Jutland Jutland Jutland (; ; ), also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula (; ; ), is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany. The names are derived from the Jutes and the Cimbri, respectively. Jutland's terrain is relatively flat, with open lands, heaths, plains and peat bogs in the west and a more elevated and slightly hilly terrain in the east. Jutland is a peninsula bounded by the North Sea to the west, the Skagerrak to the north, the Kattegat and Baltic Sea to the east and Germany to
The Historical Museum of Northern Jutland mission is: "Attentive history". According to their website, a more elaborate description reads: HMNJ is also responsible for care of many of the pre-historic sites like barrows and dolmens, within the associated municipalities. The organization administers these thirteen exhibitions in the region: The Historical Museum of Northern Jutland The Historical Museum of Northern Jutland (HMNJ) ("Danish: Nordjyllands Historiske Museum") is the product of the fusion of Aalborg Historical Museum, The Museum Society for Hals, The Museum Society of Hadsund, The South Himmerland Museum, and others, in 2004. The museum system in this umbrella organization is administered by a 12-member committee,