Photo:Oplev Ringsted / Heidi Taymyr
Historical sights
"Ringsted has as much history as the kings' Jelling - history just waiting to be told."
Someone once said that about the exciting history connected to Ringsted.
Ringsted is an old market town, founded around the year 1000, with a significant history and vibrant present. In part of the Middle Ages, Ringsted was the most important town on Zealand. It was at the 'Tingstenene' in the city center that important decisions were made, and Danish kings and queens were buried in St. Bendt's Church.
It is not known exactly when Ringsted acquired the status of a market town, because the city's oldest archive has been burned, but it is known for certain that the city was the royal seat under several kings in the early Middle Ages. The country's heirs to the throne received their royal homage in Ringsted right up until the time of Christian IV.
The breath of history
In Ringsted, there are plenty of places where you can almost feel the whir of history. The most well-known is probably St. Bendt's Church, where several royals are buried. But in addition there is also Gyldenløveshøj, Hagbards Høj, Ridebanen, Valsøgård, Knud Lavard's Chapel and much more.
Ringsteds historie
Anette Månsson fortæller Ringsteds spændende historie i disse 5 videoer.
Videohistorie om byen, kongerne og historien
Videohistorie kort fortalt
Videohistorie om klosteret og den Bügelske gravhøj
Videohistorie om de Mahlerske huse
Videohistorie om de gamle købmandsgårde
Sct. Bendt's Church
The beautiful St. Bendt's Church, which was Denmark's first royal church, contains both noble and royal graves.
Monastery herb garden
The Klosterurter Garden south of St. Bendt's Church is a lovely small garden with plants that could be found in medieval monasteries.
The ruins of Knud Lavards chapel
At Knud Lavardsvej 35 near Haraldsted Forest, you can see the ruins of Knud Lavard's Chapel.
The Houses of Mahler
Almost leaning against the cemetery wall of Sct. Bendts Church lie The Mahler Houses, located at Sct. Bendtsgade 5, parcel no. 83. Side by side stand a yellow house, built in 1865, and a red house, bu...
The Springs in St. Bøgeskov
In the Great Beech Forest by the lakeshore, the spring rises from the ground at about 1 meter in height.
Ringsted Kloster
Ringsted Kloster blev grundlagt i 1080’erne og er dermed et af de ældste i Danmark.
Valdemar the Great Statute
Donated by the Carlsberg Foundation.
Tingstenene (The Court Stones)
The Tingstenene (Thing Stones) have stood in the square in Ringsted since time immemorial—no one knows for how long. Despite many claims, they have not been moved during the period for which we have a...
Ringsted's old Town Arms
When the Have Mølle waterworks needed to be expanded in 1963, employee Emil Hansen offered to carve a wooden model of the old town seal from before 1300.
Vandtårnet - Water Tower
Where Ringsted's old St. Hans Church stood until 1766, the water tower from 1915 now stands