Mikkelborg is a seaside locality in

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, located between

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to the south and

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to the north, some 20 km north of

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. 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

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

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-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

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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. The 8-hectares beach park was protected in 1999.

Today

The heritage listed former country house

Mikkelgård Mikkelgård is a former country house situated in Mikkelborg Beach Park, Hørsholm Municipality, some 25km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the former summer retreat of the composer who named his house after the locality. History Mikkelgård ...

is located in the middle of the park. The building is now used as a restaurant and event venue.

References

External links

Images of Mikkelgaard
at arkitekturbilleder.dk {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikkelborg, Horsholm Hørsholm Municipality Houses in Hørsholm Municipality Listed buildings and structures in Hørsholm Municipality 1910s architecture in Denmark