Gammel Ryomgård is a manor house located in

Syddjurs Municipality Syddjurs Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland in Denmark just north of Aarhus and is a part of the Aarhus area. It covers an area of 696.7 km² and has a population of 44,101 (1. January 2025). On ...

, Denmark.

History

The main building was built in 1643 and rebuilt in 1768–1770. Gammel Ryomgård was known as Ryomgaard in 1576 J.P. Trap: Danmark 5.udgave, Kraks Landbrug and called Gammel Ryomgaard from 1804, when a much of the land was sold and converted into separate farms. The new farms received the names ''Ny Ryomgaard'' (New Ryomgård) (originally ''Karlsruhe''), ''Marienhøj'' (originally ''Marienhof''), ''Frederikslund'' (originally ''Kragelund'') and ''Margrethelund''. Today Gammel Ryomgård has 107

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of land. The building is protected. During the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

, there was a toll-passage that crossed the lowlands of the former Kolind Sound (''Kolindsund'') at Gammel Ryomgård.

Djursland Djursland () is a 1,417 km2 hilly lowland peninsula in Denmark at the entrance to the Baltic Sea, between Denmark and Sweden in Northern Europe. Djursland protrudes into the Kattegat sea, as part of the larger peninsula of Jutland, which its ...

, the northern part of the peninsula, was separated from the southern part by the sound. With the construction of the

Grenaa Line The Grenaa Line () is a long standard gauge single track railway line in Denmark which runs between Aarhus and Grenaa through the peninsula of Djursland. The railway opened in 1876–1877. It is owned and maintained by Rail Net Denmark and serv ...

(''Grenaabanen'') in the 1870s, the foundation was created for the town of Ryomgård, which grew up west and east of Gammel Ryomgård.

Recent owners of Gammel Ryomgård

*(1854–1902) Christian Helenus Mourier-Petersen *(1902) Carl Vilhelm Behagen Castenschiold *(1902–1912) Adolf Frederik Holten Castenschiold *(1912–1941) Jørgen Carl greve Scheel *(1941–1945) Johannes Fogh-Nielsen *(1945–1953) Enkefru Fogh-Nielsen *(1953–1975) Ove Nielsen *(1975–1985) Enkefru Else Nielsen *(1985–2001) Else Voldstedlund *(2001–present) Frank Voldstedlund

References

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