Nordborg Castle

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Nordborg Castle

The Nordborg Castle , and North Castle , Norburg or Norborg called in Nordborg on the southern Danish island as ( dt. : Alsen ) is based on a medieval castle and one of the oldest castles in Denmark . Nordborg became the ancestral seat of the sub-duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg in the 17th century .

History of the castle

Nordborg Castle was built by Svend Grathe around 1150 as a defensive post against the invasions of the Wende . Initially Alsborg - Alsenburg - called the fort was soon as Nordborg - North Castle called, the somewhat later built - Southern Citadel ( Castle Sonderburg ) accordingly. In the years that followed, the castle was constantly strengthened and expanded and was often a pivotal point in Danish history. In the 13th century, King Erik V was temporarily imprisoned here, while King Waldemar IV conquered it in 1358 during his expansionist efforts. Margarethe I stayed here in 1412 before her last trip to Schleswig - on which she died of the plague in Flensburg . In 1564 the castle came into the possession of Johann the Younger , the builder of Glücksburg Castle . The Duke bequeathed the complex to his son Johann Adolf von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg , after whose death it fell to his younger son Friedrich .

The castle was damaged several times during armed conflicts during the 17th century and burned down in an accident in 1665. After the bankruptcy of Johann Bogislaw von Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg, the remains went to the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön through an exchange in 1676 . A rural baroque palace was built on the ruins until 1688 .

The castle chapel was probably equipped with a small organ ("a small work with 6 registers for the Prince of Sønder- and Nordborg") by the Hamburg organ builder Arp Schnitger at the instigation of August of Schleswig-Holstein-Norburg-Plön in 1693 . This organ had already fallen into disrepair in 1747, but was described as "a little good work" for the viewer. Nothing is known about the further fate of the instrument.

In 1729 the Danish royal family got the land and the castle back, which was sold to a private person in 1766. The castle buildings deteriorated more and more over the next 140 years. It was not until the Prussian era that the German mayor of Nordborg initiated a reconstruction and the castle was largely given its current appearance. The building was intended to be used as an adult education center, but the cession of North Schleswig to Denmark after the First World War ensured that the castle was only given its new purpose in Danish hands in 1921.

The castle today

In Nordborg Castle there is now a boarding school, for this reason it cannot be viewed from the inside. The castle island, the surrounding castle garden and the courtyard are open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Once a year the Nordals Music Festival takes place on the castle grounds , with bands from all over Denmark performing live.

View through the palace garden to the main building

Buildings

The building complex is on an island in the Nordborg Sea. The castle is a two-wing, angular building from the time of German historicism , although older components have been preserved and the complex has been integrated. The castle has a tower-adorned gatehouse that marks the entrance to the castle island, as well as a rectangular, former farm wing and several outbuildings.

On the castle island, an avenue has been preserved from the former baroque castle park . The garden area is tailored to today's needs of the boarding school, but is still worth seeing.

literature

  • Ibo Ortgies: Recent Research on Schnitger Organs. New Findings and Attributions . In: Keyboard Perspectives. The Yearbook of the Westfield Center for Historical Keyboard Studies . tape 9 , 2016, ISSN  1943-0809 , p. 119–150 (on Nordborg: pp. 135–138) (German: Unknown facts about Schnitger organs. Notes, finds, hypotheses, attributions . 2016. Translated by Ibo Ortgies and James F. Wallmann, Ndl. Version [translated from v . Jan Smelik]: Nieuws over Schnitger. Aanwijzigingen, vondsten, observaties, hypothesen en toeschrijvingen , in: Het Orgel 111, 2016, issue 1, pp. 3–11, and issue 2, pp. 3–9 (on Nordborg: P. 3–4); Original in: Ars Organi 64, 2016, Heft 1, P. 24–33, and Heft 2, P. 83–89 (on Nordborg: P. 83–84)).

Web links

Commons : Nordborg Castle  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Nicolai Andreas Jensen : Attempt at church statistics of the Duchy of Schleswig, Volume 1 , Flensburg 1840, p. 317
  2. ↑ Ortgies 2016

Coordinates: 55 ° 3 ′ 32.4 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 56.1"  E