{{Short description|Castle in Denmark}} {{expand Danish|date=June 2023|topic=struct}} [[File:Rosenholm ssk DSC06236.jpg|thumb|250px|Rosenholm Castle, Djursland ]] [[File:Rosenholm vindfløj.jpg|thumb|200px|Corner tower at Rosenholm Castle]] [[File:Rosenholm Pirkentavl.jpg|thumb|200 px|Pirkentavl gazebo]] '''Rosenholm Castle''' ({{langx|da|Rosenholm Slot}}) is [[Denmark]]'s oldest family-owned castle. It is located on [[Djursland]], north of [[Hornslet]] and northeast of [[Aarhus]]. It is one of the best-preserved complexes from the golden age of the manor house – from 1550 to 1630. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://rosenholm.dk/historie/ |title = Historien om Rosenholm Slot|website= Rosenholm Slot|access-date=August 1, 2020}} </ref>
==History== The manor Holm is known from the 14th century. It was owned by the [[Catholic Church]], but at the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] in 1536 it came in possession of [[The Crown]]. King [[Frederick II of Denmark|Frederick II]] exchanged it for some other estates owned by [[Denmark|Danish]] nobleman and diplomat Jørgen Ottesen Rosenkrantz (1523-1596). The [[Rosenkrantz (noble family) |Rosenkrantz]] family is among the oldest and most famous in Danish history. [[Shakespeare]] chose to use the surname in the play ''[[Hamlet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://runeberg.org/dbl/14/0253.html|title = Rosenkrantz, Jørgen 1523-96 |website= Dansk biografisk Lexikon|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Rosenkrantz_-_dansk_adelssl%C3%A6gt |title= Rosenkrantz - dansk adelsslægt|website= Den Store Danske|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>
Jørgen Rosenkrantz had two sons: Otto Rosenkrantz (1560-1582) and Holger Rosenkrantz (1574-1642). He built a manor for both of them: [[Skaføgård]] for Otto and Rosenholm for Holger. Unfortunately Otto died early, after which Skaføgård became a dower house for Jørgen's wife, Dorthe Lange (1541-1613) and after her death passed to their surviving son Holger. <ref> {{cite web|url= https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Skaf%C3%B8g%C3%A5rd|title= Skaføgård |website= Den Store Danske|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>
Rosenholm Castle was founded in 1559. Jørgen Rosenkrantz built three wings, while the fourth and last was first added by his son Holger Ottesen Rosenkrantz (1517-1575). Its [[architecture]] was very much different from other [[castle]]s in Denmark. It was mostly inspired from Italy. On the main [[facade]] there was an open [[loggia]]. It was later extended, standing complete in 1607 with four wings, clearly influenced by the French and Italian [[Renaissance]] styles. The castle interior was modernised in the 1740s in the [[Baroque architecture|Baroque style]], at which time a large baroque garden was laid out, covering an area of 5 ha., with avenues of limetrees and hedgerows of beech.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://runeberg.org/dbl/14/0225.html|title = Rosenkrantz, Holger 1574-1642 |website= Dansk biografisk Lexikon|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>
===Sights & attractions=== *Manor house milieu over 450 years *[[Anthroposophy|Anthroposophic]] paintings by the painter [[Arild Rosenkrantz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arildrosenkrantz.dk/uk/uk_nn.html |title= SArild Rosenkrantzlot|website= arildrosenkrantz.dk |access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> *Baroque park with symmetrical avenues. *Pirkentavl gazebo from around 1560.
== See also == * [[List of castles and palaces in Denmark]] * [[Rosenkrantz (noble family)]] * [[Skaføgård]]
== References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://rosenholm.dk/ Rosenholm Slot website] {{commons category|Rosenholm Slot}} {{coord|56|20|0.01|N|10|19|50.86|E|source:dawiki_region:DK_type:landmark|display=title}} {{Denmark castles and manor houses}}{{Castles in Denmark}} [[Category:Castles in Denmark]] [[Category:Listed buildings and structures in Syddjurs Municipality]] [[Category:Houses completed in 1607]] [[Category:Castles in the Central Denmark Region]] [[Category:Hornslet]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Denmark]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in the Central Denmark Region]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Denmark of the Rosenkrantz family]]