Falkensteen is a manor house located five kilometres south of

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, Denmark. The current Neoclassical main building was built for Georg Frederik Ditlev Koës in 1775. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950. A half-timbered barn from 1864 is also listed.

History

Pebringegaard

The estate was originally called Pebringegaard. It is first mentioned in 1372 when Clemend Senæ granted it to

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. It was later owned by the Hvass family. Niels Hvas is mentioned as the owner in 1404. It was later acquired by the crown. Lauritz Nielsen was

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from 1642. The main building was destroyed in a fire in 1648. In 1663, it was acquired by Jens Ebbesen, the bailiff of Antvorskov, but after a while reverted to the crown. In 1674,

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granted it to Henrik Thott. It later went to his daughter, Sophie Thott. In 1675, she gave it to Hans Carstensøn. It was then most likely reacquired by its former owner, Jens Ebbesen, since his widow in 1698 sold it to Frederik von Korff. In 1705, Frederik IV used a buy-Back Clause to reacquire the estate. In 1717, it was included in Antvorskov Cavalry District.

18th century

In 1774, Antvorskov and Pebringegaard was acquired by Georg Ditlev Frederik Köes. He renamed Pebringegaard Falkensteen after his wife, Anna Mathea Falck. Koës was originally from Preussia but had later moved to Copenhagen where he established a lottery (tallotteriet). In 1794, Koës chose to sell his Danish estates to Magnus von Dernath. In 1799, he sold Falkensteen to

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, a wealthy merchant from Copenhagen.

19th century

In 1806, Brun sold the estate to Adam Wilhelm Hauch and Marcus Frederik Voigt. In 1809 it was acquired by Marcus Bech. In 1811, he sold it to professor of law at the

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Johan Frederik Vilhelm Schlegel who next year ceded it to

Ludvig Manthey Johan Georg Ludvig Manthey (3 June 1769 - 18 January 1842) was a Danish pharmacist. He owned the Lion Pharmacy in Copenhagen from 1791 to 1805, managed Ørholm and Brede Works from 1805 to 1811 and served as director of the Royal Copenhagen Porc ...

in exchange for

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gaard in

north of Copenhagen. Manthey had recently given up his positions as director of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory and manager of

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and

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. He kept the estate until his death in 1842 and was buried in the local Gerlev Cemetery. Falkensteen was then acquired by Lars Trolle, who in 1846 ceded it to Peter Adolf Henrik Stampe. In 1852, Falkensteen was acquired by Jacob Jacobsen.

20th and 21st centuries

In 1897, Jacobsen's heirs sold Falkensteen to Frederik Wilhelm

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. Treschow sold it when he inherited Brahesborg on

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after his father in 1811. The new owner was Carl A. N. Lawaetz. The estate has since then remained in the hands of the Lawaetz family.

Architecture

The main building is from 1775 and was built with brick from Antvorskov Abbey. The rather unassuming, single-storey building is 11 bays long and has a hipped red tile roof. The facade features a median risalit tipped by a triangular pediment.

List of owners

* ( –1372) Clemend Senæ * (1372– )

* ( – ) Slægten Hvas * (1404) Niels Hvas * ( –1663) The Crown * (1663–1674) Jens Ebbesen * (1674–1675) Henrik Thott * (1675–1676) Sophie Thott * (1676– ) Hans Carstensøn * ( – ) Jens Ebbesen * ( –1698) Catherina Jørgensdatter, gift Ebbesen * (1698–1705) Frederik von Korff * (1705–1774) The Crown * (1774–1794) Georg Frederik Ditlev Koës * (1794–1799) Magnus von Dernath * (1799–1806)

* (1806–1809) Adam Wilhelm Hauch * (1806–1809) Marcus Frederik Voigt * (1809–1811) Marcus Bech * (1811–1812) Johan Frederik Vilhelm Schlegel * (1812–1842)

* (1842) The estate of Ludvig Manthey * (1842–1846) Lars Trolle * (1846–1852) Peter Adolf Henrik Stampe * (1852–1893) Jacob Jacobsen * (1893–1897) Otto Moltke * (1893–1897) Peter Bruun de Neergaard * (1897–1911) Frederik Wilhelm Treschow * (1911–1933) Carl Anton Nicolaj Lawaetz * (1933– ) Aage Lawaetz * (2013– ) Carl Aage Lawaetz

References

External links

Falkensteen
{{Slagelse Municipality Listed buildings and structures in Slagelse Municipality Manor houses in Slagelse Municipality Houses completed in 1775 Buildings and structures associated with the Brun family