Augustenborg Palace from 1650 is one of the finest Baroque palaces in Denmark.
The palace and the town are named after Duchess Augusta. The palace was used as a psychiatric hospital from 1932 to 2015 and today belongs to the Danish state and houses the Danish Agricultural Agency, which is why there is no public access.
However, there is access to the palace park, the courtyard, Augustenborg Palace Church, which has been the parish church for Augustenborg since 1874, and a small museum that tells the history of the palace and the site.
In the park, you can see the remains of the lime tree that provided shade for H.C. Andersen when he visited the castle in his day. Perhaps it was here that he was inspired to write the fairy tale "The Little Match Girl".
