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Danish manor house

Bregentved Bregentved: The eastern main wing to the left and the older north wing to the right Interactive map of the Bregentved area General information Architectural style Neo-Rococo Location Faxe Municipality, Denmark Coordinates 55°18′27″N 12°00′25″E / 55.3074°N 12.0070°E / 55.3074; 12.0070 Completed 1891 Design and construction Architect Axel Berg

**Bregentved** is a [manor house](/source/Manor_house) located 3 km east of [Haslev](/source/Haslev) on the [Danish](/source/Denmark) island of [Zealand](/source/Zealand). It has been owned by the [Moltke](/source/Moltke) family since the middle of the 18th century.

## History

### Early history

Steen Brahe, who owned Bregentved from 1581 to 1630

The first known reference to Bregentved is from 1319 when King [Eric VI of Denmark](/source/Eric_VI_of_Denmark) passed the estate to [Roskilde Abbey](/source/Roskilde_Abbey). From the end of the 14th century the property was owned by a succession of aristocratic families, including that of Krognos in the 16th century, until 1718 when it was acquired by King [Frederick IV](/source/Frederick_IV_of_Denmark).[1] In the eighteenth century Bregentved was in consecutive [Birks](/source/Birk_(market_place)),[2] so had separate legal jurisdiction from Haslev Sogn (parish) and old Ringsted Herred (hundred). The north wing still extant in the early 21st century was built 1731-36 by architect [Lauritz de Thurah](/source/Lauritz_de_Thurah) and has a black-tiled, hipped roof. It contains a chapel on the first floor.

### Moltke era

Eigtved's Bregentved in 1845

In 1746, King [Frederick V](/source/Frederick_V_of_Denmark) granted the Bregentved estate to [Adam Gottlob Moltke](/source/Adam_Gottlob_Moltke), one of his closest companions who was at the same time made [lord chamberlain](/source/Lord_chamberlain) and a count. Over the next few years, Moltke adapted the two remaining wings with the assistance of the architects G.D. Anthon and [Nicolai Eigtved](/source/Nicolai_Eigtved). Moltke also commissioned Eigtved to build him a large mansion in Copenhagen, the south-western of the four [Amalienborg Palaces](/source/Amalienborg_Palace), which was completed in 1754.

At Bregentved, Moltke introduced several agricultural reforms to the management of the estate with inspiration from [Holstein](/source/Holstein).

Eigtved's Bregentved in 1845

A. G. Moltke died at Bregentved on 25 September 1792, passing his estates to his oldest son, [Joachim Godske Moltke](/source/Joachim_Godske_Moltke), who ceded their mansion in Copenhagen to the royal family after the fire of [Christiansborg Palace](/source/Christiansborg_Palace_(1st)) in 1794. As a replacement, [Adam Wilhelm Moltke](/source/Adam_Wilhelm_Moltke), who had just left office as the first [Prime Minister](/source/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Denmark) under Denmark's new [constitutional monarchy](/source/Constitutional_monarchy), acquired a new mansion which became known as [Moltke's Mansion](/source/Moltke's_Mansion). After the harvests at Bregentved Manor and other family holdings, he would move his entire household to Copenhagen.

In the 1880s, Count [Frederik Christian Moltke](/source/Frederik_Christian_Moltke) decided to modernize the house. He demolished the two Eigtved wings and replaced them with two new wings which were completed in 1891 to the design of the architect [Axel Berg](/source/Axel_Berg_(architect)).

## Architecture

The main wing

The main east wing and the south wing of the present three-winged building date from Axel Berg's 1891 rebuilding and stand on Eigtved's foundations. They are designed in the [Neo-Rococo](/source/Baroque_Revival_architecture) style and are topped by a [Mansard roof](/source/Mansard_roof) in copper and tile. The east wing has a three-bay [risalit](/source/Risalit) with pilasters and a triangular pediment, and a two-bay corner risilit at each end with segmental pediments. The entrance tower also dates from Berg's expansion.[3]

The north wing was built 1731-36 by [Lauritz de Thurah](/source/Lauritz_de_Thurah) and has a black-tiled, hipped roof. It contains a chapel on the first floor which has sculptor [Johann Friedrich Hännel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johann_Friedrich_H%C3%A4nnel&action=edit&redlink=1).

Bregentved House and Park

## Gardens

In the 1760s, A. G. Moltke commissioned [Nicolas-Henri Jardin](/source/Nicolas-Henri_Jardin) to create a garden in the [French formal garden](/source/French_formal_garden) style but it was adapted into a [landscape garden](/source/Landscape_garden) in 1835. Some features have been retained from Jardin's garden, including avenues, and traces of a [parterre](/source/Parterre) surrounded by canals and a system of fountains, which was restored in 1994. Some vases and Frederik V's Obelisk (1770) by [Johannes Wiedewelt](/source/Johannes_Wiedewelt) also date from this garden as does a copy of a statue by [Giambologna](/source/Giambologna). The garden also features a statue of A. W. Moltke by [Herman Wilhelm Bissen](/source/Herman_Wilhelm_Bissen) in 1858-59.

