Dronninglund Castle

The Dronninglund castle is situated on the northern Danish island of Vendsyssel -Thy at the municipality Brønderslev. The building is based on a medieval monastery and was rebuilt in the 18th century to a Baroque palace. The facility is now home to a castle hotel.

Historical Overview

The present castle dates back to a company as Hundslund monastery of the Benedictines. The exact founding year is unknown, since the few documents were lost from the time after the Reformation. In the 13th century, the monastery was already one of the most prestigious estates in the north of Jutland, and after a donation of Queen Margarethe I were at the turn of the 15th century, more than 100 farms in monastic property. After the Reformation Hundslund became the property of the crown, which awarded it to the end of the 16th century as a fief. During this time, the plant was expanded with its farmyard to a castle. From 1690 to 1729, the former monastery was in direct reference to the royal family and was under Queen Charlotte Amalie its present name. In the following centuries the owners changed several times and Dronninglund was among other things owned by the families Moltke, von Plessen and the mold man.

Today Dronninglund houses a restaurant and Castle Hotel. The system can be viewed from the outside at any time, from the inside for guests, also provide occasional guided tours in the summer months.

The building

The castle is a multi-leaf plant whose oldest parts date back to the core part of the Middle Ages. The building is divided into three different areas: the actual castle to the main courtyard, the east and the subsequent monastic church located in the west of the farmyard.

The castle took on its present form largely in the 18th century. It is a three-lobe construction of approximately equal length wings, the main facade is oriented to the courtyard and is emphasized in the midst of a three- window axes spanning segment gable. The rear facade in the direction of the former Baroque garden is almost unadorned, the western facade is flanked by two tower-like pavilions and is adorned with a triangular pediment. Through enhancements to the following to the west of the plant Wirtschaftshof this second show facade of the castle has been distorted in modern times. To the east of the complex, built on a cruciform floor plan former monastery church closes, which is now surrounded by the municipal cemetery.