Kongstedlund
Kongstedlund is an old Danish mansion on the Himmerland peninsula near Aalborg , which was built in 1592 in the Renaissance style. Kongstedlund is not open to the public, but the main building is visible from the street.
Structural matters
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Kongstedlund stands on an old rampart and is surrounded by moats that have now been drained. The main building was built in 1592 by the Danish nobleman Niels Juul. In 1640 the entrance to the main building was given a baroque sandstone portal, which is a particularly valuable architectural detail of Kongstedlund. In the 1770s, a low half-timbered wing was added to the manor house. Kongstedlund stands on an old vaulted cellar that still comes from a previous building.
The facades of Kongstedlund are whitewashed, but originally consisted of unplastered red bricks. The floors of the main building are marked with wall anchors . The rectangular windows are located in window cavities that are bent upwards like a handle. The gables follow the red gable roof in a straight line , but were most likely curved in the Renaissance style in the past.
The baroque sandstone portal from 1640 was added by the landowners Ivar Krabbe and Dorte Juul, whose initials it bears. The most important elements of the portal are two heavily armed warriors who flank the entrance, two angels who carry the upper part of the portal, and in the upper part two female figures who flank a family coat of arms and a laurel wreath.
Royal resident
From 1922 to 1963 lived Princess Dagmar of Denmark on Kongstedlud, daughter of Danish King Frederick VIII. , With the letter noble married landowner Jørgen Castenschiold.
See also
List of castles, chateaus and fortresses in Denmark
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Niels Peter Stilling: Politics bog om Danmarks slotte og herregårde. Politics Forlag, Copenhagen 2000, ISBN 87-567-5911-8 , p. 190. (Danish)
- ↑ Bo Bramsen: Huset Glücksborg. Europe's svigerfader and hans efterslægt. Volume 2, Politikens Forlag, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-553-3230-7 , p. 289. (Danish)