Koldinghus
Koldinghus in short
Koldinghus was founded in the late 1200s. In March 1808, the castle burned down when the Spanish mercenaries fired up the fireplaces too strongly.
In the 1860s, Koldinghus lay as a ruin. In the 1930s, the Giant Tower was rebuilt. The restoration was entrusted to the architects Inger and Johannes Exner, who carefully rebuilt the old castle so that you can still see the imprint of the ruin. The restoration ended in 1994.
For the miniature town's version of the ruin, 1 million monk stones have been used. It took almost 5 years for 5 men to build it. It was built in the workshop as 53 elements, which were later assembled on the miniature town's castle bank.
History of Koldinghus
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The castle ruin KOLDINGHUS, as it looked in 1860.
Koldinghus was founded in the late 1200s to guard the kingdom's border to the south. Over the centuries, the castle has had a changeable life and many different functions such as a fortress, royal residence, ruin, museum, and the setting for numerous negotiations. Koldinghus acquired its characteristic profile around 1600, when Christian 4 raised the west wing by one storey and built the Giant Tower.
Sin karakteristiske profil fik Koldinghus omkring 1600, da Christian 4. forhøjede vestfløjen med en etage og opførte Kæmpetårnet.
Koldinghus burned down in 1808 when Napoleon's Spanish auxiliaries were quartered at the castle. After that, it lay in ruin for several years. Over a period of about 100 years, the ruin has gradually been covered and rebuilt, finally being fully restored in 1991 by the architects Inger and Johannes Exner, partly in a modern interpretation.
Today, the castle houses the Museum at Koldinghus as part of the Royal Danish Collection. In the adjacent Staldgården, Museum Kolding has established a local history museum.
I In the winter of 1807-08, Spanish troops were accommodated at the medieval castle Koldinghus in Kolding.
The Spanish were in Denmark because of the Danish alliance with Napoleon’s France. They were under French command, and their supreme commander was Marshal Bernadotte, who later became King of Sweden.
It was a bitterly cold winter, and the Spanish troops were far away from home. To get warm, they lit up the fireplaces well, but something went wrong. On the night of March 29-30, the fire spread from the large mines, and the old castle burned to the ground.
In July 1808, Spanish troops from the Guadalajara and Austrian regiments rebelled against their French high command. They were disarmed and interned until they could be sent out of the country. Before they left the country, however, they managed to leave behind several traces.
The Danish fairytale poet Hans Christian Andersen remembered the colourful Spanish soldiers as one of his earliest childhood memories. Many local girls' hearts beat a little harder when their eyes fell on the dark-skinned soldiers in beautiful uniforms. It often turned into more than glowing glances, and several brown-eyed toddlers were later born. There are still families with dark skin and brown eyes in the Kolding area who believe they can trace their lineage back to the Spanish soldiers.
