Kommandørgården
Built in 1749 Kommandørgården ( German : "the Kommandeurhof") is one of the rich old fiefdoms on the Danish North Sea island of Romo and a branch of the Danish National Museum .
The name refers to the commanders ( captains ) who were in command of large whaling boats in the 18th and 19th centuries . Commanders spent most of the year at sea, hunting whales in the North Atlantic or making long trade trips. The fully furnished courtyard testifies to the prosperity that whaling or merchant shipping brought the captains.
The museum also includes the Toftum Skole , which is located in the immediate vicinity , also a thatched-roof house, which is considered the smallest and oldest school in Denmark.
history
From around 1600 on, Kommandørgården was passed on to the same family for twelve generations, seven of them to female descendants. As with most of the southern Jutland farms, the land was part of the estate. The building has always been inhabited by the owners.
The current building was built in 1749 by Karen Pedersdatter and her son-in-law, the sailor Harcke Thadens. Harcke Thadens was married to Karen Pedersdatter's daughter, Margaretha.
The house originally consisted of two floors, but it was rebuilt in 1770 by Margaretha and her second husband, Hans Peter Hansen, in its present form. In the same year a plaque was put up above the main entrance to commemorate the renovation. As an inscription, the tablet contains the names of Margaretha and her son from her first marriage, Thade Harckens, and of her second husband, Hans Peter Hansen.
Several changes were made to the exterior and interior in the 1830s. So larger rooms were divided in order to set up an elderly part with the Oldefars Chamber .
In the course of the 18th century the family of the court grew in wealth. Most of the income came from shipping. The men and boys worked on whaling boats or merchant ships as commanders, sailors, helmsmen or captains. Fishing near the coast of the island was also lucrative. During the time at sea the yard was hardly occupied; agriculture played only a secondary role. In a commission report from 1708 only three horses, two young animals and six sheep were counted, which, in contrast to seafaring, hardly brought in any income.
After the participation of the confederation Denmark-Norway in the wars of Napoleon , known in Danish as Englandskrigene (1801-1814), the importance of seafaring on Rømø began to wane and agriculture became the main livelihood of the islanders, which was more difficult for the Kommandørgården family Times meant.
At the beginning of the 20th century, only a servant and a maid were continuously employed on the farm. After 1940 there was no help at all. A domestic help was only hired on special occasions.
The Kommandørgården was extensively repaired in 1998.
Facility
The living area rooms contain 18th-century painted panels and ceilings, carpentry and carvings, and hundreds of Dutch blue-and-white tiles. At the east end of the courtyard is the Pesel (pisel) . The parlor of the house was mainly used for weddings and other celebrations. The Sønderdørns ( "Süderdörns") is the largest living room. Dørns or Dörns is a South Jutland and Low German expression for a room that can be heated. Several rooms and chambers as well as the old part are connected to this room. The skeleton of a sperm whale is kept in the barn . The hanging skeleton comes from a whale stranded on Rømø in 1996 and is supposed to document the connection between the farm and the lucrative whaling in the Arctic Ocean .
literature
- Svend Jespersen, Inger Tolstrup: National Museum Kommandørgården på Rømø . Ed .: National Museum. 2001, ISBN 87-89384-74-1 (Danish).
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Coordinates: 55 ° 9 ′ 58.6 ″ N , 8 ° 33 ′ 19.5 ″ E