Nordborg Castle is a small castle which lies on the southern side of Nordborg Lake in Nordborg on the island of Als in Denmark. The castle premises are currently used as a boarding school.
Nordborg Castle, with its white walls and red roof, has an ideal location on an islet in Nordborg Lake. The castle is surrounded by the small ducal town of Nordborg, which after 1945 was home to many Danfoss employees. There is now no trace of the first castle from the 12th century. But a new castle was built when Nordborg became part of the duchy of Sønderborg under Hans the Younger in 1571. The castle was the seat of the duchy of Nordborg in 1622-69, but it burned down in the 1660s. In 1676, the dukes of Pløn acquired Nordborg and built a new Italian-style castle, which the state took over in 1720. In 1766-72 the land was parceled out and most of the castle was demolished.
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