Denmark · 16th century
Borreby Castle (Danish: Borreby Slot, pronounced [ˈpoːɐˌpyˀ ˈslʌt]) is a fortified manor house located near Skælskør, Slagelse Municipality, in the south-west corner of the island of Zealand, in eastern Denmark. The present main building was constructed for chancellor Johan Friis in the middle of the 16th century. The estate was acquired by Joachim Melchior Holten Castenschiold in 1783 and has remained in the hands of his descendents since then.
The main building and a number of other buildings were listed in the Danish register of protected buildings and places in 1918. A barn from 1593 has been converted into a theatre and music venue. The estate covers 722 hectares of land.
Text adapted from “Borreby” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Borreby Castle ranks #4,771 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #52 of the 59 mapped in Denmark. Founded 1556, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,007 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Næstved, 30 km away. See how Denmark compares in the castle statistics.
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