Situated in beautiful nature with woods, fields and meadows there are a number of manor houses and castles some miles south of Korsør. Most of them were originally built in the fifteenth and the sixteenth century like "Basnæs", "Borreby" and "Holsteinborg". They all have played an important role in Danish literary history. Hans Christian Andersen was regularly invited to stay with the families who owned the castles where he often found inspiration to his fairy tales.