Gavnø Castle
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Gavnø Castle is a castle located near Næstved in the south of the main Danish island of Zealand . The current building dates from the Rococo period .
The island of Gavnø , on which the Rococo Gavnø Castle is located, is located southeast of Næstved . There was a fortified castle on the island under King Waldemar II of Denmark . In 1402 Margarethe I donated the Dominican convent of St. Agnes at this point . After the Reformation , the monastery became the property of the crown. In the 17th century the estate belonged to the Imperial Councilor Hans Lindenov, later to the Admiral Niels Trolle . In 1682 it fell to the Thott family, whose descendants still own it today. Under liege Count Otto Thott, today's castle was built on the site of the former manor house between 1755 and 1758. He laid the foundation stone for the art and book collection. Today's owner is Baron Otto Reedtz-Thott.
The stone bridge over the Suså river as the entrance to the castle was built after the Baltic storm flood in 1872 , which destroyed the previous wooden bridge from 1766. In addition to the well-known tulip cultivation in the castle park, there is a butterfly house , the large Reedtz-Thott painting collection and a library , but also a small fire department museum.
The castle chapel is still the chapel of the former monastery. It was redesigned under Admiral Niels Trolle and his wife Helle Rosenkrantz . The altar contains 64 coats of arms of the ancestors of the couple in the form of a pedigree . In 1913 the chapel was thoroughly renovated.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 11 ′ 20 ″ N , 11 ° 43 ′ 30 ″ E