Charlottendal is a historic building and estate situated south of

Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Kalundborg and 14 k ...

, Denmark. Created by Constantin Brun in 1799, it is today part of

Antvorskov Barracks Antvorskov barracks is a barracks located near Slagelse in Denmark. It was established in 1969 and currently houses the 2nd Brigade and the Guard Hussar Regiment including its mounted squadron. The latter was moved here from Næstved Kaserne in ...

History

Early owners, 17971810

Antvorskov Hovedgård was in 1799 acquired by Constantin Brun. He imported several families from Switzerland and established a production of Swiss cheese which was mainly exported to oversea markets. He also marketed chopping and

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s. Bruun was married to

Friederike Brun Friederike Brun, née ''Münther'' (3 June 1765 – 25 March 1835), was a Danish author and salonist. She was married to the affluent merchant Constantin Brun and during the Danish Golden Age of the first half of the 19th century she arranged lit ...

, a leading

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of her time. Bruun created four small estates from part of the land that had previously belonged to Antvorskov Hovedgård, naming them Charlottendal, Augustendal,

Idagaard Idagaard is a manor house and estate located immediately south of Slagelse, Denmark. The estate was created by the businessman Constantin Brun from land that had previously belonged to Antvorskov and is named after his daughter Ida Brun. It is now ...

and Karlsgaard, of which the latter four were named after his children. The four new manors were sold to Adam Wilhelm Hauch and Marcus Frederik Voigt in 1806. Charlottendal was sold to Frederik Nielsen Bøgvad (17411821) in 1809.

Frisch family, 18101847

In 1810, Charlottendal was acquired by

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. Frisch served as director of the

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. He was also the owner of the

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5 in Copenhagen and of Vodroffgård outside the city. In 1815 he also purchased Augustendal. Upon on Frisch's death, Charlottendal and Augustendal were passed down to his sons Frederik Emil and Constantin Frisch. In 1823 Constantin Frisch bought his brother's share of the estates. He merged them into a single estate under the name Charlottendal.

Neergaard family

In 1847, Constantin Frisch sold Charlottendal to Carl de Neergaard. He was already the owner of

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and Kastrupgård. Carl de Neergaard died without children on 2 August 1850. His eldest brother's children drew lots for his estates with Kastrup and Charlottendal going to Charles Adolf Denis de Neergaard. He constructed the current main building of the Charlottendal estate. In 1862, Neergaard also purchased

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. The author and educator wrote his first poetry while working as a tutor on Charlottendal in 18631864. On Charles Adolph Denis de Neergaard's death in 1903, Gyldenholm and Kastrupgård passed to his eldest son Carl. In 1908, Charlottendal was ceded to the younger brother Viggo de Neergaard. He had recently also purchased nearby Valdemarskilde. In 1920, he also purchased Lille Frederikslund. He was married two times, first to

Karen Blixen Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote works in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countrie ...

's sister Inger Benedicte Dinesen and later to Elisabeth Lina Perrochet. He was a stakeholder and board member of Blixen's Karen Coffee Company Ltd. In 1963, D. F. de Neergaard had to sell Charlottendal to the Danish state in connection with the establishment of Antvorskov Barracks. of land on the west side of the main road (formerly Augustendal) were sold to Idagaard, while Idagaardsfonden ceded approximately of woodland to Neergaard's Valdemarskilde as part of the transaction.

Architecture

The main building is a one-storey brick building with a gabled median risalit and a red tile roof. It is flanked by two detached secondary wings.

Surroundings

The garden is located to the west of the main building. The estate comprises a number of smaller woodlands, including Slagelse Lystskov, Karlsgaard skov, Nykobbel, Kalven and Charlottendal skov. Two lakes, Grønsø and Rørsø, are located in Charlottendal Skov. A larger lake known as Ny Sø, which was the site of a watermill, has been reclaimed.

List of owners

* (1799–1806) Constantin Brun * (1806–1808) * (1806–1808) Marcus Frederik Voigt * (1808–1810) Frederik Nielsen Bøgvad * (1810–1817)

* (1817–1823) Frederik Emil Frisch * (1817–1847) Constantin Frisch * (1847–1850) Carl de Neergaard * (1850–1903) Charles Adolph Denis de Neergaard * (1908– ) Viggo de Neergaard * (1969– )

References

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