Skodsborg Spa Hotel

Skodsborg Spa Hotel (Danish: Skodsborg Kurbad) is a hotel and health resort in Skodsborg, on the Coast Road, 15 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

Skodsborg Sanatorium in 1910

Skodsborg Sanatorium was founded by the physician Carl Ottesen and the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1898. Ottesen's inspiration came from John Harvey Kellogg for whom he had worked at the Health Reform Institute.[1] Back in Denmrk, he first opened Frydenstrand Sanatorium in association with the Adventist Church's folk high school in Frederikshavn. In 1897, he purchased two buildings in Skodsborg which had previously served as a summer retreat for King Frederick VII and Countess Danner. Skodsborg sanatorium opened in 1889 where Ottesen also founded Den Sanitære Førevarefabrik ("The Healthy Food Factory"). The new sanatorium had originally room for 20 patients but was expanded with a new main building in 1907 when the remaining part of the royal symmer residence, Villa Rex, was also acquired. The institution became colloquially known as Den Hvide By (Englishj: The White Town") or Persilleslottet ("Parsley Palace") due to the vegetarian diet that was served to the patients. The sanatorium also served as a training facility for chefs and physiotherapists.[2]

Kellogg visited te sanatorium in 1926.[1]

The Adventist Church sold Skodsborg Sanatorium to the Augustinus Foundation in 1992. The complex has been restored and expanded by Henning Larsen Architects.

Architecture

Countess Danner's Mansion is a 13 bay long detached, two-storey wing located to the outh of th main building. The building has a hlf hipped roof with blue tiles. The building, as it appears today, is from 1952, when the original building from 1800 was expanded by Peter Kornerup. It was listed in 1950.[3]

Villa Rex is from 1858 and was designed by Johan Henrik Nebelong. The tower is from 1880. Thebuilding was listed in 1994.[4]

Facilities

The Lobby is a combined lounge, restaurant and cocktail bar. The restaurant serves New Nordic cuisine. The head chef is Philip Scheel Grønkjær.[5]

The modern extension contains a large pool area, gym, yoga hall and test rooms.[6]

Garden

In the park to the south of Countess Danner's Mansion is a grotto with imitated stalactites. Tjor is decorated with pale and dark beach stones set in a star-shaped pattern. A winding, partly internal staircase on the rear side of the mound leads to the top for good views of Skodsborg and the Øresund.<ref name=Danne/r

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Carl Ottosen (1864-1942) - dansk helsepionér" (in Danish). Helse Nyt. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  2. ↑ "Carl Ottesen" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2014-015-29. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Sag: Grevinde Danners Palæ". Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  4. ↑ "Sag: Villa Rex" (in Danish). AOK. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  5. ↑ "Kurhotel Skodsborg The Lobby" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  6. ↑ "Skodsborg Spa & Fitness". Henning Larsen Architects. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  7. ↑ "Søllerødbogen". Historis Topografisk Selskab. Retrieved 2014-05-29.

Coordinates: 55°49′10″N 12°34′26″E / 55.8194°N 12.5739°E / 55.8194; 12.5739

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