Augustenborg Palace

Baroque viewed from the outside

Augustenborg Palace is first and foremost an experience of a complete ensemble: the open courtyard, the strict axes, the three-winged main building and the stable yard around it. The main building is yellow and white with blue-glazed roof tiles, while the stable yard has yellow bricks and red tiled roofs. It is a place where symmetry is not just decoration, but the very principle behind the entire complex.

What you can actually go inside

The palace building itself is today used as office space for the Danish Agricultural Agency and is not open to the public. In return, access is available to the courtyard, the palace park, the palace church and the mini museum in the gate building. The church is located in the north wing and features rococo-style decorations and a pulpit altar; it is still used as the parish church.

The park down towards the fjord

The palace park continues the experience out towards Augustenborg Fjord. It began as a formal garden with axes and straight paths, but was later redesigned in an English, romantic style. A special feature is the long symmetry axis that connects Slotsallé, the palace courtyard, the park, the lime tree avenue and the fjord. In the park you will also find the stump of H.C. Andersen's Linden Tree, where the story is still bigger than the tree.