3D print Frederiksborg Castle
A free, printable model of Frederiksborg Castle and the lake, islets and buildings around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About Frederiksborg Castle
Frederiksborg Castle, in Hillerød, Denmark, is a palatial complex set on three islets in Slotssøen, the castle lake. King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway had it built as a royal residence in the early 17th century, in place of an older castle that Frederick II had acquired. The old building was torn down in 1599, and architect Hans van Steenwinckel the Elder planned the replacement. He died in 1601, and his sons Hans and Lorenz finished the commission. The whole complex was finished around 1620 and became the largest Renaissance residence in Scandinavia.
The castle follows the Flemish and Dutch Renaissance tradition. Red brick is the main material, decorated with light sandstone and finished with stepped gables and towering spires. The Chapel Wing's large bell tower interrupts the symmetry of the main structure, and window gables carry statues of emperors from history, among them Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. From 1671 to 1840 the Chapel hosted the coronations and anointments of the Danish monarchs, with the exception of Christian VII. A large formal garden laid out in the Baroque style adjoins it.
On the night of December 16, 1859, a fire ruined most of the building in a few hours. The Privy Passage, the Chapel and the Audience Chamber escaped serious damage. The castle was rebuilt from old plans and paintings, with the work funded by public subscription and substantial contributions from the king, the state and the brewer J. C. Jacobsen of Carlsberg. It reopened to the public in 1882 as a museum, the Danish Museum of National History, which holds Denmark's largest collection of portrait paintings.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 17 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 21 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 26 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Spires, lanterns and slim turrets
- The round corner towers end in slim spires and lanterns, and a tall tower rises from the middle. Print slowly with good cooling, and use layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm to keep the tips crisp.
- Stepped gables and windows
- The roofs carry many stepped gables and small chimneys, and the walls have rows of windows. Print friendly adapts them to the print scale; Full detail keeps them on a larger print.
- One piece with the ground
- Frederiksborg Castle is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. Frederiksborg Castle takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
Frederiksborg Castle is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Frederiksborg Castle STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. Frederiksborg Castle grows with the print: about 17 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
