{{Short description|Rococo-style palace in Augustenborg, Als Island, Denmark}} {{Expand German|topic=struct|Schloss Augustenburg (Dänemark)|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox building | name = Augustenborg Palace | former_names = | alternate_names = | image = Augustenborg, Hofansicht.JPG | image_size = 240px | image_alt = | caption = Augustenburg Palace, courtyard view | pushpin_map = Denmark | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = [[Rococo]]-style | structural_system = | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = [[Augustenborg, Denmark|Augustenborg]], [[Als Island]], [[Sønderborg Municipality]], [[Region of Southern Denmark]] | address = | location_town = | location_country = [[Denmark]] | coordinates = {{coord|54|56|40|N|9|51|59|E|region:DK|display=inline,title}} | construction_start_date = 1660–1664 | renovation_date = Late 1770s, 1920s | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = | floor_count = | floor_area = }} '''Augustenborg Palace''' (or '''Augustenborg Castle'''; {{langx|da|Augustenborg Slot}}, {{langx|de|Schloss Augustenburg}}) is a [[Rococo]]-style<ref name="MouritsenNorum2010">{{cite book|last1=Mouritsen|first1=Lone|last2=Norum|first2=Roger|last3=Osborne|first3=Caroline|title=The Rough Guide to Denmark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3XlPcIr4WIC&pg=PA197|access-date=4 April 2012|date=21 June 2010|publisher=Rough Guides Ltd|isbn=978-1-84836-517-9|page=197}}</ref> palace in the southwestern part of [[Augustenborg, Denmark|Augustenborg]], [[Als Island]], [[Denmark]], overlooking [[Augustenborg Fjord]]. The palace owes its name to [[Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg|Duchess Auguste]] (1633–1701). Augustenborg gave its name to the [[House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg]], the last member of which was [[Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg|Duke Christian August II]] (1798–1869).<ref>[https://archive.today/20120913045720/http://www.sonderborgkommune.dk/sitecore/content/Augustiana/Augustianas%20historie.aspx "Augustianas historie"], ''Sønderborg Kommune''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 4 April 2012.</ref>
==History== [[File:Augustenborg, Gartefassade, Detail.JPG|thumb|left|Facade]] The original half-timbered manor house was built in 1660–4 by [[Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg|Ernest Günther]], the first Duke of Augustenborg, after he bought the village of Stavensbøl and demolished it for the land.<ref name=sonderborgeng>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonderborgkommune.dk/DinKommune/FaktaOmSoenderborg/SonderborgInEnglish/Augustenborg/AugustenborgPalace.aspx |title=Augustenborg Palace |publisher=Sonderborg Kommune |access-date=4 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805091855/http://www.sonderborgkommune.dk/DinKommune/FaktaOmSoenderborg/SonderborgInEnglish/Augustenborg/AugustenborgPalace.aspx |archive-date=5 August 2010 }}</ref> The one-storey, red-roofed buildings around the outer courtyard were added from 1733 while the main three-winged building, replacing the original manor, was built from 1770 to 1776 in full symmetry, a fine example of [[Baroque architecture]].
With its yellow-painted walls and blue-tiled roof, the wings gradually increase in height up to the central section. The three central bays of the facade protrude as an [[avant-corps]] three storeys high. Inside a beautiful entrance hall was finished in white-painted stucco by the Italian decorator Michel Angelo Taddei (1755–1831). Taddei also worked on the interior of the two-storey Baroque chapel in the building's northern wing, adding a [[Rococo]] altarpiece with an integrated pulpit as well as decorations along the vaults and walls of the nave.<ref name=sonderborgeng/><ref name=DSD>[https://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Danske_slotte_og_herreg%C3%A5rde/Augustenborg_Slot?highlight=augustenborg%20slot "Augustenborg Slot"], ''Den Store Danske''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 5 April 2012.</ref> During the same period, much of the town was regenerated. The palace building underwent further renovation in the 1920s.<ref name="Klüche1995">{{cite book|last=Klüche|first=Hans|title=Denmark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvS8owQzf94C|access-date=4 April 2012|date=August 1995|publisher=APA Publications (HK)|isbn=978-0-395-73423-0}}</ref> [[Hans Christian Andersen]] spent two weeks at the palace in the autumn of 1844 and wrote ''[[The Little Match Girl]]'' when he visited the castle.<ref name="Bredsdorff1975">{{cite book|last=Bredsdorff|first=Elias|title=Hans Christian Andersen: the story of his life and work 1805–75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HZg9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA168|access-date=4 April 2012|year=1975|publisher=Phaidon|isbn=978-0-7148-1636-4|page=168}}</ref>
During the [[First Schleswig War]] (1848–50), [[Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg|Christian August II]], the last duke to live in the palace, left Augustenborg as a result of his close relations with Germany. Thereafter the building was first used as a barracks and from 1878 as a seminary for women.<ref name=DSD/>
