Park of Frederiksborg Castle
the baroque gardens in Hillerød, Denmark
The park of Frederiksborg Castle (Danish: Frederiksborg Slotshave) is located to the north and west of Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød, Denmark. It consists of a formal Baroque garden and a Romantic landscape garden.
History
The first gardens
An enclosed deer park for hunting was established at the same time as Christian IV's new Frederiksborg Castle. It became known as Lille Dyrehave ("Little Deer Park") when Store Dyrehave ("Large Deer Park") was created immediately to the south of the town a few years later. He also had a garden at the North Zealand residence. The Castle Lake featured a small island, Dronningeøen ("The Queen's Isle"), which was used for tea parties, as well as a fountain designed as a swimming deer chased by hunting dogs. Another feature was the pavilion Sparepenge next to the road to Fredensborg, which contained a collection of weapons. Sparepenge was pulled down in 1719, while the fountain was dismantled in the middle of the century.
Frederick IV's Baroque garden
In 1720, Johan Cornelius Krieger was charged with the design of a new garden for the castle. About 1800, Frederick VII converted the areas Lille Dyrehave and Indelukket to the west of the Baroque garden into a Romantic landscape garden.
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