Korinth, Denmark

Korinth is a village, with a population of 902 (1 January 2025),^[1] in Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark. It is situated on the island of Funen 10 km northeast of Faaborg, 14 km west of Kværndrup and 18 km southwest of Ringe.

Korinth is a part of Brahetrolleborg Parish. The parish church, build 1250–1325 as the northern wing of Brahetrolleborg Castle, is located 1 km northeast of the village.^[2]

Arreskov Lake, the largest lake on Funen, is situated just northwest of Korinth.

Korinth Kro (Korinth Inn) is located on the northeastern outskirts of the village. The poet Jens Baggesen (1764–1826) and countess Sibille Reventlow rode through the parish, naming farms and estates. In the area around the inn the plots were given Greek names, and the inn was named Korinth, the Danish spelling of the greek city Corinth.

However, when the first buildings were erected in the 1780s, an inn was not what they had in mind, but rather a boarding and reform school for orphaned boys from Copenhagen.

Simon Hempel Plough, a merchant's son from Faaborg, renovated the buildings and was granted permission to run Korinth Kro as an inn in November 1801. In the ensuing centuries, several proprietors have run Korinth Kro, but in 2009 it came to an end. After various attempts at selling the buildings, it was decided to demolish them in 2016.^[3]