In 1921, Augustenborg was purchased by the Danish state. It was fitted out as a hospital in 1927–28 and since 1932 has been used as a psychiatric hospital.<ref name="Rying1988">{{cite book|last=Rying|first=Bent|title=Denmark: History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NX1pAAAAMAAJ|access-date=4 April 2012|year=1988|publisher=Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs|page=295}}</ref> There is an exhibit about the palace, the town and its ducal history in the building's entryway.<ref name="Stone2008">{{cite book|last=Stone|first=Andrew|title=Denmark|url=https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetdenm00andr|url-access=registration|access-date=4 April 2012|date=1 February 2008|publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-74104-669-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetdenm00andr/page/252 252]}}</ref>
==Church== [[File:Schlosskirche Augustenburg 3.jpg|thumb|left|The church of Augustenborg Palace.]] The largest room in the castle is the church hall, which dates from the late 18th century. Not visible from the outside, it covers the entire two-storey annexe of the north wing and is the successor of an older chapel, from 1671, which was demolished before the construction of the castle. The hall, which has served as the parish church of the town since 1874, was extensively restored in 1972.<ref name="Geschichte2008">{{cite book|author=Gesellschaft für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte|title=Die Fürsten des Landes: Herzöge und Grafen von Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nl16PQAACAAJ|access-date=8 April 2012|year=2008|publisher=Wachholtz|language=de|isbn=978-3-529-02606-5|page=333}}</ref>
The rococo architecture of the church hall is consistent with the rest of the building. The stucco work was probably designed by Michelangelo Taddei. The hall has seven divided window bays. Six Doric and six Corinthian columns separate the room, forming a three-aisled hall. A curved balustrade leads to the pulpit altar on the eastern wall. The organ is placed over the high altar and was built by the Holstein organ builder, [[Johann Daniel Busch]]. The Carrara marble baptismal font was a gift of the Russian Tsar [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]].<ref name="Geschichte2008" />
==Grounds== [[File:Augustenborg, Schlosspark.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Palace grounds]] The castle is situated directly above a bay of the Augustenburger Fjord, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The views of the bay and the landscape behind it appear to be a continuation of the garden in the distance. The grounds included a Baroque-style garden, which in the 19th century was transformed into a landscaped park. The garden includes large grass terraces and a shaped topiary hedge.
The garden area in front of the palace building is framed by trees and a sculpted hills, which is accessible by trails. Under one of the [[Tilia|lindens]] in the castle grounds is a memorial plaque to the poet Andersen, who is said to have worked there for many of his stories. Within the park, there are two summer-houses and outbuildings, which after the departure of the ducal family in 1848, were converted to public use. The House of Prince is a small, relatively spartan-appearing house. It was built in 1765 for Emil August, the younger brother of Duke Frederick Christian I. The red house served as a hermitage for Emil August who lived there until his death in 1786. The small estate was bequeathed to his sister, Christine Louise Caroline, for use in her lifetime.<ref name="alsnissen.dk">{{cite web|url=https://www.alsnissen.dk/default.asp?side=1102|title=Augustenborg Flække|work=alsnissen.dk|language=da|access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref><ref name="visitsonderborg.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.visitsonderborg.com/danmark/da-dk/menu/turist/kultur/attraktioner/gallerier/produktside/gdk027733/de-de/augustiana-skulpturpark-og-kunstcenter-augustenborg.htm?CallerUrl=2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209231218/http://www.visitsonderborg.com/danmark/da-dk/menu/turist/kultur/attraktioner/gallerier/produktside/gdk027733/de-de/augustiana-skulpturpark-og-kunstcenter-augustenborg.htm?CallerUrl=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2013|title=Augustiana Skulpturpark og Kunstcenter Augustenborg|work=visitsonderborg.com|language=de|access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref> The palace church, which now serves as the parish church of Augustenborg, is open to the public in the summer months. Tours of the ducal apartments can be arranged by appointment.<ref>[http://www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/da_DK/augustenborg-slot-og-by "Augustenborg Slot og by"], ''Kulturarv.dk''. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 6 April 2012.</ref>
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