Denmark
Region Zealand
Vordingborg Municipality

Præstø

Small in size, but rich on history; Præstø on is a picturesque ancient merchant borough dating back to the 14th century, at the bottom of a small fjord of the same name.
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Photo: Jens Cederskjold, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 3,810 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Denmark
  • Also known as: “Praesto”
  • Postal code: 4720

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nysø Manor and Præstø Church.

Manor estate
Photo: Nico-dk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, located near Præstø in the southeast of the Danish island of Sealand, was built in 1673 for Jens Lauridsen, a local functionary. It now houses the Thorvaldsen Collection, a group of works by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen, who lived and worked there in his later years.

Church
Photo: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hotel
Photo: Ramblersen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hotel and restaurant located in a parkland setting in Præstø, , . The restaurant has been awarded one star in the Michelin Guide since 2016.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skibinge and Allerslev.

Village
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Præstø.

Præstø

Latitude
55.1179° or 55° 7′ 4″ north
Longitude
12.0538° or 12° 3′ 14″ east
Population
3,810
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DK PRS
Open location code
9F7J4393+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26559168
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2615089
Wiki­data ID
Q1563543
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Præstø” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Præstø”
  • Catalan: “Præstø”
  • Cebuano: “Præstø”
  • Chinese: “普拉斯托”
  • Danish: “Præstø”
  • Dutch: “Præstø”
  • Faroese: “Præstø”
  • French: “Præstø”
  • German: “Præstø”
  • Italian: “Præstø”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Præstø”
  • Norwegian: “Præstø”
  • Persian: “پرستی”
  • Polish: “Gmina Præstø”
  • Polish: “Præstø”
  • Portuguese: “Præstø”
  • Romanian: “Præstø”
  • Russian: “Престё”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Præstø”
  • Swedish: “Præstø”
  • Turkish: “Præstø”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Præstø”. Photo: Jens Cederskjold, CC BY 3.0.