Møgeltønder (ˈmøːˀl̩tˢønˀɐ) is a small town with a population of 896 (1 January 2011), located in Møgeltønder Parish and Tønder Municipality in the southwestern corner of the Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 peninsula of Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

 5 kilometers north of the Danish-German border and 4 kilometer west of Tønder

Tønder

Tønder is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,278 km², and has a total population of 40,367...

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Møgeltønder is known for the royal residence of Schackenborg Castle

Schackenborg Castle

Schackenborg Castle is a royal residence of the Danish monarch located in Møgeltønder, South Jutland.Originally called Møgeltønderhus the former stronghold on the site was the property of the Roman Catholic bishops of Ribe. It served as protection against the Frisians in the south, and guarded...

 the home of the Danish Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik's younger son Prince Joachim. Schackenborg Slotskro (Schackenborg Castle Inn) - a local inn, is owned by Schackenborg Slotskro A/S - a partnership between Prince Joachim and the renowned ship owner, Hans Michael Jebsen.

Møgeltønder is also known for the main street "Slotsgaden" (The Castle Street) covered with paving-stones and flanked with lime trees.

Møgeltønder Church is one of the largest village churches in the southern Jutland and has a rich interior e.g. a painting of the Golden Horns of Gallehus

Golden horns of Gallehus

The Golden Horns of Gallehus were two horns made of sheet gold, discovered in Gallehus, north of Møgeltønder in South Jutland, Denmark.The horns date to the early 5th century, i.e. the beginning of the Germanic Iron Age....

discovered at Gallehus just north of the town.