Rosenfeldt Manor is a

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and estate located just west of

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, some 90 km south of

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. One of 12 new manors created when Vordingborg Cacalry District was dissolved in 1774, its first owner was

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. The current main building was constructed for Oscar O'Neill Oxholm in 1870 to a design by

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History

Iselin family

Reinhard Iselin by Georg Mathias Fuchs, 1766

The estate was founded by Baron Reinhard von Iselin, a prosperous, Swiss-born merchant and

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from Copenhagen, who acquired the land in 1774 when the Crown sold Vordingborg Cavalry District in auction. From 1776 to 1777 he constructed a large farm complex around an octagonal courtyard with the assistance of the architect

Christian Joseph Zuber Christian Joseph Zuber (1736–1802) was a Danish Royal architect who was strongly influenced by Nicolas-Henri Jardin. Early life After completing grammar school, Zuber attended the Imperial Engineering Academy in Vienna and from 1759 the Roy ...

. Iselin's daughter, Anna Elizabeth, inherited Rosenfeldt in 1781. In 1777 she had married the French-born nobleman

Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette Gérard Pierre Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, often referred to as Antoine de la Calmette, (21 September 1752 – 7 April 1803) was a Danish County Governor, geheimrat, and landowner. He is, however, remembered above all as an artist and lan ...

who was appointed prefect of

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in 1783 where he owned Marienborg and founded the

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estate, which he named after his wife.

Changing owners, 18031844

In 1803, Jens Lind purchased Rosenfeldt and the other Idelin estates. Rosenfeldt was sold the same year to Frederik Hoppe. In 1805, Hoppe sold the estate to Rasmus Lange (1777–1848) and Frederik Ludvig Hastrup for 300,000 rigsdaler. He later purchased Løvegård and Søbygaard near

Kalundborg Kalundborg () is a Danish city with a population of 16,211 (1 January 2022), Hastrup was married a second time to Anna Elisabeth née Hegelund, 34 years his junior, with whom he had two daughters. In 1844, he sold the estate and moved to Copenhagen. The family was based in an apartment in

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at the time of the 1845 census.

Oxholm family

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In 1844 the estate was acquired by captain, general-major Oscar O'Neill Oxholm. He lived on the estate with his Irish wife Adelaide Maria O'Kelly. Oxholm constructed the new main building, two farm buildings and 20 tenant farms. Designed by

, the main building was built from 1868 to 1870.

Architecture

Rosenfeldt's buildings are arranged around seven of eight sides of Zuber's octagonal courtyard, a layout which is reminiscent of that of

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in Copenhagen. Zuber's original farm complex consists of four low pavilions and two tall stable buildings in Neoclassical style. The plan also reserved a site for the main building which was not built until 1870. Sibbern's main building is constructed in red brick and designed in a

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style. It consists of a two-story main wing with a tower flanked by two short lateral wings.

Rosenfeldt Manor today

Rosenfeldt Manor is owned by Peter Oxholm Tillisch. It covers 2,313 hectares (1998).

List of owners

* (–1774) The Crown * (1774–1781)

* (1781–1781) Anna Elisabeth 1) Iselin, 2) Classen,

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Fabritius-Tengnagel * (1781–1803) P.G.A. Bosc de la Calmette * (1803) Jens Lind * (1803–1805) Frederik Hoppe * (1805–1809) Rasmus Lange * (1805–1844) Frederik Ludvig Hastrup * (1844–1871) Oscar O'Neill Oxholm * (1871–1882) Adelaide Maria Oxholm

O'Kelly * (1882–1914) Carl Arthur George O'Neill Oxholm * (1914–1935)

Sophie Marguerite Oxholm Sophie Marguerite Oxholm née Bech (25 December 1848 – 3 September 1935) was a Danish noblewoman who was active in the initial planning of the 1895 Copenhagen Women's Exhibition. She was the owner of Rosenfeldt at Vordingborg from 1914 to 1935. ...

née Bech * (1935–1949) Oscar O'Neill Oxholm * (1949–1991) Elsa S.S. Tillisch née Oxholm * (1991–present) Oscar Peter Oxholm Tillisch

References

External links

Official website

Architectural renderings
in the

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Rosenfeldt Gods
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