Owned by Horsens Municipality, the main building is now run as a hotel while the associated land is a public park and used as fair grounds.

Bygholm Castle was founded in 1313 upon orders from King Eric VI Menved following a revolt among peasants in Jutland.

As a result, and possibly after a fire in the beginning of the 17th century, later vassals preferred to reside at nearby Stjernholm and the name of the fee was changed accordingly.

In 1670 he sold it to Joachim Werner Bülow, who rebuilt Bygholm and returned it to its former state of a manor.

The farm buildings contain the Bygholm Research Centre, Department of Agricultural Technologies, part of Aarhus University.