Vemmetofte
Vemmetofte Convent is a former manor house in Faxe Municipality south of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was turned into a convent by Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark in 1735. Since 1975 it has provided housing available to the general public.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Estate
- Description: building in Faxe Municipality, Denmark
- Also known as: “Vemmetofte Convent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spjellerup Church and Smerup Church.
Smerup Church
Church
Photo: Storgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Smerup Church is situated 3 km north of Vemmetofte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smerup and Faxe Ladeplads.
Smerup
Hamlet
Photo: Erikvonachen, Public domain.
Smerup is a village in the southern part of Stevns, a peninsula of the Island Sjælland in Denmark, Europe. The village is centered on a church and a village pond. Smerup is situated 3 km north of Vemmetofte.
Faxe Ladeplads
Village
Photo: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Faxe Ladeplads or Fakse Ladeplads is a coastal town in Denmark with a population of 2,501, located in Zealand and lying 5 kilometers south-east from Faxe. Faxe Ladeplads is situated 5 km southwest of Vemmetofte.
Karise
Village
Photo: Storgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karise is the main town of Karise Parish in Faxe Municipality, Region Sjælland in the southeast of Denmark. Karise town has a population of 2,443 Karise is mentioned in 1261, when Peder Olufsen, a local Lord, in his will donated 12 marks to the consecration of Karise Church. Karise is situated 6 km north of Vemmetofte.
Vemmetofte
- Categories: manor house, Frauenstift, and agriculture
- Location: Faxe Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Vemmetofte” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Vemmetofte Adelige Jomfrukloster”
- Danish: “Vemmetofte Gods”
- Danish: “Vemmetofte Kloster”
- Danish: “Vemmetofte”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vemmetofte Kloster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vemmetofte”
- Swedish: “Vemmetofte kloster”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Vesterskov and Vemmetofte Strand.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vemmetofte”. Photo: 90sveped, CC BY 4.0.