Rathen, Germany
11th century
Zschopau, Germany
12th century
Müglitztal, Germany
c. 1200
Rammenau, Germany
1721-1735
Lunzenau, Germany
1470-1548
Gnandstein, Germany
13th century
Scharfenstein, Germany
1250
Reichenbach im Vogtland, Germany
13th century
Wurzen, Germany
1491-1497
Delitzsch, Germany
14th century
Hohnstein, Germany
c. 1200
Frauenstein, Germany
13th century
Groitzsch, Germany
11th century
Schönfeld, Germany
1560-1580
Nossen, Germany
12th century
Tharandt, Germany
13th century
Chemnitz, Germany
1555-1560
Altenberg, Germany
1200
Hartenstein, Saxony, Germany
c. 1200
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Germany
13th century
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.