Sound and image presentation that leads room by room through Kaj Munk's life – from childhood on Lolland to the evening he was abducted on January 4, 1944.
• Mussolini eller modstand? – Shows how Munk changed from his early admiration for Mussolini into an open opponent of the Nazis and a symbol of Danish resistance.
• Digterrute – Circular trail through the parsonage garden with ten stations where you can listen via QR code to texts by Munk, read aloud and commented on.

Opgericht

2011

Beheerder

Ringkøbing Fjord Museer

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Day tickets at the cash desk or online. The benefit cards of Ringkøbing Fjord Museer are valid for free admission to all ten venues of the association.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: niet aanwezig
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Entrance, shop and café are easily accessible, as is the accessible restroom from the courtyard or entrance. In the residence a stairlift leads to the upper floor; because of stairs and high thresholds, the residence is not accessible to wheelchair users and guests with severe walking difficulties – they can wait in the café. Dogs on a leash are allowed.

Kinderen & gezin

Children and young people up to 17 have free admission when accompanied by an adult. Strollers are allowed but only partly usable in the residence.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

GPS address: Vesterhavsvej 7a, 6990 Ulfborg.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel

Café Lise with coffee, tea and cake and a view of Nørresø, also with outdoor seating. Food brought from outside may be eaten at tables and benches in the park. Museum shop. The grounds are smoke-free.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

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