Kattrup is a manor house and estate located south of Jyderyp,

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, 90 kilometres west of

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History

Early history

Kattrup was in the Middle Ages, a manor located in a village by the same name. In 1339, Queen

Margrethe I Margaret I ( da, Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was ruler of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian ...

gave it to

Sorø Abbey Sorø Abbey was the preeminent and wealthiest monastic house in all of Denmark during the Middle Ages. It was located in the town of Sorø in central Zealand. After Denmark became Lutheran in 1536, the abbey was confiscated by the Crown. The ab ...

. In 1444 , Sorø Abbey ceded it to the Diocese of Roskilde in exchange for other property. The estate was confiscated by the Crown after the Reformation, In 1561,it was ceded to Laurits Iversen Serlin in exchange for other property. In the late 16th century, Kattrup was acquired by Rasmus Skade through his marriage to the previous owner's daughter Kirsten. After his death in 1602 it was passed on to his son Christoffer Skade. His heirs sold Kattrup to Axel Juul of Volstrup. In 1664,Kattrup was acquired by Treasurer Henrik Müller, He would later become one of the largest landowners in the country. In the 1680s, he passed Kattrup on to his son Christian Müller who in 1689 ceded it to his brother Frantz Müller. Frantz Müller died in 1705. Kattrup was then sold at auction to Christian Paludan. It was later sold first to Bolle Luxdorph Rose and then in 1718 to Hans Philip Bochenhoffer. Bochenhoffer was in debt to Marie Juul of Kragerupgaard and he ended up ceding the ownership of the estate to her. In 1742, she ceded the estate to her son-in-law Anton Günther Ellbrecht. In 1751, Kattrup was acquired by district judge Peder Kraft. His widow sold it to Jørgen v. Hjelmcrone. He ran into economic difficulties and had to sell the estate in 1775. The new owner was Major H. Focken.

The Mylius family

In 1800, Kattrup was acquired by

Johan Caspar Mylius Johan Caspar Mylius (22 October 1776 – 15 September 1852) was a Danish military officer and landowner. He was appointed as chamberlain in 1840 and ennobled under the name de Mylius on 14 October 1840. Early life Mylius was born in Odense, the ...

. He left Kattrup in the hands of his mother, Ulrika Cathrine de Mylius, after having purchased Estruplund and a number of other estates. She was also the owner of Rønninge Søgård on

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. Mylius reacquired Kattrup after her death in 1831. He sold the estate to J.F. Adeler in 1835 but reacquired it when Adeler went bankrupt the following year. After Mylius' death in 1852, Kattrup was passed on to his son-in-law, Frederik Emil Herman Bernstorff. He was succeeded by his son Ulrich Bernstorff-Mylius. He demolished the old main building in 1896 and constructed a new one in 1925. After his death in 1930, Kattrup was passed on to his son Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Mylius.

The Møller family

Arnold Peter Møller Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – 12 June 1965), better known as A. P. Møller, was a Danish shipping magnate, businessman who was the founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 1904. Biography A. P. Møller was the son of captain Pe ...

, the founder of A.P. Møller - Mærsk, purchased Kattrup in 1949. After his death, Kattrup went to his daughter Sally Mc-Kinney Møller.

Architecture

The

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main building is from 1925 and was designed byJens Ingwersen. It is a white-washed building with two corner risalits. The roof is a

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red tile roof. The building is located on the south side of a large courtyard. The courtyard is flanked by older farm buildings from the 19th century. To the south of the main building is a large park with three pends.

Today

The estate is today owned by Peter Anders Møller. It covers 1,023 hectares. Komtesseboligen is rented out for meetings, exhibitions and other events.

List of owners

* ( -1393) The Crown * (1393-1444) Sorø Abbey * (1444-1536) Bishopric of Roskilde * (1536-1561) The Crown * (1561- ) Laurids Iversen Serlin * ( - ) Christoffer Lauridsen Serlin * ( -1602) Rasmus Skade * (1602-1654) Christoffer Skade * (1654-1655) Boet efter Christoffer Skade * (1655-1664) Axel Juul * (1664- ) Henrik Müller * ( -1689) Christian Müller * (1689-1704) Frantz Müller * (1704- ) Christian Paludan * ( -1718) Bolle Luxdorph Rose * (1718- ) Hans Philip Bockenhoffer * ( -1742) Mette Marie Juul * (1742-1751) Anton Günther v. Ellbrecht * (1751- ) Peder Kraft * ( -1765) Enke efter Peder Kraft * (1765-1775) Jørgen v. Hjelmcrone * (1775-1781) H. Focken * (1781-1793) P. Gommesen Errebo * (1793-1800) Peder Ole Borch Møller * (1800-1804)

* (1804-1831) Ulrika Catharina Rasch, gift Mylius * (1831-1835)

* (1835-1836) J.F. Adeler * (1836-1852)

* (1852-1894) Frederik Bernstorff * (1894-1925) Ulrich Bernstorff-Mylius * (1925-1949) Andreas Peter Bernstorff-Mylius * (1949-1965)

* (1965-1972) Sally McKinney-Møller * (1972-2007) Peter Arnold Poul Møller * (2007- ) Peter Anders Møller

References

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External links

Official website

Aerial
of the buildings Buildings and structures associated with the Bernstorff family Manor houses in Kalundborg Municipality Houses completed in 1925 Buildings and structures associated with the Mylius family