Denmark · Restored
Spøttrup Borg
Spøttrup Castle is a well-preserved late medieval defensive brick castle on the eastern shore of a small lake in Jutland, Denmark. Built in the early 16th century, it consists of multiple rectangular brick wings around a central courtyard, protected by earthwork ramparts and a double moat and now operated as a museum.
First raised
1520
Its prime
1530
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1530
What Spøttrup Borg looked like in its prime.
A compact, blocky complex of red-brown brick wings with steep orange clay-tile gabled roofs forming a rectangular courtyard; a tall gabled gatehouse pierces the waterside façade with a large arched entrance and a wooden bridge across the moat. The masonry shows regular courses of brick with narrow slit windows and a few larger arched openings (some later walled up). The castle sits at the edge of a shallow lake, surrounded by grassy earthwork ramparts and a double moat, complete and roofed.
Its story
The story of Spøttrup Borg.
Spøttrup Borg stands on the eastern shore of a small lake just east of the Limfjord in Jutland, 18 kilometres north-west of Skive. Built in the early 16th century, it is one of Denmark's best-preserved medieval defensive castles: rectangular brick wings around a central courtyard, ringed by earthwork ramparts and a double moat.
The castle became Crown property in 1536 and was sold to Henrik Below (1540–1606), a nobleman at the Danish court, who fitted it out as a stately family home with towers and a ballroom. In 1702 Axel Rosenkrantz acquired the by-then dilapidated property and renovated it.
In 1784 Peder Nissen, a rich farmer from Ribe, bought the castle, leaving it to his 17-year-old son Nis Nissen when he died four years later. It now operates as a museum.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1530.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Spøttrup Borg — including 2 interiors: ballroom (upper-floor interior), cellar with cross vaults. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more rooms, more angles, and more of the place to stand in.
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Clans who held Spøttrup Borg.
The families that held Spøttrup Borg for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Below
Sold by the Crown to Henrik Below (1540–1606), who fitted it out as a stately family home.
Rosenkrantz
Axel Rosenkrantz acquired the dilapidated property in 1702 and renovated it.
