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The town is especially known for being Steen Steensen Blicher's hometown from 1825 until his death in 1848. Therefore, both the school and the local scout group are named after Blicher.
Facilities
As of 2018[update], Blicher School had 598 students, divided into 0-9th grades in 2-3 tracks.[2] Blichers Children's Village SFO is an after-school activity for 0-3rd grade. Randers Youth School has teams running at Blicher School. The first Spentruphal was built in 1980, but has been continuously renovated. Hall 2 is from 2008, and in 2009 the sandwich bar was renovated and a gym/fitness area established. The halls are used for many sports,[3] especially by the city's sports association Spentrup IF and by the city's badminton club, SBK.
One of Frederik IV's rytterskoler ("rider schools" or "cavalry schools") was built in Spentrup in 1722. In 1890 it was supplemented by a pogeskole for the smallest children. A stable building constructed in 1918 was converted into classrooms in 1959, and in 1964 the teacher's residence was also converted into classrooms. The rytterskole was replaced by the newly built Blicher School on 1 August 1969 and thus came to serve as a school for 248 years, which is longer than any other rytterskole. The king's sandstone board with the reason for setting up the schools still sits on the façade and has never been moved from there, which is also quite unique. The school is located on Stationsvej 42 and is now a private residence.
The writer Steen Steensen Blicher was a priest in Spentrup from 1825 to 1847 and is buried in the town's churchyard. He lived in the manse, which was built in 1794-95 and was listed in 1918. Malvina's House, originally a tenant's residence for the vicarage, is named after Blicher's youngest daughter, who lived there. The house is decorated as a memorial for Blicher. The church, the vicarage and Malvina's House, together with the equestrian school, provide a fine historical environment by the gadekær (the artificial body of water in the middle of the village).
The station town
Spentrup had a train station on the Randers-Hadsund Railway (1883-1969). The station was built between Spentrup and the older neighboring village of Jennum, 0.75 kilometres (0.47 mi) from each. The village of Spentrup grew together with the settlement that originated around the station, but Jennum is still a village of about 80 inhabitants, and according to the municipal plan it should not grow together with Spentrup.
In 1901 Spentrup is described as follows: "Spentrup med Kirke, Præstegd., Skole, Sparekasse (opr. 1871...), Kro, Jærnbane- og Telegrafst."[4] The measuring table sheet from the 19th century also shows a midwife's house, and that from the 1900s shows a Mission House that still exists and is now a second-hand shop.
The station had bypass/loading tracks.[5] The station building is preserved on Bane Alle 2 B. From here, the track's tracé is preserved as a path of 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) to Dronningborg Sports Center. Northeast of Spentrup in the direction of Hald, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) of tracé is preserved to Spentrupvej, but a little less accessible.
