Nørre Vosborg is a manor house located near

Vemb Vemb is a little town in west Jutland, Denmark wtith a population of 1,276 (1 January 2022). ''Vemb Kirke'' *1844 ''Vemb'' The first time the town was named, it was called ''Weæm''. The ending letter ''b'' emerged around the year 1600, disappe ...

, west of Holstebro in the west of Jutland, Denmark. The original building dates from c. 1532 with additions in 1640, 1750 and the mid-19th century. In 1946, restoration of the complex began under the leadership of H.H. Engqvist. The work was completed by Realdania in 2008, leading to a hotel with conference facilities. Nørre Vosborg is now furnished as a hotel and cultural office with restaurant, cafe and banquet facilities.

Architecture

The original structure from 1552, now renovated, was in the

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style. The Ida Lange building (1642) is a half-timbered Renaissance residence while the De Linde building (1770) is

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with fine period staircases. The Tang building (1839) is Neoclassical in design. Inspired by Dutch architecture, the free standing gate tower from 1790 was added by the estate's owner at the time, Peder Tang.

Surroundings

The estate which covers 533 acres offers birdlife along the coasts of the North Sea and

Nissum Fjord Nissum Fjord is an inlet located in West Jutland, west of Vemb and is demarcated from the North Sea by a 1.3 km wide isthmus, Bøvling Klit, and passes through a lock in Thorsminde. The inlet has a water area of 70 km2 or 7,000 ha. but ...

. The forested area also contains a moraine landscape around Skovbjerg Bakkesø to the southeast.

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External links

Nørre Vosborg website
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