[[File:Dronninglund Slot5.jpg|thumb|right|Dronninglund Castle.]] '''Dronninglund Castle''' (Danish: Dronninglund Slot) is a former [[Palace|royal residence]] located in the town of [[Dronninglund]] in the northern part of the [[Jutland Peninsula]], [[Denmark]].
==History== The castle's history goes back to the 12th century, when it was the [[Benedictine]] monastery of [[Hundslund Priory]]. After the last nuns left in 1581, it was first owned by the Lindenow family. In 1690, [[Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Cassel|Queen Charlotte Amalie]] acquired it. It is from her, that the palace takes the name Dronninglund, meaning ''queen-grove''.
Today the Castle of Dronninglund is owned by the fund of ”Marie E. & Harald Høgsbros fond til bevarelse af Dronninglund Slot”<ref>An English translation reads: ''Marie E. & Harald Høgsbros fund to preserve Dronninglund Castle''.</ref> and is thereby an independent and self-governing institution. The first paragraph in the fund-regulations reads:<ref>[http://www.dronninglund-slot.dk/Om_slottet.asp Visions and Values] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102212454/http://www.dronninglund-slot.dk/Om_slottet.asp |date=January 2, 2014 }} Dronninglund Castle {{in lang|da}}</ref>
{{quote|§1: ''To own and preserve Dronninglund Castle and adjoining property.''}}
The castle now works as a hotel, a restaurant and a meeting place for conferences and larger gatherings like weddings, official meetings and various workshops. The restaurant runs a [[catering service]] as well.
==References and notes== {{reflist}}
==Sources== {{commonscat|Dronninglund Slot}} * [http://www.dronninglund-slot.dk/ Dronninglund Castle] Official homepage * [[J.P. Trap]]: ''Kongeriget Danmark'', 4. udg. 1924 {{in lang|da}} * [[Ole Torp Andersen]]: ''Dronninglund Castle : royalty, nobility and civilians'', 2006, {{ISBN|87-89109-92-9}} {{in lang|da}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102212459/http://www.dronninglund-slot.dk/Historie.asp The History of Dronninglund Castle] {{in lang|da}}
==External links== * [http://www.dronninglund-slot.dk/ Dronninglund Castle] Official homepage
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