{{Short description|Building in Aalborg, Denmark}} [[File:Schloss Aalborghus.JPG|thumb|right|300px|The castle as seen during a sunny day in 2011.]]
'''Aalborghus Castle''' ({{langx|da|Aalborghus Slot}}) is a [[castle]] in [[Aalborg]], Denmark. It is a half-timbered (''bindingsværk'') castle built by King [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]] from 1539 to around 1555 initially as a fortification.<ref name="intro">{{cite web|url=http://www.ses.dk/152000c |title=Aalborghus Castle |publisher=Danish Ministry of Finance:Palaces and Properties Agency |access-date=August 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025014759/http://www.ses.dk/152000c |archive-date=October 25, 2007 }}</ref>
A building had existed at the site before [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]]'s castle. It stood south of the castle and is mentioned in the first documentation of Aalborghus, dating back to 1340.<ref name="history">{{cite web|url=http://www.ses.dk/394855f0 |title=History of Aalborghus Castle |publisher=Danish Ministry of Finance:Palaces and Properties Agency |access-date=August 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070729193234/http://www.ses.dk/394855f0 |archive-date=July 29, 2007 }}</ref> It was owned by [[Margrethe I]] and was the death place of King [[John, King of Denmark|Hans]] in 1513 who died in a horse riding accident.<ref name="history"/>
[[Image:Aalborghus Slot, 29 april 2008, billede 6.jpg|left|thumb|230px|The castle Aalborghus in Aalborg, Denmark was built between 1539 and 1555.]]
King [[Frederick I of Denmark|Frederik I]] had originally intended to destroy the initial building around 1530 and moving to a different site to convert Aalborg's [[Franciscan]] monastery into a castle. However he left the decision to his son Christian III, who later decided to demolish the original in 1539 and contracted the royal architect [[Morten Bussert]] to build a new fortified castle north of the old site, near the [[Limfjord]].<ref name="history"/> A barrier wall was built alongside the fjord, and later in 1633, King [[Christian IV of Denmark|Christian IV]] built a north wing facing the port, which was used as a granary for the storage of food supplies such as grain. A western wing was built to the same effect later, holding other supplies such as meats and fish.<ref name="history"/> In 1644, [[Siege of Aalborghus|Aalborghus was besieged]] by Danish forces led by Vogn Vognsen, recapturing it from the Swedes who had captured it in January.{{Sfn|Ørnbjerg|2010|pp=29–35}}
The south-facing wing was created between 1808 and 1809 but all that remains today of the original castle is the east wing.<ref name="intro"/>
Between 1954 and 1964 the old granaries underwent full renovation by the Royal Inspector of Listed Buildings, [[Leopold Teschl]], who converted them into council offices.<ref name="history"/>
== See also == * [[Ley tunnel#Denmark|Ley tunnel]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Works cited ==
* {{Cite book |last=Ørnbjerg |first=Jakob |url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/2025/953838.pdf |title=Slaget om Aalborg 1644 |publisher=Historisk samfund for Himmerland og Kjær Herred |year=2010 |series=Fra Himmerland og Kjær Herred |language=da |trans-title=Battle of Aalborg 1644 |issn=0107-9301}}
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