Hagestedgaard is a manor house and estate located at the village of Hagested, near
Holbæk
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, some 60 kilometres west of
Copenhagen
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. The estate traces its history back to the 13th century but the current asymmetrical complex of single-storey, white-washed buildings surrounding a central courtyard was constructed for Hans Didrik Brinck-Seidelin in 1747 with the exception of the remains of a tower built by
Johan Friis
Johan Friis (20 February 1494 – 5 December 1570) was a Danish statesman. He served as Chancellor under King Christian III of Denmark.
Biography
He was born at Lundbygård manor as the son of Jesper Friis til Lundbygård and Anne Johansdat ...
in 1555. The estate has been owned by members of the Castenskiold family since 1769.
History
Middle Ages
Hagestedgård is first mentioned in the
Danish Census Book
The Danish Census Book or the Danish book of land taxation ( la, Liber Census Daniæ), ( da, Kong Valdemars Jordebog) dates from the 13th century and consists of a number of separate manuscripts. The original manuscripts are now housed in the Da ...
from 1230 when it was owned by the Crown and known as "Hakastæthe", It is only mentioned sporadically during the following centuries but the estate probably served as a
fief
A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an Lord, overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a for ...
.
Vassal
A vassal or liege subject is a person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch, in the context of the feudal system in medieval Europe. While the subordinate party is called a vassal, the dominant party is called a suzerain. W ...
s included Peder Jensen Pilegrim in 1347, Markvard Tiinhuus in 1502 and Otte Tiinhuus in 1521 and 1540.
In 1540, Hagestedgaard was granted to chancellor
Johan Friis
Johan Friis (20 February 1494 – 5 December 1570) was a Danish statesman. He served as Chancellor under King Christian III of Denmark.
Biography
He was born at Lundbygård manor as the son of Jesper Friis til Lundbygård and Anne Johansdat ...
in exchange for property in
Odsherred
Odsherred is a peninsula in the north-western part of the island Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. Odsherred stretches from the Sjællands Odde in the north-west to the now drained Lammefjord in the south, covering an area with a wide range of the m ...
and the estate was at the same time expanded with land from the shut-down village of Orderup. Friis was for many years one of the most influential men in the country.
Through marriage, the estate was transferred from the Friis family to the Huitfeldts. It was later passed on to Henrik Thott through his marriage to a daughter of Henrik Huitfeldt. The ravages and looting of Swedish troops during the
Dano-Swedish War
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economically ruined Thott.
1658–1704: Thomas and Caspar Bartholin
In 1663, Thott had to sell Hagestedgård to
Thomas Bartholin
Thomas Bartholin (; Onomastic Latinizatio, Latinized as ''Thomas Bartholinus''; 20 October 1616 – 4 December 1680) was a Denmark, Danish physician, mathematician, and theology, theologian. He is best known for his work in the discovery of t ...
. Bartholin, who was just 44 years old at the time, retired from the university and settled on the estate. The main building, rectory and eight farmhouses were destroyed by fire in 1670. Bartholin's vast library and many of his works were lost. As compensation,
Christian V
Christian V (15 April 1646 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699.
Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree ...
granted him tax exemption, contributed with building materials for the rebuilding of the house and appointed him as court physician.
Bartholin's son Caspar Bartholin took over the estate after his father's death. He sold the estate to Laurits Jacobsen in 1575 but reacquired it in 1695.
1704–1740: Changing owners
Bartholin then sold Hagestedgaard, for a second time, to Ursula von Putbus in 1704. She had become a widow after just one and a half years of marriage to the nobleman Knud Thott in October 1702. Ole Bornamann (1673-1725), a district judge of Zealand and
Møn
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and the owner of Nørager at
Kalundborg
Kalundborg () is a Danish city with a population of 16,211 (1 January 2022),Peder Benzon, another district judge, acquired the estate in 1712. He purchased Gjeddesdal from his brother Lars Benzon in 1714 and sold Hagestedgaard to him in 1715. Willum Worm (1698-1737), a civil servant and poet, purchased Hagestedgaard from Lars Bentzon in 1725. He sold the estate to Rachel Sophie Marschalk Fletscher in 1727.
1740–1769: The Seidelin family
Hans Seidelin purchased Hagestedgård in 1730. A favourite of the new king
Christian VI
Christian VI (30 November 1699 – 6 August 1746) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 to 1746. The eldest surviving son of Frederick IV and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, he is considered one of Denmark-Norway's more anonymous kings, bu ...
