The best family-friendly hikes and walks around Aggebo-Græsted Hegn

Søborg Castle At the village of Søborg in Northeast Zealand today lie the ruins of Søborg Castle. In the Middle Ages, Søborg Castle was one of Denmark's largest and best fortified castles. Several kings stayed for periods at Søborg Castle, including Erik Menved and Valtemar Atterdag, whose daughter Margrethe I was also born at the castle. Since the facility was considered extremely secure, it was also used as a prison for the most dangerous enemies of the royal power. Søborg was an important castle in the Middle Ages, located in Søborg lake. The market town of Søborg arose at the castle. The facility is built in several phases. According to tradition, Bishop Eskild was the builder in the middle of the 12th century. Valdemar d. Store occupied the castle in 1161, after which it came into the possession of the crown. Valdemar Atterdag apparently expanded the facility in the 14th century. The castle was destroyed during the Count's feud and the fief placed under the Hook. In the 1790s, archaeological investigations were begun by the parish priest, and in 1850 Frd. VII studies of the castle islet itself. The National Museum examined and repaired the ruins from around 1900 to 1947, when they stopped abruptly when C M Smidt died. source: https://natmus.dk/historisk-viden/temaer/ruiner/soeborg-slot/

Søborg Church is a large and beautiful red brick building, built at the beginning of the 12th century, but which has had various additions over time. Originally, the church, which belonged to the market town of Søborg, consisted only of the considerable nave and the square choir; The side walls were crowned by a decorative round-arched frieze; in the nave there were magnificent portals on the north and south sides; the semi-circular chancel arch was high and narrow, and a beamed ceiling covered the considerable room, into which the light fell from narrow, lofty windows. About the end of the 13th century a new tower was added to the west end of the nave, and a broad pointed arch was opened from the lower vaulted space of the tower to the church. During Queen Margrethe's time, a major change took place (perhaps it was affected by a fire), as two rows of vaults resting on brick columns were built into the nave, and both the chancel arch and the arch into the vestibule were lowered. At the National Museum's event, in 1894 a painted decoration was displayed in the tower hall as well as in the rest of the church. The altarpiece is a painting by A.C.V. Thomsen (1843): "Jesus in the Temple", but the frame is from the time of Frederik II. On the old brick altar a covering plate of a black marble-like stone. On the wall to the right of the chancel arch a painted coat of arms from the 14th century with the signature: Johan Oltena. In the tower hall a runestone with "Ave Maria". The large bell is from 1514 and cast by Johan Fastenove.

beautiful church from 1740

From the forest edge in this place you can see all the way across to Sweden. See the added pictures. ///// From Waldrand from here you had a direct view of the coast of Sweden. See the attached pictures

Old oak tree at the intersection of Midlinievej and Ravnebjergvej in Harager Fence. It measures just 3 feet in circumference below chest height and no more than 20 feet in height. The oak has developed on many parts of the trunk the special knotty bark structure, which is found on many oak trees in Jægersborg Zoo. It is difficult to estimate the age of the oak, but it is probably between 250 and 300 years old. ///// An old oak in the intersection of Midlinievej and Ravnebjergvej in Harager Hegn. The tree only measures 3 meters in the circumference at Brusthöhe and is not much higher than 20 meters. The tribe of oak has a particularly gritty bark, which is often found at the Eichem in Jægersborg Dyrehave. It is difficult to determine the age of the oak, but it is probably between 250 and 300 years old.

The Kildemosesø was originally a bog that was divided by the railway line in 1879. The larger, western part became a so-called semi-open bog with ash and birch trees, but had difficult growing conditions. In 1993-94 the trees were felled and the water flow interrupted. So a new 1-hectare lake was created, on the banks of which there are 2 barbecues. Fishing in the lake is also allowed.

European larch, became known only when the German forerunner von Langen introduced it in 1765. In Tinghus Plantage in Gribskov you can see a lark planted by von Langen in 1776. The town hall is about 40 meters in height and measures 3.15 meters in circumference and 1 meter in diameter.