”[…] “ … a man wrapped in a blue cape shall come from the west, and shall tip the tower until it topples.”

 

This ominous warning of the destruction of Vosborg was given in the 1300s to Niels Bugge, one of the first known owners of the manor. The prediction came true in 1532 when a huge storm surge enveloped and demolished the buildings, which were not rebuilt on the same site.

Knud Gyldenstjerne moved Nørre Vosborg inland to its present, safer position. The estate was subsequently owned by the Linde Leths (1707–1778) and the Tangs (1783-1946), the latter family hosting many prominent guests at their imposing manor. Among them, in the summer of 1859, was Hans Christian Andersen, who here found time to write poetry and tales, cut silhouettes, and generally amuse himself relating accounts of numerous resident ghosts.

”I sleep in a guest room which was formerly the manor chapel. A white lady appears here, though she has not visited me, as she apparently knows that while I do enjoy high spirits, I am not much given to ghosts.” 

 

H.C. Andersen

 

 

The name “Vosborg” dates back to 1299, with the mention of a manor known as Osborg. In Old Danish, “os” meant “mouth of a small river or stream”, and refers to the manor’s first location close to where the River Storå empties into Nissum Fjord.