Scavenius' Stiftelse

	Scavenius' Stiftelse Scavenius' Stiftelse is a listed building situated on the west side of the town square in Sorø, Denmark. History The house is already known from 1682, when it was owned by Byfoged Mads Christensen. It is probably only slightly older. From 1829 to 31 it was owned by titular Privy councilor Jacob Mandix, and after his death in 1831 by his daughter, Lucie Mandix, the wife of Bernhard Severin Ingemann and one of Denmark's first female painters. Hector Frederik Janson Estrup, who had been appointed to director of Sorø Academy in 1831, acquired the building in 1833. He converted it into two residences available on grant for widows after teachers at the school. Estrup was married to a member of the Scavenius family and after her death to her sister. Estrup lived at Urnes gård, at 9 Søgade, another listed property in Sorø. He was the father of Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Danish Council President from 1875 until 1894. Architecture The building is constructed in timber frami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sorø Sorø () is a town in Sorø municipality on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand in east Denmark with a population of 8,433 (2025).BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark It lies on the northeastern shore of Sorø Lake. The municipal council and the regional council are located in Sorø. The town was founded in the 12th century by Bishop Absalon, as a Cistercian Abbey. The site also contained Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Bishop Absalon and Margaret I of Denmark were buried (she was later moved to Roskilde Domkirke). In the 16th century, the Abbey was converted into a school, which became Sorø Academy. Despite the construction of a rail line through the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Scavenius Stiftelse - Ventilation Hole Scavenius is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bente Scavenius (born 1944), Danish art historian, art critic and author Erik Scavenius (1877–1962), Danish politician, foreign minister and prime minister ** Scavenius Cabinet, government of Denmark from 9 November 1942 to 5 May 1945 * Harald Scavenius (1873–1939), Danish politician and foreign minister * Jacob Brønnum Scavenius ( 1749–1820), Danish landowner Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913), Danish politician Ole Scavenius Jensen (1921–1990), Danish rower * Otto Scavenius (1875–1945), Danish politician * Theresa Scavenius (born 1984), Danish climate politics researcher and politician See also Scavenius' Stiftelse Scavenius' Stiftelse is a listed building situated on the west side of the town square in Sorø, Denmark. History The house is already known from 1682, when it was owned by Byfoged Mads Christensen. It is probably only slightly older. From 1829 ... , is a listed build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Houses In Sorø Municipality A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses generally have doors or lock (security device), locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into the kitchen or another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Buildings And Structures Of The Scavenius Family A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the concept, see ''Nonbuilding structure'' for contrast. Buildings serve several societal needs – occupancy, primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical separation of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) from the ''outside'' (a place that may be harsh and harmful at times). buildings have been objects or canvasses of much artistic expression. In recent years, interest in sustainable planning and building pract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Listed Buildings And Structures In Sorø Municipality Listed may refer to: * Listed, Bornholm, a fishing village on the Danish island of Bornholm * Listed (MMM program), a television show on MuchMoreMusic * Endangered species in biology * Listed building, in architecture, designation of a historically significant structure * Listed company, see listing (finance), a public company whose shares are traded e.g. on a stock exchange * UL Listed, a certification mark * A category of Group races in horse racing See also * Listing (other) Listing may refer to: * Enumeration of a set of items in the form of a list * Listing (computer), a computer code listing * Listing (finance), the placing of a company's shares on the list of stocks traded on a stock exchange * Johann Benedict List ... {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Vænget Vænget is a historic building in Sorø, Denmark. It is owned by neighbouring Sorø Academy and contains an exhibition of physical instruments from before 1800 in its ground floor. History Vænget was built as residence for the local magistrate (''amtmand'') by chamberlain and magistrate Anton Vilhelm Heinrich Groothoff in 1902. In 1925, it was acquired by Sorø Academy and converted into a dormitory. The ground floor contained communal facilities, such as a living room, a study room and a dining room. The first floor contained a residence for an unmarried teacher as well as for a "house mum". The second floor contained beds for 42 pupils. The dormitory was decommissioned in 1973. Current use The first floor contains offices and meeting rooms for the director of the foundation that owns the academy. The building is also home to the head gardener's office, a lunchroom for personnel of the gardening department and administrative offices of the Sorø Cemetery. Hauch's Physical Cabin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hip Roof A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downward to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope, with variants including Tented roof, tented roofs and others. Thus, a hipped roof has no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on houses may have two triangular sides and two Trapezoid, trapezoidal ones. A hip roof on a rectangular plan has four faces. They are almost always at the same pitch or slope, which makes them symmetrical about the centerlines. Hip roofs often have a consistent level fascia (architecture), fascia, meaning that a gutter can be fitted all around. Hip roofs often have dormer slanted sides. Construction Hip roofs can be constructed on a wide variety of plan shapes. Each ridge is central over the rectangle of the building below it. The triangular faces of the roof are called the hip ends, and they are bounded by the hips themselves. The "hips" and hip rafters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Timber Framing Timber framing () and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy Beam (structure), timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and Woodworking joints, joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs. If the Structural system, structural frame of Load-bearing wall, load-bearing timber is left exposed on the exterior of the building it may be referred to as half-timbered, and in many cases the infill between timbers will be used for decorative effect. The country most known for this kind of architecture is Germany, where timber-framed houses are spread all over the country. The method comes from working directly from logs and trees rather than pre-cut Lumber#Dimensional lumber, dimensional lumber. Artisans or framers would gradually assemble a building by hewing logs or trees with broadaxes, adzes, and draw knife, draw knives and by using woodworking tools, such as hand-powered Brace (tool), braces and Auger (dril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Prime Minister Of Denmark The prime minister of Denmark (, , ) is the head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the three constituent countries: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Before the creation of the modern office, the kingdom did not initially have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the monarch, in whom the executive authority was vested. The Constitution of 1849 established a constitutional monarchy by limiting the powers of the monarch and creating the office of . The inaugural holder of the office was Adam Wilhelm Moltke. The prime minister presides over a cabinet that is formally appointed by the monarch. In practice, the appointment of the prime minister is determined by their support in the Folketing (the National Parliament). Since the beginning of the 20th century, no single party has held a majority in the Folketing so the prime minister must head a coalition of political parties, as well as their own party. Additionally, only four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (16 April 1825 – 24 December 1913), was a Danish politician, member of the Højre party. He was Interior Minister from 1865 to 1869 in the Cabinet of Frijs and Council President as well as Finance Minister from 1875 to 1894 as the leader of the '' Estrup Cabinet''. At 19 years, he was the longest serving Danish prime minister. From a Danish historical perspective, he is perhaps most famous (or infamous) for the so-called provisional time (''provisorietiden'') from 1885 to 1894. After a huge defeat in the 1884 ''Folketinget'' parliamentary election, in which the Højre party only gained 19 out of 102 seats, he simply refused to resign as Head of Government. (The title "''konseilspresident''" has later been changed to "''statsminister''" but both titles are equivalent to Prime Minister) He then wasn't able to get parliamentary support for the imperative annual Financial Laws, he instead managed to bring about King Christian IX's support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]