Marienborg Manor is an

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on the Danish island of

Møn Møn () is an island in south-eastern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg Municipality, Vordingborg, after merging with the former municipalities of Langeb ...

. The estate has a large park with public access. The main building was demolished in 1984. The estate, covering , contains the thatched tenant farm of Egeløkke. Manorial records exist from 1769, though earlier records may exist in the Møn Cavalry District records.

History

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In 1668,

Frederik III Frederick III (; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-bishop) of the ...

gave Captain Jacob Nielsen several estates on Møn, including the Nygård farm, as a reward for his having captured a Swedish ship and brought it back to Copenhagen with its cargo and Danish prisoners of war. Nielsen apparently only kept it for a short period. Later, a manor was built there as the residence of Samuel Christoph von Plessen, who in 1685 was appointed governor of Møn. Plessen used bricks from Stege's town wall for the building. When he was relieved of his position of governor in 1697, the house was totally or partially demolished. Casper Gottlob Moltke, who was governor from 1703 to 1728, tidied up the estate and built a new manor house in 1707. In 1739–47, Count

Adam Gottlob Moltke Count Adam Gottlob von Moltke (10 November 171025 September 1792) was a German-born Danish courtier, politician and diplomat who was a favourite of Frederick V of Denmark, Frederick V of Denmark-Norway. Moltke was born at Walkendorf, Riesenhof ...

resided on the estate but handed it over to the new governor, Frederik Christian von Møsting, against a payment of 6,000 rigsdaler for the building. In 1769, von Møsting transferred the estate to the Crown in return for compensation for the building."Marienborg"
Roskilde Historie. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

Marienborg, 17691888

When the Crown sold the property in 1769, it was bought by local farmers but as they were unable to afford the full payment, Regimental Quartermaster Esaias Fleischer from

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, together with

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, bought it instead. Shortly afterwards, Beringskjold took the property over himself, naming it Marienborg after his wife Marie Kirstine von Cappelen. Being unable to make a payment, in 1776, Beringskjold sold the estate in turn to Charles François de Bosc de la Calmette, whose son

Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette Gérard Pierre Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, often referred to as Antoine de la Calmette, (21 September 1752 – 7 April 1803) was a Danish people, Danish County Governor, geheimrat, and landowner. He is, however, remembered above all as an ...

, remembered for the romantic

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he laid out at

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on Møn, took it over after the father's death in 1781, calling the manor Calmettenborg."Antoine de la Calmette"
''Dansk Biografisk Leksikon''. Retrieved 10 December 2012. On Antoine's death in 1781, his son Charles Bosc de la Calmette inherited the estate. Upon his death in 1821, Marienborg Manor was sold to Peter Adolph Tutein. He also bought Kostervig. In 1853–1855, he constructed a new building with a tower in the style of an Italian palace to a design by architect

Vilhelm Theodor Walther Vilhelm Theodor Walther (13 November 1819 – 28 August 1892) was a Danish architect and Royal Building Inspector for Jutland. He was born in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark and died in Aarhus. He was twice awarded the Academy's Neuhausen Prize () for ex ...

;

Moltke family, 1888present

in 1888, the estate was bought by Hemming Moltke, who in 1893 demolished the old main building from Casper Moltke's time and built instead a new building with a tower designed by architect Axel Berg. A fire destroyed several of the estates buildings in 1908. Moltke's widow Clara Moltke left the estate in 1948 to her grandson P. C. F. G. Moltke.

Marienborg today

Marienborg now consists of a farming and forestry estate in West Møn, specializing in pig rearing. Of a total of 1,392 ha, 370 ha are forest. The estate consists of Marienborg, Egelykke, Frøhave, Skovridergaarden and Lille Lind. It covers countryside which includes woods, pastures, fields and hedgerows. To the southeast, it reaches the Baltic coast."Marienborg Gods"
Retrieved 11 December 2012.

Owners

*1668: Crown *1668 - 1673: Jacob Nielsen Danefer *1673 - 1685: Crown *1685 - 1697: Samuel Christoph von Plessen *1697 - 1703: Crown *1703 - 1728: Casper Gottlob Moltke *1728 - 1739: Crown *1739 - 1747:

*1749 - 1769:

Frederik Christian von Møsting Frederik Christian von Møsting (15 December 1717 — 17 February 1773) was a Danish government official. He served as county governor of Møn. He was the son of Alexander Frederik Møsting and father of later prime minister Johan Sigismund von M ...

*1769: Crown *1769 - 1772: Esaias Fleischer / Magnus Beringschjold *1772 - 1777: Magnus Beringschjold *1777 - 1781: Charles François de Bosc de la Calmette *1781 - 1803:

*1803 - 1820: Charles de Bosc de la Calmette *1820 - 1821: Estate of Charles de Bosc de la Calmette *1821 - 1885: Peter Adolph Tutein *1885 - 1888: Estate of Peter Adolph Tutein *1888 - 1927: Hemming Moltke *1927 - 1948: Clara Schnack, Hemming Moltke's widow *1948 - 1984: Peter Christian Frederik Gustav, Count Moltke *1984–present: Birgitte Anna Caroline Hansdatter, Countess Moltke

References

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