Town and Fortress - a Walkers guide

Nyborg Church of Our Lady (Vor Frue Kirke) was built in 1389 by Margaret I (1376-1412). According to a priest's report from the 1630s, it was erected to mark the military victory over the Swedish King...

Unlike many other Danish market towns in the Middle Ages, Nyborg never had a monastery. However, the town did have a Korsbrødregård, which was a branch of the Knights Hospitaller's monastery in Antvor...

The city's second medieval house, Præstegården, is located next to Korsbrødregården. It was built around the 15th century and extended during the 17th century.

In this block, you will find a 110-metre-long wall built of boulders. The wall stands up to two metres high and is considered to be a section of the city wall that surrounded Nyborg during the Middle ...

The large half-timbered house was presumably built in the 18th century.

A previous house on the site was owned by Anders Draghe – hence the name. In 1483, he sold it to King Hans’ Queen Christine. The current two-story front building was constructed around 1800. In 1761, ...

This magnificent house was built by local master builder Johan Jakob Encke for his own use. It was likely constructed immediately after the fire of 1797 and was possibly completed on the exterior by 1...

The building is another of Johan Jakob Encke’s works, constructed after the great city fire of 1797

Christian III presented it as a gift to his queen, hence the name. Later, stables were established for the court's use during their stays in Nyborg. However, these became redundant in 1722 after most ...

The house, also known as the Yellow Mansion or the Commander's House, was originally built in the 17th century. It was partially damaged in the Great Fire of 1797 and received a Neoclassical facade ar...

Borgmestergården – also known as Mads Lerche's House – was built in 1601 by Mads Lerche.

Rasmus Møller was an enterprising and eventually very wealthy merchant. The son of a miller from Rønninge, he was apprenticed to Hans Nielsen in Nyborg, who trained him as a merchant. Rasmus Møller in...

A 12-bay long Neoclassical building in two storeys, featuring lion heads beneath the windows on the ground floor.

14 The Town Hall Square

In 1537 Christian III purchased some small houses in the upper part of Nørregade and had the area as far as the castle mill cleared. Thus was the square created, which the ki...

15 The Town Hall

The town hall was erected on the eastern side of the square in 1586. There is, however, very little left of this structure – just some brickwork at the rear of the present town hall...

Kalentegården was built by the church in the first half of the 15th century.

17 The Castle Mill

In the middle of the 16th century Christian III moved a nearby mill to the site on the square. Corn was ground there and a steam engine was installed in 1867. The mill ceased work...

Nyborg Castle was first built around the 1170s by Knud Prislavsen. Over the years, the castle has undergone various restorations, extensions, and more. It originally consisted of four wings, but today...

Landporten dates back to the extensive construction projects of Christian III in the mid-1500s. The gate took its current form during the reign of Frederik III. At 40 metres long, its vault is the lon...

Opposite Lindealléen, on the other side of Vestergade, traces of the ravelin that once defended the entrance to Landporten (The Land Gate) are still preserved within the current cemetery.

Like the other two large bastions, the Crown Prince's Bastion was part of the fortifications from the 1660s – today, it remains reasonably well-preserved.

The Queen's Bastion (Dronningens Bastion), along with the now-vanished King's Bastion and the Crown Prince's Bastion, are the best-preserved parts of the 17th-century fortress.

The King's Bastion was one of the three large bastions located at the corners of the fortress.

The tower is the only one of its kind preserved in Denmark. According to legend, a young woman was walled up inside as punishment for having a child out of wedlock. The woman was Rigborg Brockenhuus, ...

Nyborg's urban renewal from the 1970s onwards made it possible to open up the rear areas behind the rows of houses in Skippergade, Østervoldgade, and Nyenstad.