Svendborg - Hesselagergård Castle

There are some interesting places to be found north of Svendborg. 12 km/7.25 mi along road No. 163 to Nybor a minor road branches off to the seaside resort of Lundeborg, and in another 2 km/1.25 mi a road bears off to Hesselagergård Castle, 1.5 km/1 mile distant. The castle was built in 1538 by Johann Friis, the Chancellor of Christian III. The round gable, modeled on a Venetian predecessor, was added in 1550. Some of the interior fittings have been preserved, and the chalk drawings of deer are especially worthy of note.

Further north in a meadow can be seen a boulder at least 12m/40ft high and 46m/150ft in diameter. It is the "Damestenen", which was deposited here from Norway during the Ice Age and is believed to be Denmark's largest erratic boulder.
The casstle is not open to the public.