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1. Official announcement for
Castella Maris Baltici XIII
In Denmark from 24.-28. August 2015
“Building a Castle – preparing for War or keeping the Peace”
We have the pleasure of inviting you to the 13. Castella congress, which will take place in the
eastern part of Denmark. It is organised as a travelling Congress starting at Vordingborg Castle in
the southern part of Denmark and moving on to Nyborg Castle on the east coast of Funen. We will
end up in Helsingør/Elsinore at “Hamlets” castle Kronborg in northern Zealand. During our
excursions we will visit various castles, fortified manor houses and moated sites.
Conference program:
Monday:
11.00
12.00
13.00
13.15-17.00
18.00
19.30
Registration at Vordingborg Castle
Lunch
Official opening of the congress
Papers
Dinner at the restaurant ‘Borgen’ in the castle area
Vordingborg Castle: Exhibition and guided tour
Accommodation:
Tuesday:
‘Hotel Kong Valdemar’
All day excursion
8.45
Jungshoved moated site
10.00-11.00 Gjorslev, medieval fortified manor house
11.30-12.30 Visit at the archaeological excavation at Borgring, a newly discovered
Viking Age “Trelleborg castle”
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12.30-13.00
14.00-15.00
15.30-17.00
17.45-18.30
19.30
Lunch
Dragsholm Castle, belonging to the bishopric of Roskilde
Kalundborg. Fortified city with two castles
Sprogø, royal castle on the island of Sprogø
Dinner at ”Hotel Nyborg Strand”
Accommodation:
Onsdag:
Papers all day at Nyborg Castle
9.00-10.00 Guided tour at Nyborg
10.00-12.00 Papers
12.00
Lunch
13.00-18.00 Papers
19.00
Conference banquet in the Knights Hall at Nyborg Castle
Accommodation:
Torsdag:
‘Hotel Nyborg Strand’
Half day Excursion and papers
After breakfast bus to Gurre castle and Elsinore
11.00-11.45 Gurre, royal castle.
12.00-13.30 Kronborg, royal castle
13.30-14.00 Lunch at Kronborg Castle
15.00-18.30 Papers and final words in ‘Toldkammeret’ (the old custom House in
Elsinore)
18.30-20.00 Guided tour in Elsinore
20.00
Dinner at Restaurant ‘Madam Skrunck’ in Elsinore
Accommodation:
Friday:
‘Hotel Nyborg Strand’
”Hotel Marienlyst”
Breakfast and departure
There are excellent train connections between Copenhagen, Vordingborg and Elsinore. Trains
from Elsinore go directly to Copenhagen Airport.
Congress price will be 380 Euro for accommodation in double rooms. The possibility of single
rooms is limited but possible. The price for single rooms 3 of the 4 nights (that is what is possible)
is 562 Euro. Beside the accommodation are included all meals with some wine or beer, coffee and
so on during the conference.
We kindly ask you to sign up for the conference before 1. April 2015. When you sign up please
also give us notice if you want to present a paper or poster, and also a preliminary title of paper
and poster.
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After 1. April we will set up a full program and send out the 2. announcement. Her you will have all
the information regarding payment, the address in Vordingborg, where the conference will begin,
whom to contact etc.
When signing up (before 1. April) please use the mail address [email protected].
Organizing committee:
Nils Engberg, National Museum of Denmark ([email protected])
Vivian Etting, National Museum of Denmark ([email protected])
Dorthe Wille-Jørgensen, Museum South East Denmark ([email protected])
Leif Plith Lauritsen, Museum Lolland-Falster ([email protected])
Claus Sørensen, Nyborg Castle, Museum East-Funen ([email protected])
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