Jægerspris Castle
Jægerspris Castle is an old hunting lodge in the town of Jægerspris on the Danish island of Zealand , which became the residence of the Danish King Frederick VII of Denmark and his morganatic wife Louise Countess Danner .
history
Under the name Abrahamstrup, the estate had been owned by the Danish Krone since the Middle Ages. It is passed down as the residence of King Erik Menved . Subsequent generations used Abrahamstrup at least as a hunting seat. The structure of the northern central building of the castle, which today has five axes and three full storeys, goes back to the old Abrahamstrup. The south wing is the result of the construction work of King Christian IV . The heptagonal stair tower comes from the same time. Around 1677, for a short period of six years, the castle was privately owned by Hofjägermeister Vincent Hahn , who gave it its current name in praise of the hunter . Prince Carl of Denmark (1680–1729) increased the south wing and added the front gable . 1730 came through King Christian VI. the east wing was added as a connecting structure. King Friedrich V received Jægerspris from his father as Crown Prince in 1743 for the wedding of his first wife Louise of Great Britain . The north wing was added to the castle. The construction work was directed in 1745 by the builder Johann Adam Soherr , who also put the iron spikes on the three towers.
King Frederick VII acquired Jægerspris Castle on April 21, 1845 from the Danish crown estate as private property and gave it to his mistress Louise Rasmussen . The Danish court painter Johan Vilhelm Gertner captured this scene as a portrait of the two. Frederick VII made the old hunting lodge of the Oldenburg kings a private residence. It later became the widow's seat of Countess Danner. In 1866, three years after Friedrich's death, the countess opened parts of the palace to the public. In her will, in 1867 she ordered the establishment of a charitable foundation , which was equipped with a capital base, 2000 hectares of forest and 1600 hectares of arable land.
The audience hall, the royal study with the king's pipe collection, the tower room, the armory and the countess's cabinet are all worth seeing. The interior of the castle bears her signature and represents a document of elegant taste around 1850.
The sculpture of a stag in the Great Court was made by the Thorvaldsen pupil Adelgunde Vogt (1811-1892).
Early history of the area
Nearby were King Frederick V and Crown Prince Frederick by its archaeological interests. Both dug in 1745 or 1776 in the immediate vicinity of each one passage grave of the Stone Age made. The Julianehøj was rebuilt in the style of the French park into a tomb with memorial pillars for Nordic kings of antiquity. A rune stone from Norway was placed on the grave . Prince Friedrich had a memorial plaque placed above the entrance for his mother, Queen Juliane Marie .
park
In the park, Hereditary Prince Friedrich pursued his idea of building a pantheon similar to that in Fredensborg Palace Park . He had 54 memorial stones set up for the Høegh-Guldbergs nationalhistoriske anlæg , which were carved by the sculptor Johannes Wiedewelt and dedicated to important personalities in Denmark. At Roskilde Fjord , Frederick built a Swiss Cottage, one of only three of its kind in Denmark. The Flemløse stones are also in the park .
literature
- Signe Prytz: Jægerspris Castle and Foundation , Jægerspris 1961.
See also
List of castles, chateaus and fortresses in Denmark
Web links
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 21 ″ N , 11 ° 58 ′ 24.6 ″ E