First and foremost
the ”vartegn” of Snæbum: the Passage Graves. In Hobro you find the
Viking fortress FYRKAT, the Gas-museum, the Pleasureboat-museum and a small
Town Museum. You could join a romantic trip on the Mariager fjord with
the riverboat “The Swan”.(Departs from Hobro). The beautiful Bramslev Hills.
There is “Lille Mølle Bird Sanctuary” with a lot more than just
birds. The “Map of the World” in Klejtrup. In addition the beautiful countryside
well suited to bicycle-trips.And,
by the way, we have the “Randershule”, a beautiful hilly area with small
woods, only a few minutes walk from here.Galerie
Bram has contemporary Art. Situated at Bramslev Hills, in a beautiful tract
towards the fjord.Galleri Classic
with an exclusive collection 18th century art. Skibsgade in
Hobro.
About
the Passage Graves in Snæbum
Farmer Christian Pedersen who is the caretaker of the graves relates: There
are 3 Passage graves in Snæbum from the Stone Age, aprox 3200 B.C.
Double grave Snæbum: Was destroyed before
1900 when the Heritage became effective.
”Spanskhøj”: A smaller hill with two grave chambers,
which are closed to tourists, because they are hard to get into.
”Sniphøj”: One of the most remarkable and best
preserved passage graves in Denmark. It has a diameter of 36 m. and is
8 m high, consists of two separate chambers, with entry passages of 6 -
8 m. The chamber on the left contains a cover-stone weighing 18 ton and
the stones in the side wall are up to 10 ton.
Considering the present height of the mound, the archeologists believe
that, during the Bronze-age, more soil was heaped up, until the mound was
about 10 m. high. This was done in order to use it for the setting down
of urns.
We think that 5000 years ago there was a huge fjord-like river-system
surrounding the hills. It stretched from Mariager Fjord right out to Limfjorden
at Hjarbæk, where the stones were found. They were then transported
over the ice in the winter.
Chr. Pedersen tells, that there are no 2 stones similar in the structure |
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Chr. Pedersen on his way to "Freedom". |
 Sniphøj can be seen in the background. |