Korinth, Denmark
village in Southern Denmark, Denmark
Korinth is a village, with a population of 891 (1 January 2026), in Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is situated on the island of Funen 10 km northeast of Faaborg, 14 km west of Kværndrup and 18 km southwest of Ringe.
Korinth is a part of Brahetrolleborg Parish. The parish church, build 1250–1325 as the northern wing of Brahetrolleborg Castle, is located 1 km northeast of the village.
Arreskov Lake, the largest lake on Funen, is situated just northwest of Korinth.
History
Korinth Kro
Korinth Kro (Korinth Inn) is located on the northeastern outskirts of the village. The poet Jens Baggesen (1764–1826) and countess Sibille Reventlow rode through the parish, naming farms and estates. The plots in the area around the inn were given Greek names, and the inn was named Korinth after the Greek city of Corinth.
However, when the first building were erected in the 1780s, an inn was not what they had in mind, but rather a boarding and reform school for orphaned boys from Copenhagen.
Simon Hempel Plough, a merchant's son from Faaborg, renovated the building and was granted permission to run Korinth Kro as an inn in November 1801.
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