Mikkelborg is a seaside locality in Hørsholm Municipality, located between Rungsted to the south and Kokkedal to the north, some 20 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Mikkelborg Strandpark (Mikkelborg Beach Park) is a public park and beach. Mikkelgård, a listed house from 1916 located inside the park, is now operated as a restaurant.
History
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The area was built over with large houses in the beginning of the 20th century. Villa Mikkeborg was built in 1900 by a son of Frederik Horsens Block from Kokkedal House. Another house was built by Carlsberg-heir Vagn Jacobsen in 1926.
Later the Danish state began to acquire some of the large houses in the Mikkelborg area with the intention of creating a beach park similar to the one at Bellevue Beach further to the south. The 8-hectares park was protected in 1999. Other houses were purchased by Hørsholm Municipality. They were demolished in the early 1980s to make way for the housing estate Mikkelborg Park.[1] The 8-hectares beach park was protected in 1999.[2]
Mikkelgård
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Mikkelgård is the former summer retreat of the composer Hakon Schmedes who named his house after the locality. It was built in 1915–16 to design by Povl Baumann who was influenced by the Arts & Crafts movement. It is a four-winged house built with exposed timber framing facing the central courtyard. The house is surrounded by moats and is connected to the mainland by a bridge. In 1990, it was converted into a restaurant. The former stables were renovated in 1997 and have room for 120 dining guests.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Historie: De flotteste villaer på Strandvejen" (in Danish). Mikkelborg Park. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Mikkelborg" (in Danish). Danmarks Naturfredningsforening. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Mikkelgaard" (in Danish). arkitekturbilleder.dk. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
External links
edit- Images of Mikkelgaard at arkitekturbilleder.dk