The Dragsholm Castle in Zealand, Denmark has one of the longest spooky histories of any of the world’s abandoned castles. It’s one of the oldest secular buildings in Denmark and the original castle was built in 1215. It was modified during the Middle Ages from a palace to a fortified castle. These modifications made it the only castle in Zealand strong enough to withstand the armies of Count Christoffer in the mid-1500s.
Today, this site is one of the scariest abandoned castles in Denmark, with lots of ghost sightings. One of the ghosts is supposedly a young girl dressed in white. According to the story, she was imprisoned in her room by her father after falling in love with a commoner. Her bones clothed in a white dress were found in one of the castle walls by construction workers in the 20th centuries, adding fuel to the story.
This castle was also used as a prison from 1536 to about 1664 for noble and ecclesiastical prisoners after the Protestant Reformation. This may be the reason why Dragsholm is one of the most haunted abandoned castles in Europe. More than a hundred ghosts have been seen within its walls, many of them prisoners who spent their last days in pain and torment and never moved on.
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