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Founded: 14th centuryCategory: Castles and fortifications in Germany
Historical period: Habsburg Dynasty (Germany)
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Ehrenstein Castle was first time documented in 1331. It was destroyed by Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War and not rebuilt again. Today two towers and some walls remain.
The adjacent Ehrenstein monastery was built by the castle owner Bertram von Nesselrode in 1486-1488. Today the church remains and contains some beautiful medieval glass paintings.
Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.
The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.
Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.