Kvistgård is a small town in the southwestern outskirts of
Helsingør
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Helsingør Municipality
Helsingør Municipality (a variant English name: Elsinore Municipality; Danish: ''Helsingør Kommune''), is a municipality in the Capital Region on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality ...
, some 40 kilometres north of
Copenhagen
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Denmark
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. It is situated in the fork between the
Helsingør Motorway
Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern ...
to the east, separating it from
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, and Helsingørsvej (part of National route 9) to the west.
Kvistgård railway station is a stop on the
Litte North railway line between
Helsingør
Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern ...
and
Hillerød
Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)[Pope Alexander III
Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland ( it, Rolando), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181.
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dated 2 November 1178. The village belonged to
Esrum Abbey
Esrum Abbey, also Esrom Abbey ( da, Esrum or ), was the second Cistercian monastery founded in Denmark, located near Hillerød in Region Hovedstaden, on the island of Zealand (Sjælland), on the north side of the Esrum Sø (Lake Esrum) near Es ...
until the Reformation. In 1497 it consisted of 10 farms and in 1681 of six farms and four houses. From 1674 until 1712 the residence of the forester of Kronborg County was in Nyrup. After that he resided at
Gurrehus. Before
Fredensborg
Fredensborg () is a railway town located in Fredensborg Municipality, North Zealand, some 30 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is most known for Fredensborg Palace, one of the official residences of the Danish Royal Family. As of 1 Janua ...
was built, the king also had a hunting lodge at Nyrup. It was located a little north of the village. Nyrup was located at the site where the two royal roads (''kongeveje'') from
Frederiksborg and
Hirschholm Palace
Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 1740s and, one of the finest buildings of its time, it ...
met before continuing to Helsingør and
Kronborg
Kronborg is a castle and stronghold in the town of Helsingør, Denmark. Immortalized as Elsinore in William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'', Kronborg is one of the most important Renaissance castles in Northern Europe and was inscribed on the UNES ...
. The village was therefore from at least the beginning of the 18th century and probably much earlier home to an inn.
Kvistgård developed around
Kvistgård railway station which opened on the new
North Line in 1868. The town was named after the farm Kvistgård (formerly Qvistgaard) on whose land it was built. The farmhouse was subsequently referred to as Kvistgård Hovedgård (literally "Kvistgård Manor") to distinguish it from the station and settlement even if it had never been a
manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
. The land originally belonged to the hamlet of Munkegaarde but after the agricultural reforms of the 1780s came under Nyrup. The first new buildings were in a housing development built by the railway company for railway workers. In the mid-1870s, Ludvig Lichtenberg, owner of Kvistgård Hovedgård, established Kvistgård Brickyards (''Kvistgård Teglværk'').
Havreholm Fabrikker A/S a manufacturer of wood products, moved to a new site next to Kvistgård Station after a fire in 1897. When these enterprises closed, new companies took over their premises. The area remained relatively open until the middle of the 20th century but was gradually surrounded by residential neighbourhoods, workshops, a few shops and new industries.
Landmarks
Kvistgård's former main building today houses the only
Rudolf Steiner school
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in the
North Zealand
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area. The buildings have been expanded and altered several times. All of the land has been sold off. Some of it has been laid out as allotments since 1975.
Nyrup boasts two English-style country houses from the 1820s, Fairyhill and Claythorpe. They were built by Charles Fenwick, an English born businessman and General council. Fairyhill was listed in 1959. Nyrupgaard now houses the head office of the Noa Noa clothing company. Companies in Kvistgård include
Bavarian Nordic
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,
and the Barslund A/S construction and engineering company. The local parish church is in Tikøb.
Surroundings
Kvistgård is surrounded by several small forests. Nyrup Hegn and Kronborg Hegn are located north of the town and Kelleris Hegn and Egebljsvang are to the west.
Transport
Kvistgård is served by
Kvistgård railway station on the
Little North railway line between
Helsingør
Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern ...
and
Hillerød
Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)[railway company
A railway company is a company within the rail industry. It can be a manufacturing firm or an operator. Some railway companies operate both the trains and the track, while, particularly in the European Union, operation of the track is undertaken ...]
Lokaltog
Lokaltog A/S ( en, Local Trains Ltd) is a Danish railway company responsible for train operation and related passenger services on nine local railways on the islands of Zealand, Lolland and Falster in Denmark. The company was formed on 1 July 2015 ...
with frequencies of twice an hour in the daytime on week days and once an hour in the evening and on weekends.
The Helsingør Motorway provides a fast connection to Copenhagen. Helsingørsvej, part of National route 6, connects Kvistgård to
Fredensborg
Fredensborg () is a railway town located in Fredensborg Municipality, North Zealand, some 30 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is most known for Fredensborg Palace, one of the official residences of the Danish Royal Family. As of 1 Janua ...
,
Hillerød
Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)[Slangerup
Slangerup is a town in Frederikssund Municipality, about 30 km north-west of central Copenhagen, in the Capital Region of Denmark.
The town of Slangerup
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, and
Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...
.
References
External links
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Helsingør Municipality