Johan Ludvig Mansa (April 10, 1740 – April 13, 1820), was a German-Danish landscape
gardener
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Description
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, born April 10, 1740 in
Zweibrücken
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Name
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, Germany, where his father was palace gardener.
In 1765 he went to
Denmark
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and was gardener at
Fuglsang Manor
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,
Lolland
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. In the 1780s, he was appointed as a gardener and steward of
Marienlyst Castle
Marienlyst Castle (german: Marienlyst Slot) is a palatial residence located in Helsingør, Denmark. It was named after King Frederik V of Denmark's second wife, Juliana Maria, the queen consort of Denmark and Norway. The building formerly serve ...
in
Helsingør
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, Denmark and in 1794 as a gardener at
Frederiksborg Castle
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. Finally in 1799 he was employed as a gardener and steward at
Fredensborg Palace
Fredensborg Palace ( da, Fredensborg Slot; ) is a palace located on the eastern shore of Lake Esrum (Danish, ''Esrum Sø'') in Fredensborg on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in Denmark. It is the Danish Royal Family’s spring and autumn ...
.
The majority of his work was in transforming formal French gardens into English landscape gardens. Some remnants of his works can still be seen on the slope north of Marienlyst Castle in Helsingør as well as a few manors and palaces around Denmark.
Books
He was the author of "Havekatekismus eller Grundregler for nyttige Havevæxters Dyrkning i Danmark" (Basic rules for growing of useful plants in Denmark) published in 1789 and won the Kgl Danske Landhusholdningsselskab prize.
One of his other books "Gardening structures the English way" also contributed to his large influence on the development of gardening and horticulture in Denmark. He was greatly appreciated by King
Frederik VI of Denmark
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who decorated him with the
Order of the Dannebrog
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Marriage
On July 1, 1772 he married Anne Christine Voigt and then after her death, married Louise Toxwærd (b. December 31, 1769 d. March 23, 1853) on Oct 9, 1791 with whom he had ten children, six sons and four daughters. Louise was the daughter of merchant Henrik Christian Toxwærd, owner of Louis grove on
Falster
Falster () is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010. and Anna Margrethe Hauen Dorff.
Order of the Dannebrog
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1740 births
1820 deaths
German gardeners
German landscape architects
Danish gardeners
Danish landscape architects
Pomologists
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