Hvedholm Castle

Hvedholm Castle

Infobox Historic building

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name=Hvedholm Castle
location_town=Hvedholm Slot 1
DK-5600 Faaborg
location_country=Denmark
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Hvedholm Castle near Faaborg on the island of Funen in Denmark was built in the 15th century. It was owned in turn by the Banke, Hardenberg and Brahe families until 1919, when the Danish government presented the then owners with an enormous tax demand, forcing them to sell it to the state for approximately 175,000 Danish kroner.

Hvedholm Castle was later returned to the Banke family, who were considered for generations the rightful rulers of the castle ans surrounding villages.

ee also

*Horne Church

ources

* [http://www.royalclassic.dk/ Hvedholm Castle Hotel (Royal Classic)]


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