Hornsherred
Hornsherred is a peninsula between Roskilde Fjord and Isefjord on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It falls within the expanded Frederikssund municipality and includes Jægerspris and Skibby and before 1 January 2007 a part of Bramsnæs Municipality, now a part of Lejre Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Jægerspris Castle and Jægerspris Mølle.
Jægerspris Castle
Castle
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Jægerspris Castle, in Jægerspris on the Hornsherred peninsula west of Copenhagen, is a Danish manor house. It has belonged to the Danish monarchs for most of its history which dates back to the 13th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frederikssund and Jægerspris.
Frederikssund
Frederikssund is a Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden with a population of 17,583. It received the status of market town in 1810.
Jægerspris
Village
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Jægerspris is a town, with a population of 4,156, in eastern Denmark. It is situated in Region Hovedstaden, 6 km northwest of Frederikssund, on the northern part of the island of Zealand.
Gerlev
Village
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Gerlev is a town in the Frederikssund Municipality in North Zealand, Denmark. It is located on Hornsherred, five kilometers south of Jægerspris and six kilometers southwest of Frederikssund. As of 2025, it has a population of 1,057.
Hornsherred
- Type: peninsula
- Description: peninsula between Roskilde Fjord and Isefjord
- Location: North Zealand, Zealand, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.8337° or 55° 50′ 1″ northLongitude
11.9847° or 11° 59′ 5″ eastOpen location code
9F7HRXMM+FVWikidata ID
Q1547094
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Hornsherred” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Hornsherred”
- Dutch: “Hornsherred”
- French: “Hornsherred”
- German: “Hornsherred”
- Low German: “Hornsherred”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hornsherred”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hornsherred”
- Norwegian: “Hornsherred”
- Swedish: “Horns Herred”
- Swedish: “Hornsherred”
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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 “Hornsherred”. Photo: Elgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.