Skanderborg Bunkerne
Museum in two German Luftwaffe command bunkers in the Skanderborg Dyrehave from the occupation period, with a rare Enigma cipher machine.
Over het museum
In February 1944 the German occupying forces seized the Sølund institution and, shortly afterward, the Skanderborg Dyrehave forest on Skanderborg Sø. The Danish headquarters of the Luftwaffe was established here, with about 500 men, barracks, workshops, and a network of telephone lines. Only six bunkers were completed, including the two command bunkers of the Luftwaffe general on the lakeshore, a communications center near Sølund, and a bunker on Vestergade in the town.
After the end of the war, the site served as a camp for German refugees until July 1946. Afterward the installations were dismantled; only the bunkers with their concrete walls several meters thick remained standing; the officers' mess became a youth hostel in 1948. From 1963 to 1993 the bunker on Vestergade served as the command center of civil defense in the Cold War and is preserved to this day with its original furnishings.
In 1980 volunteers set up a museum in the two command bunkers under the name Frihedsmuseet; in 1995 it became a department of what is now Museum Skanderborg. One bunker shows the occupation period from the Danish perspective – police, resistance, Allied drops, and the post-war reckoning –, the other the German side with bunker construction, the general staff, and a well-preserved Enigma. Since 2022 a sound installation has made the operation of the bunkers audible, right up to the air-raid siren of October 1944. In 2011 two more bunkers in the forest were uncovered.
Hoogtepunten
- Two original Luftwaffe command bunkers from 1944
- Well-preserved Enigma cipher machine
- Danish and German perspectives on the occupation
- Sound installation with the air-raid siren of October 1944
- Bunker hikes through the Skanderborg Dyrehave
Vaste collectie
- Dänischer Teil – The occupation period in Skanderborg and Denmark with police, resistance, dropped supply containers, wreckage of Allied aircraft, and the reckoning after liberation.
- Deutscher Teil – Bunker construction, Luftwaffe generals, and the headquarters staff in the Dyrehave, plus a rare Enigma cipher machine and a sound installation from the operation of the bunkers.
- Opgericht
- 1980
- Beheerder
- Museum Skanderborg
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
| Volwassenen | 60 DKK |
|---|---|
| Met korting | 40 DKKStudents with student ID |
| Kinderen & jongeren | gratisgratis t/m 25 jaar · Children and young people up to and including age 25 free. |
| Mensen met een beperking | –begeleider gratis · With a Ledsagekort, free admission for the companion. |
| Studenten | 40 DKKWith student ID. |
| Groepen (vanaf 10 pers.) | 40 DKK p.p.Per person with at least 10 paying visitors. |
| Guided bunker hike (admission included) | 100 DKK |
| Private guided bunker hike (2½ hours) | 1.400 DKKPlus DKK 75 per person. |
| Special opening outside opening hours (1 hour) | 1.000 DKKPlus admission. |
Payment only in cash or via MobilePay, no card payments. Free admission for members of the museum associations of Museum Skanderborg, with the ICOM museum card, and for school classes with a teacher during class. Special prices for guests of events at Danhostel Skanderborg and Skanderborghus.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
- Lift: geen informatie
- Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
- Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
- Hulphonden welkom
- Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
- Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
- Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
- Audiodescriptie: geen informatie
Dogs are allowed in the museum on a leash.
Kinderen & gezin
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Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja · duur ca. 2,5 uur |
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| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | In the bunkers it is about 8–10 °C all year round – bring warm clothing even in summer. Guided bunker hikes through the Dyrehave on fixed dates; private hikes last 2½ hours. Two more uncovered bunkers in the forest (near the Friluftsscenen and at the Landsbyen Sølund) are open only during events but can be viewed from the outside. Museum Skanderborg offers school programs, including a role-playing game about the Cold War. |
