Hald Castle Ruin

Viborg, Denmark

Hald Castle was built in 1528 by the bishop Jørgen Friis, who was the last Roman Catholic bishop of Viborg. It is said that Friis was one of the first prisons in Hald tower after the Reformation. The castle was left to decay and in the 1700s it was abandoned. Anyway in late 1800s the owned Christopher Krabbe reconstructed the tower which is today the most visible part of the former castle. Today castle ruins are open to the public for free.

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Vejlevej 44, Viborg, Denmark
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Founded: 1528
Category: Miscellaneous historic sites in Denmark
Historical period: Early Modern Denmark (Denmark)

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majus adult (9 months ago)
A good place to look around there are trees, some hills, a small bridge to go over and you can see the lake from up there.
MSE Karlskrona (2 years ago)
A beautiful landmark near to the city of Viborg. Beautiful surrounded by nature and lakes.
Imran Roksad (2 years ago)
Awesome historical place blending with nature beauties.
Marc Berry (3 years ago)
Heavily under reconstruction at the moment, no body actually working on it right now though. It's a lovely walk down to it grin the car park. And you can duck through the tunnels all around foot different views
Maryline Kemel (4 years ago)
They where working, doing some new excavations. The men working there gave us some information told us we could go and check everything out regardless of the digging going on. Nice sight. Will come back another year to see the progress
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