## Bregentved today

Bregentved-Turebyholm covers 6,338 hectares of which just over half consist of agricultural land and the rest of forest. A total of 163 houses also belongs to the estate, including Turebylille, Holtegård, Eskilstrup, Rødehus, Sofiendal, Sprettingegård, Storelinde Overdrevsgård, Ulsegård and Statafgård. The estate maintains a staff of 40 and has a yearly turnover of approximately [DKK](/source/Danish_krone) 60 million. Apart from agriculture and forestry, the revenues derive from house rental, hiring-out of hunting areas, hiring-out of storage facilities and machine pool services.[4]

There is no public access to the house but the park is open to the public on Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Admission is free of charge.[4]

## List of owners

- ( -1319) The Crown

- (1319- ) [Ringsted Abbey](/source/Ringsted_Abbey)

- ( -1364) Hesso Hvittensee

- ( -1364) Karl Nielsen

- (1364-1382) [St. Clare's Priory, Roskilde](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Clare%27s_Priory,_Roskilde&action=edit&redlink=1)

- (1382- ) Oluf Grubbe

- ( - ) Margrethe, gift (1) Grubbe (2) Bydelsbak

- ( -1414) Erik Bydelsbak

- (1414-1433) Laurids Eriksen Bydelsbak

- (1433-1456) Niels Pedersen Gyldenstjerne

- (1456-1504) Mourits Nielsen Gyldenstjerne

- (1504-1506) Oluf Stigsen Krognos

- (1506- ) Anne Mouritsdatter Gyldenstjerne, gift 1) Krognos, 2) * Podebusk

- ( -1541) Predbjørn Podebusk

- (1541-1545) Anne Mouritsdatter Gyldenstjerne, gift 1) Krognos, 2) Podebusk

- ( - ) Anders Bentsen Bille

- ( - ) Bent Andersen Bille

- (1545-1550) [da:Mourits Olufsen Krognos](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourits_Olufsen_Krognos)

- (1550-1563) [Eline Gøye](/source/Eline_G%C3%B8ye), gift Krognos

- (1563-1573) [Oluf Mouritsen Krognos](/source/Oluf_Mouritsen_Krognos)

- (1573-1575) [Anna Hardenberg](/source/Anna_Hardenberg)

- (1575-1581) [Christoffer Gøye](/source/Christoffer_G%C3%B8ye_(died_1584))

- (1581-1630) [Steen Brahe](/source/Steen_Ottesen_Brahe_(1547%E2%80%931620))

- (1630) Erik Steensen Brahe

- (1630) Falk Gøye

- (1630-1658) Frederik Knudsen Urne

- (1658-1668) Karen Hansdatter Urne, née Arentfeldt

- (1668-1682) Ove Juul

- (1682-1709) Frederik Gabel

- (1709-1718) [Christian Carl Gabel](/source/Christian_Carl_Gabel)

- (1718-1731) The Crown

- (1731-1740) [Poul Vendelbo Løvenørn](/source/Poul_Vendelbo_L%C3%B8ven%C3%B8rn)

- (1740) Frederik Poulsen de Løvenørn

- (1740-1746) The Crown

- (1746-1792) [Adam Gottlob Moltke](/source/Adam_Gottlob_Moltke)

- (1792-1818) [Joachim Godske Moltke](/source/Joachim_Godske_Moltke)

- (1818-1864) [Adam Wilhelm Moltke](/source/Adam_Wilhelm_Moltke)

- (1864-1875) [Frederik Georg Julius Moltke](/source/Frederik_Georg_Julius_Moltke)

- (1875-1936) [Frederik Christian Moltke](/source/Frederik_Christian_Moltke)

- (1936-1968) [Christian Frederik Gustav Moltke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Frederik_Gustav_Moltke&action=edit&redlink=1)

- (1968-1995) [Hans Hemming Joachim Christian Moltke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hans_Hemming_Joachim_Christian_Moltke&action=edit&redlink=1)

- (1995-2017) [Christian Georg Peter Moltke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Georg_Peter_Moltke&action=edit&redlink=1)

- (2017-2019) [Frederik Christian Adam Moltke / Christian Georg Peter Moltke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frederik_Christian_Adam_Moltke_/_Christian_Georg_Peter_Moltke&action=edit&redlink=1)

- (2019-) [Christian Georg Peter Moltke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Georg_Peter_Moltke&action=edit&redlink=1)

## See also

- [List of Baroque residences](/source/List_of_Baroque_residences)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bregentved"](http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Danske_slotte_og_herreg%C3%A5rde/Bregentved) (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [da:Birk (retskreds)](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birk_(retskreds))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Bregentved"](http://www.astoft.co.uk/manorssjaelland.htm#Bregentved). astoft. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bregentved-Estate_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bregentved-Estate_4-1) ["Bregentved Estate"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110810073231/http://bregentved.dk/gbgendk.asp). Bregentved. Archived from [the original](http://bregentved.dk/gbgendk.asp) on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Bregentved](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bregentved).

- [Official website Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20111129065217/http://www.bregentved.dk/gbdefault.asp)

- [Source](https://www.danskeherregaarde.dk/historie/adelspalaeer)

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