, he had just been appointed to Post Master-General of the Royal Danish Mail, Director of the Royal Vajsen House and judge at the Hofretten. The purchase of Hagestedgård emphasized his new position in society and he was ennobled the following year.
Seidelin's son, Hans Hansen Seidelin, who inherited Hagestedgård in 1740, had no male heirs. After his death, Hagestedgård was therefore endowed to his nephew,
Hans Diderik Brinck-Seidelin
Hans Diderik de Brinck-Seidelin (1 August 1720 - 5 March 1778) was a Danish Supreme Court justice and landowner who was raised to the peerage under the name Brinck-Seidelin in 1753. He owned the estates Hagestedgård (1748-1769), Holbæk Ladegà ...
, with the intention to turn it into a ''stamhus'' (family trust) for future generations of the family. This happened when Brinck-Seidelin, in 1752, founded Stamhuset Hagested from the estates of Hagestedgaard, Holbæk Ladegård and Eriksholm. Hagestedgaards was, however, with royal approbation, already sold in 1769.
1769–present: The Castenschiold family
The new owner was Carl Adolph von Castenschiold. His son, Christian Ludvig Castenschiold sold Hagestedgaard to his cousin Casper Holten Grevencop-Castenschiold in 1825, due to economic difficulties.
His son of the same name (1809-1882), who inherited the estate in 1854, sold the tenant farms to the tenants on favourable conditions. He had one son and three daughters. One of the daughters, Severine Jacobine Grevencop-Castenschiold, married the prominent archaeologist
Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae
Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (14 March 1821 – 15 August 1885) was a Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, who was the second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1865–1874). He played a key role in the foundation of scientifi ...
(1896-1982), a diplomat, on 17 September 1949. She bought the Hagestedgaard estate from her mother in 1953. She passed the estate on to their son Anders Michael Hvass om 1975. He was a chamberlain and Master of the Hunt (''Hofjægermester'').
Architecture
Most of the buildings seen today were built for Hans Didrik Brinck-Seidelin in 1748. It is an asymmetrical complex of single-storey, white-washed buildings surrounding a central courtyard. The buildings are built with timber framing on foundations of fieldstone and have roofs clad with winged, red tile.
The main wing is located on the west side of the courtyard and incorporates the remains of a tower and a barrel-vaulted cellar built by Johan Friis in 1555. The tower has a
pyramid roof
A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope (although a tented roof by definition is a hipped roof with steeply pitched slopes rising to a peak). Thus, ...
.
To the east of the central courtyard are two L-shaped residential wings surrounding an extra courtyard.
Two small pavilions with half-hip roofs are located on the north side of the central courtyard.
Today
The current owner is Henning Hvass. The estate covers 555 hectares of land of which 336 hectares are farmland, eng 84 hectares are pastures and 89 hectares are Forest.
List of owners
* ( -1540) The Crown
* (1540-1570)
Johan Friis
Johan Friis (20 February 1494 – 5 December 1570) was a Danish statesman. He served as Chancellor under King Christian III of Denmark.
Biography
He was born at Lundbygård manor as the son of Jesper Friis til Lundbygård and Anne Johansdat ...
* (1570-1586) Frederik Friis
* (1570-1586) Christian Friis
* (1586- ) Henrik Huitfeldt
* ( -1663) Henrik Thott
* (1663-1680)
Thomas Bartholin
Thomas Bartholin (; Onomastic Latinizatio, Latinized as ''Thomas Bartholinus''; 20 October 1616 – 4 December 1680) was a Denmark, Danish physician, mathematician, and theology, theologian. He is best known for his work in the discovery of t ...
* (1680-1686) Caspar Bartholin
* (1686-1695) Laurits Jacobsen
* (1695-1704) Caspar Bartholin
* (1704-1709) Ursula von Putbus
* (1709-1712) Ole Bornemann
* (1712-1715) Peder Benzon
* (1715-1725) Lars Benzon
* (1725-1727) Willum Worm
* (1727-1730) Rachel Sophie Marschalk Fletscher
* (1730-1740) Hans Seidelin
* (1740-1748) Hans Hansen Seidelin
* (1748-1769)
Hans Diderik Brinck-Seidelin
Hans Diderik de Brinck-Seidelin (1 August 1720 - 5 March 1778) was a Danish Supreme Court justice and landowner who was raised to the peerage under the name Brinck-Seidelin in 1753. He owned the estates Hagestedgård (1748-1769), Holbæk Ladegà ...
Tølløsegård
Tølløsegård, also known as Tølløse Castle (Danish language, Danish: ), is a former manor house and estate located at Tølløse, Denmark. It has since 1997 been operated as a school under the name . The current main building was built after a ...