Meilgaard Castle (Danish: ''Meilgård Gods'') is a castle and estate located in Glesborg Parish in
Norddjurs Municipality
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It is situated between Fjellerup Strand and Bønnerup Strand on the Djursland peninsula.
[VisitDjursland.com: Meilgaard Slot, Djursland]
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History
The estate known as Medelgård was first mentioned when the estate changed title in 1345. The current castle dates from 1573; it was extended in 1873 with the main building thoroughly rebuilt in the period 1888-1891
Over the centuries, the estate changed ownership between many different families.
Meilgaard was acquired in 1868 by Baron Christian Iuel-Brockdorff (1827-1888) and is now owned by Michael F. Iuel and his wife Princess Désirée of Schaumburg-Lippe.
[ Part of it has been converted to five private apartments. A former farm building is being used as a restaurant.][
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Meilgaard Midden
The estate is of 2.070 hectares, of which 543 are farmed and 1.220 are forested.[Meilgaard.dk]
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The coastal forest of Nederskov just north of the castle is home to the world's first scientifically excavated Midden
A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, potsherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecofact ...
(''køkkenmødding''). In 1848 the National Museum of Denmark
The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from Strøget ...
organized an archaeological excavation of the Meilgaard midden under the direction of 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 ...
(1821–1885) and Johan Georg Forchhammer
Johan Georg Forchhammer (26 July 1794 – 14 December 1865) was a Danish mineralogist and geologist.
Early life and education
Forchhammer was born at Husum, Schleswig. He studied at the universities of Kiel and Copenhagen from 1815 to 1818.
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(1794–1865).
Scientists concluded that the oyster shells was not ordinary natural deposits, but leftovers and waste from the Ertebølle culture
The Ertebølle culture (ca 5300 BCE – 3950 BCE) () is the name of a hunter-gatherer and fisher, pottery-making culture dating to the end of the Mesolithic period. The culture was concentrated in Southern Scandinavia. It is named after the ...
dating to the end of the Mesolithic period
The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymously ...
(ca 5300 BC – 3950 BC).
List of owners
* (1340-1345) Niels Griis
* (1345-1370) Vogn Pedersen
* (1370-1390) Peder Markvardsen Skjernov
* (1390-1440) Markvard Pedersen Skjernov
* (1440-1461) Markvard Markvardsen Skjernov
* (1461-1476) Widow Skjernov
* (1476-1480) Iver Andersen Skjernov
* (1480-1499) Markvard Iversen Skjernov
* (1499-1540) Niels Markvardsen Skjernov
* (1540) Niels Nielsen Skjernov
* (1540-1560) Niels Markvardsen Skjernov
* (1560-1565) Dorte Nielsdatter Tornekrands married Skjernov
* (1565-1577) Axel Sørensen Juul
* (1577-1589) Absalon Axelsen Juul
* (1589-1604) Ove Axelsen Juul
* (1604-1613) Frands Ovesen Juul
* (1613-1619) Jørgen Kaas
* (1619-1634) Dorte Frandsdatter Juul married Kaas
* (1634-1663) Christoffer Bille / Steen Bille
* (1663-1681) Erik Høg Banner
* (1681-1689) Iver Juul Eriksen Høg Banner
* (1689) Helle Trolle married (1) Høg Banner (2) Krag
* (1689-1694) Palle Krag
* (1694-1703) Adam Ernst von Pentz
* (1703-1708) Henrik Bille
* (1708-1711) Ingeborg Christine Adamsdatter von Pentz married (1) Bille (2) Sehested
* (1711-1719) Kjeld Krag Sehested
* (1719-1720) Slægten Sehested
* (1720-1737) Poul Rosenørn
* (1737-1747) Johan Nicolaj Poulsen Rosenørn
* (1747-1752) Sophie Amalie Dyre married (1) Rosenørn (2) von der Osten
* (1752-1769) Otto Christopher von Osten
* (1769-1783) Christian Kallager
* (1783-1800) Hans Friedrich von Brüggermann
* (1800-1804) Charlotte Dorothea Gotholdine von Körbitz married von Brüggermann
* (1804) Peter Andreas Kolderup-Rosenvinge / P. Schandorff
* (1804-1810) Adam Christoffer von Knuth
* (1810-1823) Lars Lassen
Lars Lassen (1761 – 6 June 1823) was a Danish landowner, proprietor, chamber councilor "kammerråd" and agricultural commissioner. He was the son of Niels Lassen (1729-1811) and Karen Sørensdatter (1726-1810). Lars owned the estates Benzo ...
* (1823-1839) The Danish government
* (1839-1840) H.P. Hansen
* (1840-1845) Peter Johansen de Neergaard
* (1845-1868) Christian Frederik Olsen
* (1868-1888) Christian Frederik Theophilus Alexander baron Juel-Brockdorff
* (1888-1931) Niels Joachim Christian Gregers Iuel
* (1931-1941) Christian Frederik Nielsen Iuel
* (1941-1959) Kate Harriet Ryan Treschow married Iuel
* (1959-1986) Niels Christiansen Iuel
* (1986-) Michael Frederik Nielsen Iuel
References
External links
Meilgaard Gods website
{{Castles in Denmark
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