Danish Castles & Manor House Hotels

Sophiendal Gods

Låsbyvej 82, DK-8660 Skanderborg

Sophiendal is one of Denmark’s most beautifully located estates on the edge of Jutland’s ridge with its lakes and soft, green hills between Skanderborg and Aarhus. From the tower there is a magnificent view to the "Himmelbjerget". Earlier, the Veng monastery was here, and the neighboring abbey church from 1080 is one of Denmark’s oldest buildings. The present estate building was built in the 1870’s by baron Gottlob Rosenkrantz, and his coat of arms decorating the gable of the farm building is executed by the sculptor Bissen. The estate has some 400 hectares of farmland and forestry, and the Knudå (stream), the Veng lake and the eastern part of the Ravn lake belong to Sophiendal. The major farming and forestry activities are cultivation of plants, breeding of Angus beef cattle and wild boars, and machine pool services. The forest produces firewood, timber, decoration greens and Christmas trees.

The hotel has 60 beds in 1 suite, 14 rooms with canopy beds and 10 standard rooms. The a la carte restaurant in the baron’s garden room specializes in fish and game, a great part of which is self supply. The banqueting hall takes 110 covers and the "Mirror Salon" takes 30 covers. Another six salons are suitable for conferences. Our shop with wine and handicraft and the wine cellar are open Saturdays 1 – 4 p.m. and for groups on appointment.

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