The best city hikes and walks around Slotssøen

A wonderful city centre even for the locals. Be sure to walk the smaller alleys between the old houses!

Kolding Fjord is a tunnel valley formed by the influence of several terminal moraines in the area, the first of which was formed during the Old Baltic Ice Age, around 22,000 to 25,000 years ago. Several thousand years later, the Northeast Ice Sheet advanced from the east and influenced the area. [1] Around 14,000 to 15,000 years ago, the Young Baltic Ice Sheet advanced from the south and southeast, shaping the area into hilly, undulating landscapes. The area lies on the edge of the irregular moraine landscape formed by terminal moraines during the last ice age, the Vistula. The distinct tunnel valleys are formed by meltwater. The main stillage, deposited by the Northeast Ice Sheet, is the oldest in the area. The soil consists mainly of moraine clays from the last ice age, the Vistula. [1] After the Ice Age, around 9000 BC and in the following 7000 years, the temperature rises, and the area is characterized by global climatic changes and local geological conditions in the Holocene.

Discover the over 750-year-old castle, which has served as a medieval fortress, a Renaissance castle, and a royal residence. After the great fire of 1808, the castle was restored and transformed into a museum. Explore the castle's history, see the Flora Danica tableware, and try on royal costumes. Visit the imposing tower of Christian IV for fantastic views or enjoy lunch in the Food Cellar.

Slotssøen is a lake in Kolding, Denmark. It was the millpond for the castle mill, which Queen Dorothea built in 1570[1] or 1566, right next to Koldinghus Castle. The castle island belongs to the monarch, so fishing or sailing on the lake is not permitted. However, there is a rowboat that, according to old regulations, is available for use by royal guests who wish to fish.[2] The old regulation has since been repealed, and nowadays the boat is maintained voluntarily by the St. George's Guild in Kolding.[3] The parking lot in front of the Kolding Library is a reclaimed section of Castle Lake. This occurred when the Castle Sea Road was built as a ring road in 1970.[1] To walk around Castle Lake, you must go to Søgade on the opposite side of Koldinghus Castle. The lake is located on the island. In the 20th century, several water closets were built in the city, but these had to be banned, partly because some of the sewage pipes ended in two open ditches that ran directly from Låsbygade into Castle Lake. The outflow otherwise went directly into the river or fjord. In 1921, following a report prepared by the city engineer in October 1921, the city council decided to launch a comprehensive sewage project for the built-up area of Kolding. By the end of the work in 1923, only a quarter of the city's wastewater had been discharged into Castle Lake. From 1926 onward, the sewage system was extended to the southern part of the city. With the completion of the new sewage system, toilets without septic tanks could be installed.

The Kolding Stables (Staldgården) are located east of and adjacent to Koldinghus Castle and were founded around the same time: in the 14th century. The current buildings were constructed in the 17th century, consist of three wings, and were primarily used by the military. [1] The first buildings on the site formed a kind of forecourt to the main castle, Koldinghus. From the mid-16th century onward, they were used as the king's stables and in the residence of Christian IV. In the 19th century, there were strong, tower-like pavilions in the two eastern corners. These were later removed. From the late 17th century, Staldgården had an increasing tactical military influence on the positioning of the military's cavalry regiments. Christian V had divided the crown's estates into cavalry districts, whose purpose was to provide cavalry in times of war. Frederick IV continued this system, and in 1718 Staldgården became the cavalry headquarters, initially for the Koldinghus Cavalry District and later for the Holstein Lance Regiment. During the Anglo-English Wars of 1808–1814, the large buildings were used to store military equipment. Koldinghus burned down on the night of March 28–29, 1808, but the fire did not reach the stables. [1] After about 200 years of horses at Staldgården, this ended in 1923 when the military ceased breeding and riding horses. The buildings were subsequently used as a military depot, and after World War II, Staldgården served as the supply base for the Danish Brigade in Germany from 1947 to 1958. In 2008, Staldgården housed the Kolding Air Reporting District, the Kolding Home Guard Company, the Kolding Naval Home Guard Company, the Kolding Air Home Guard Company, and the conservation workshop for the Koldinghus Museum. [1] As of January 1, 2021, the Kolding Local History Museum is located at Staldgården. Here you will find an exhibition about Kolding during the occupation, where you can visit Cell II, Denmark's only remaining Gestapo cell. The Kolding Museum also has sites in Skamlingsbanken and Christiansfeld. [2]

After the death of Frederick VI in December 1839, he began working on the newspaper Fædrelandet. Journalism became his life's work. The rise of the "Academicum," stemming from the rejection of the more refined "Studenterforening," gave him a leading position among the students, and his work at Fædrelandet, where he became editor in 1841, connected him with the opposition. His ideals were political freedom, national identity in Denmark, and Scandinavian unity.

In 1830, when Jens Sophus Borch bought the large merchant's house, it was said to have been built in 1595 by the pharmacist Hermann Reiminch and his wife Margrethe, who had immigrated to Germany from Westphalia in the early 1580s. Until 1674, the courtyard housed a pharmacy and a wine cellar; after that, only a wine cellar and a distillery remained until 1796. The house is one of the best-preserved examples in Denmark of a Renaissance burgher house, a timber-framed building constructed of heavy oak, decorated with, among other things, cherub heads. The year 1595 and the initials H R and M R, representing Hermann Reiminch and his wife Margrethe Reiminch, are inscribed on the lintel above the entrance to Borch's house. Above the door in the gateway is another oak panel. On one side is an open hand with an open eye and the letters I.S. Below it are the letters V.C.P. The tablet dates from 1607. The open hand can be compared to a wooden tablet in St. Nicholas Church, bearing the same drawing and inscription, "Videndum cui fidendum," which was erected by Jens Sørensen, pastor in Kolding from 1591 to 1612. The Latin inscription means "One must be careful before trusting someone." In 1911, a real estate company acquired the buildings, which, in addition to the main house facing Akseltorv, also included numerous stables and warehouses on what is now the parking lot. The last of these disappeared around 1970. The main house was thoroughly restored in 1959, and the facade was renovated in 1990. More recently, the building housed a surveying company and municipal offices. In 1911, a real estate company acquired the buildings, which, besides the main house facing Akseltorv, also included numerous stables and warehouses on what is now the parking lot. As can be seen in the reproduction of Borchs Farm in Fyhns Kolding Book of 1848, the present gabled house had a slightly smaller counterpart to the east, which was demolished to make way for the plot on which Discoteque Tordenskiold was located. As can be seen, the rosette in the upper triangle is not original but was added in connection with the house's repair by the architect L. A. Winstrup in the 1880s. The house's wind vane comes from Kolding's oldest town hall, dating from 1582.

The Kolding Å is a 9 km long river in the Kolding Municipality in Denmark, which flows through the city of Kolding.