Knuthenborg, Bandholm

#1 among attractions in Bandholm

Top attraction, Manor house

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Knuthenborg is a manor house located 6 km north of Maribo on the Danish island of Lolland. Originally known as Årsmarke, it was first mentioned in 1372. Today's building was completed in 1866 to a design by Henrik Steffens Sibbern. The medieval manor of Årsmarke, with its more than 300 years of history, was once Denmark's largest private estate; it is now part of Knuthenborg Safaripark. The exotic shrubs and trees planted during the era of the Counts of Knuthenborg are situated on the grounds. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°49'41"N, 11°29'19"E

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Knuthenborg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Knuthenborg Safaripark, Orebygaard, Maribo Cathedral, Maribo Abbey.

0.6 miSE
Zoo
Knuthenborg Safaripark, Lolland
16 min walk • Knuthenborg Safaripark is a safari park on the island of Lolland in the southeast of Denmark. It is located 7 km to the north of Maribo, near Bandholm.
4.3 miE
Manor house, Renaissance architecture
Orebygaard, Sakskøbing
110 min walk • Orebygaard is a manor house and estate located on Lolland in southeastern Denmark. The current main building, a Neo-Renaissance style building with two towers, is from 1872–1874.
3.9 miS
Historical place, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Maribo Cathedral, Maribo
99 min walk • Maribo Cathedral is a Gothic cathedral church in Maribo on the island of Lolland in the southeast of Denmark. It was originally part of Maribo Abbey which was founded in the early 15th century.
3.8 miS
Church
Maribo Abbey, Lolland
98 min walk • Maribo Abbey, established in 1416, was the first Bridgettine monastery in Denmark and became one of the most important Danish abbeys of the late Middle Ages. It was located in the present town of Maribo on the island of Lolland in southern Denmark. The monastery is in ruins, but the abbey church still remains in use as Maribo Cathedral.
4 miS
Specialty museum, Museum
Maribo Open-Air Museum, Maribo
103 min walk • Maribo Open-Air Museum is a museum located on the western outskirts of Maribo on the Danish island of Lolland. It is located 1 kilometre from Torvet, to the west of the Maribo Sø Camping site and oak woodland, near the northern banks of Søndersø Lake.
3.6 miS
History museum, Museum
Stiftsmuseum Maribo, Maribo
93 min walk • Stiftsmuseum Maribo, also known as the Maribo County Museum, is a museum located in the centre of Maribo on the Danish island of Lolland. Its archeological and cultural heritage collections are housed in a specially designed building completed in 1890.
2.3 miSE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Hunseby Church, Maribo
59 min walk • Hunseby Church is located in the village of Hunseby some 3 km north of Maribo on the Danish island of Lolland. Built in the middle of the 12th century, the church has a Romanesque chancel and nave and a Gothic tower.
7.2 miSW
Manor house
Christianssæde, Lolland
185 min walk • Christianssæde is a manor house and estate located close to Maribo on the island of Lolland in southeastern Denmark.
5.4 miSE
Manor house
Engestofte, Maribo
138 min walk • Engestofte is a Neoclassical manor house located 6 km east of Maribo, Lolland Municipality, on the island of Lolland in southeastern Denmark.
3.6 miS
Stela
Sædinge Runestone, Maribo
92 min walk • The Sædinge Runestone or DR 217 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is in granite and measures 174 cm in height, 79 m in width and it is 69 cm thick, and it is dated to the period 970–1020. The style of the runestone is the runestone style RAK.
3.1 miSW
Romanesque architecture, Church
Østofte Kirke, Lolland
80 min walk • Østofte Church, located in the village of Nørreballe on the Danish island of Lolland, was built in the 14th century. The Romanesque apse, chancel and nave formed the original building while the tower and porch were added in the Late-Gothic period and the north wing was completed in 1656.