# Ringsted County

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**Ringsted County** (Danish: *Sorø Amt*) was a [Danish](/source/Denmark) [county](/source/Counties_of_Denmark) on central [Zealand](/source/Zealand). The largest town was [Ringsted](/source/Ringsted).

## History

Ringsted County was created in 1662 as a replacement of the old Ringsted Fief (*Ringsted Len*). The county consisted of a single hundred ([Ringsted Herred](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringsted_Herred)). Beginning in 1748, Ringsted County was administrated together with [Sorø County](/source/Sor%C3%B8_County). At the 1793 Danish County Reform, with effect from 1798, Ringsted County, [Korsør County](/source/Kors%C3%B8r_County), and Antvorskov County were merged into Sorø County.[1]

## List of county governors of Sorø

The governors of Ringsted County (Danish: *Amtmænd*, singular *Amtmand*) from 1653 until its dissolution in 1798, were:[1][2]

Portrait Name Term Notes Jørgen Christoffersen Seefeld 1630—1662 Henning Pogwisch 1662—1664 Jørgen Recdtz 1664—1671 Hugo Lützow 1671—1680 Adam Ehrenreich von Prehn 1680—1684 Frederik Gabel 1684—1691 Frederik Giese 1692—1693 Frederik Gabel 1693—1694 2nd term Poul (Hals) Moth 1694—1'700 Johan Diderik Grüner 1700—1712 Jacob Frants von der Osten 1712—1734 Tomas Lillienskjold 1734—1748 Christoph Ernst von Beulwitz 1743—1745 Heinrich von Reuss 1745—1754 Carl Juel 1754—1760 Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe 1760—1764 Wolf Veit Christoph von Reitzenstein 1764—1781 Carl Adolph Raben 1781—1784 Gregers Christian Haxthausen 1784—1787 Vilhelm Mathias Skeel 1787–1798

## References

1. [*Ringsted Amt*](https://h58.dk/Jonge_dk/Ringsted-Amt.pdf) (in Danish). Arthur Jensens Forlag. Retrieved 28 August 2025.

1. Jørgensen, Harald (ed.) (1970). [*Stiftamtmænd og Amtmænd på Sjælland, Lolland-Falster og Bornholm, 1848–1970*](https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/921764.pdf) (in Danish). Copenhagen: Landsarkivet for Sjælland. pp. 17–18.

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