Ledreborg
Ledreborg is a palatial mansion near Lejre, 12 km to the southwest of Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. Today's Baroque building was completed in 1746 by Minister of State Johan Ludvig Holstein who commissioned J.C. Krieger to carry out the work.Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Manor estate
- Description: manor in Denmark
- Also known as: “Ledreborg Slot”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sagnlandet Lejre and Lejre railway station.
Sagnlandet Lejre
Museum
Photo: Per Meistrup, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sagnlandet Lejre or Lejre Land of Legends is an open-air archaeology museum on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It is situated 4 km northwest of the town of Lejre and 1 km west of Gammel Lejre, which was a major political centre in Iron Age Scandinavia. Sagnlandet Lejre is situated 1½ km north of Ledreborg.
Lejre railway station
Railway station
Lejre railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Lejre west of the city of Roskilde on the island of Zealand, Denmark. The station is located in the central part of the town and also serves the nearby village of Gammel Lejre, the Ledreborg manor house and the archaeological open-air museum Land of Legends. Lejre railway station is situated 1¼ km east of Ledreborg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lejre and Øm.
Lejre
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
Lejre is a railway town in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It has a population of 3,347. The town is located in Lejre Municipality in Region Zealand. The town's Old Norse name was Hleiðr or Hleiðargarðr.
Øm
Village
Øm is a village with a population of 445 in Lejre Municipality, located six kilometers southwest of Roskilde on the island of Zealand in Denmark. Øm is situated 4 km east of Ledreborg.
Gevninge
Village
Photo: Moeng, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gevninge is a small town, with a population of 1,636, in Lejre Municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. Its old section is located alongside a small river, Lejre Å, approximately 2 kilometres from its mouth at Roskilde Fjord. Gevninge is situated 4½ km north of Ledreborg.
Ledreborg
- Categories: château, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lejre Kommune, Region Zealand, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.60545° or 55° 36′ 20″ northLongitude
11.95028° or 11° 57′ 1″ eastOpen location code
9F7HJX42+54OpenStreetMap ID
way 98236788OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=manorWikidata ID
Q1725697
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Ledreborg” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Ledreborg”
- Danish: “Lejregård”
- German: “Schloss Ledreborg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ledreborg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lejregård”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ledreborg”
- Polish: “Ledreborg”
- Russian: “замок Ледреборг”
- Swedish: “Ledreborg”
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