page_title: Hørsholm
section_title: Palace and market town
hierarchical_section_title: Hørsholm / History / Palace and market town
caption_attribution_description: English: Gouache of Hirschholm Palace north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Painted by Johan Jacob Bruun
context_page_description: Hørsholm is an urban area on the Øresund coast approximately 25 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers most of Hørsholm Municipality and straddles the borders neighbouring Fredensborg Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality.
  Hørsholm proper is developed around Hirschholm Palace, which was constructed in the 1730s, but the town has later absorbed several of the nearby communities that are of much older origins.
context_section_description: Hørsholm was founded in connection with the construction of Hirschholm Palace. Niels Eigtved created a plan for a residence town in 1737 and to stimulate its growth, it was given status as market town in 1739. However, it never came to serve as a market town and was still only a small settlement when the palace was demolished between 1810 and 1816. Over the following decades it grew as a garrison town and a local centre for trade.
caption: Hirschholm Palace in 1739 painted by Joahn Jacob Bruun
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