Clausholm Castle

Clausholm Castle is a large Danish country house located some 12 km southeast of Randers in eastern Jutland.

But when the first Danish Prime Minister, Grand Chancellor Conrad von Reventlow, acquired the property in the 1690s, it was in such a sorry state that he pulled it down and had today's two-storeyed, three-winged building constructed in its place.

It is also used for Den Store Bagedyst, a baking competition broadcast on DR1 In the castle's chapel, decorated by Anna Sophie, is one of Denmark's oldest organs built around 1700 by the Botzen brothers from Copenhagen.

Restoration work continued for a considerable period, great care being taken to protect the historical building which had remained practically untouched since the 1730s.

The efforts were rewarded in 1994 when Queen Margrethe presented the castle with the Europa Nostra Prize for outstanding heritage work.