20.06 at 3 pm

Det Jyske Ensemble. Programme Chopin and Schumann.

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Date: 13.02, 14.02, 20.02 and 21.02 at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM

A guided tour with focus on bats.


Date: 16th of October - 24th of October (Fall holidays)

Exhibition and pumpkin lamps in a dark cave illuminated by candlelight.

Multi Media Show (Limestone factory building)

At: 11:00 - 12:00 - 13:00 - 14:00 - 15:00 - 16:00

Multi Media Show (Cave)

At: 10:30 - 11:30 - 12:30 - 13:30 - 14:30 - 15:30 - 16:30

A story about the limestone and the mines in Mønsted presented in sound and pictures. Fabulous lights over the lake.

The story which is only told in Danish, with english subtitles, is about:

The Earth is created In the Permian time, more than 200 million years ago; a sea creates layers of salt which are several kilometers thick. In the Cretaceous Period, more than 70 million years ago, the limestone is created. Limestone is compressed chalk shells from one-celled organisms which lived in the sea. A subterranean mass of salt has pressed the limestone up to the surface of the earth. In the early Middle Ages, in the 12th. and 13th century, more that 2000 stone churches were built in Denmark. The material which kept the stones together was quicklime, which is also called mortar. So the building of the stone churches is actually the beginning of the limestone industry in Mønsted. Later the mortar was also used for stone houses, castles and houses in the cities. The Thirty Years War meant financial ruin and the work in the minis stopped for several years. In 1826 King Frederik the 6th visited the mines. The King thought that the work could be done more effectively, and he summoned engineers from Germany who build kilns and vertical shafts . In 1872 the industrial revolution carne to Mønsted and new and expensive machines took over from the old trade. World War I and II meant progress for the mines. The German war machine needed the limestone for the important steel industry, but also for the chemical industry, airfields and huts. In 1953 the mining in the mines stopped, and in 1956 also in the open pit. 10.000 bats now live in the mines during the winter. The mines are the largest place of hibernation in Northern Europe for this threatened species.

Have a good time

Make a visit to Café Grotten.