Gammel Ryomgård is a manor house located in

Syddjurs Municipality Syddjurs municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland in Denmark just north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It covers an area of 696.7 km² and has a population of 41,671 (1 April 2014). On 1 Janua ...

, Denmark.

History

The main building was built in 1643 and rebuilt in 1768–1770. Gammel Ryomgård was known as Ryomgaard in 1576 J.P. Trap: Danmark 5.udgave, Kraks Landbrug and called Gammel Ryomgaard from 1804, when a much of the land was sold and converted into separate farms. The new farms received the names ''Ny Ryomgaard'' (New Ryomgård) (originally ''Karlsruhe''), ''Marienhøj'' (originally ''Marienhof''), ''Frederikslund'' (originally ''Kragelund'') and ''Margrethelund''. Today Gammel Ryomgård has 107

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of land. The building is protected. During the

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, there was a toll-passage that crossed the lowlands of the former Kolind Sound (''Kolindsund'') at Gammel Ryomgård.

Djursland Djursland () is a 44 km × 33 km hilly lowland peninsula in Denmark at the entrance to the Baltic Sea, between Denmark and Sweden in Northern Europe. Djursland protrudes into the Kattegat sea, as part of the larger peninsula of Jutland, ...

, the northern part of the peninsula, was separated from the southern part by the sound. With the construction of the

Grenaa Line The Grenaa Line ( da, Grenaabanen) is a long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs between Aarhus and Grenaa through the peninsula of Djursland. The railway opened in 1876–1877. It is owned and maintained by Rail Net De ...

(''Grenaabanen'') in the 1870s, the foundation was created for the town of

Ryomgård Ryomgård is a Danish country town with a population of 2,498 (1 January 2022) located 29 kilometers north east of to the country’s second largest city Aarhus. As such Ryomgård is in part a pendler town to Aarhus. Ryomgård lies in the middl ...

, which grew up west and east of Gammel Ryomgård.

Recent owners of Gammel Ryomgård

*(1854–1902) Christian Helenus Mourier-Petersen *(1902) Carl Vilhelm Behagen Castenschiold *(1902–1912) Adolf Frederik Holten Castenschiold *(1912–1941) Jørgen Carl greve Scheel *(1941–1945) Johannes Fogh-Nielsen *(1945–1953) Enkefru Fogh-Nielsen *(1953–1975) Ove Nielsen *(1975–1985) Enkefru Else Nielsen *(1985–2001) Else Voldstedlund *(2001–present) Frank Voldstedlund

References

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