Tårnborg

Tårnborg (or Taarnborg), from 1671 until 1841 known as Dyrehavegaard, is a former manor house in Korsør, Slagelse Municipality, Denmark. The buildings are now part of Hotel Comwell Grand Park. The Neoclassical main building from 1803 and the manager's house () from 1843 were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1982.

History

Origins

Tårnborg was originally the name of a small fortified town whose fortifications were most likely constructed by Svend Grathe in the middle of the 12th century. After Grathe's death, Tårnborg Castle was part of Valdemar I's crown land but lost its military importance when Korsør Castle was built. Tårnborg Castle's home farm () was from then on known as Korsør Castle's home farm. In 1458, Christian I allowed the farmers in the new town of Korsør to use the land for grazing in return for the payment of an annual fee. Korsør Castle's home farm was destroyed during the Second Northern War (1657–1660).

Dyrehovedgaard, 16711841

In 1662, Hugo Lützow proposed to give the land to townspeople of Slagelse who were willing to move to Korsør. The proposal was approved but never realized, and in 1669, part of the land was instead acquired by Hugo Lützow (32 ). The rest of the land (Stubager and Stibjerg, 25 ) was sold to Han Jørgensen in 1671. Shortly thereafter, Jørgen also bought Lützow's share of the land and renamed the estate .

Hans Jørgensen served as mayor of Korsør until his death in 1684. The next owners of Dyrehovedgaard were Jokum Brorsen (pastor of Randlev Parish), Eiler Jacobsen (assessor in konsistorialkollegiet), Christian Schnitler (merchant from Copenhagen) and Anders Trolle (owner of Hellestrup).

In 1709, Dyrehovedgaard was acquired by Ulrich Mogensen. He had previously leased Brahetrolleborg on Funen. The land was supposed to be returned to the Crown in 1719 for inclusion in Antvorskov Cavalry District, but after a personal meeting with Frederick IV, Mogensen was allowed to keep the estate. At the time of his death, its size had grown to 204 .

In 1741, Mogensen's widow sold Dyrehovedgård to Poul Hein. He continued the work with expanding the estate through the acquisition of more land. In 1749, it had finally reached the size of a "complete manor", or seat (), meaning that it comprised copyholds with a total area of more than 200 , a status that was rewarded with tax exemptions and other privileges.

In 1766, Dyrehovedgård was acquired by Christian Eggers. He had previously served as manager of Dragsholm at Kalundborg

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