Pandebjerg is a manor house on the island of

Falster Falster () is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010.

in southeastern Denmark. It has been owned by members of the

Tesdorpf family The Tesdorpf family is a political and merchant Hanseaten family from Lübeck and Hamburg Germany. The Tesdorpfs were an old Patrician family in Lübeck before became the mayor of Lübeck in 1715. Peter Hinrich Tesdorpf founded , the first win ...

since 1878. The current main building is from 1900.

History

Pandebjerg was established when Peder Estrup divided his recently acquired estate Kirstineberg in two. Both estates were passed on to his brother Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup after Peder Estrup's death in 1848. J. B. S. Estrup, who would later serve as Prime Minister of Denmark, sold the estates to Therman Ø. Hillerup after a few years. Kirstineberg was renamed Gammel Kirstineberg ("Old Kirstinebjerg") after the western part of its land was transferred to a new farm called Ny Kirstineberg ("New Kirstineberg"). Pandebjerg postcard

Pandebjerg was after Therman Ø. Hillerup's death in 1854 sold to H. Wilhjelm while Gammel Kirstineberg remained in the Hillerup family.

Tesdorpf family

Edward Tesdorpf Edward Tesdorpf (7 September 1817 – 2 May 1889), was a German-Danish landowner, agricultural pioneer and sugar manufacturer. He became the owner of ten estates many of which were located in the Lolland-Falster area where he resided at Orupgaard n ...

, on e of the largest landowners in the area, acquired the estate in 1878. Originally from Hamburg, he had come to Denmark in 1940 where he initially acquired

Orupgaard Orupgaard is a manor house located east of Nykøbing and north of Idestrup on the Danish island of Falster. With a history dating from the 13th century, Orupgaard today manages over of farmland and forest as well as an equestrian facility at Br ...

and later expanded his holdings through the purchase of several other estates. His son, Adolph Tesdorpf, who inherited Pandebjerg in 1889, acquired Ny Kirstineberg in 1908. Both estates have remained in the hands of the Tesdorpf family since then.

Architecture

The current main building is from 1900 and was built to design by the architect Henrik Christopher Glahn.

Architecture

The main building is designed with inspiration from early Renaissance architecture.

Today

The Pandebjerg estate (with the farms Axelborg and Nygård) has a total area of 816 hectares. Farmland covers 625 hectares that are managed in collaboration with Ny Kirstineberg, Gammel Kirstineberg and Klodskovgaard. The estate is also involved in fruit production through the company Guldborgsund Grugt. Ny Kirstineberg Skov, a woodland area, is 175 hectares. The estate is also used for hunting and other events.

List of owners

* (1847-1848) Peder Estrup * (1848-1851) Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup * (1851-1854) Therman F. Ø. Hillerup * (1854-1872) H. Wilhjelm * (1872-1878) Forp. Petersen * (1878-1889)

* (1889-1929) Adolph Valdemar Tesdorpf * (1929-1940) Agnes Carlsdatter Brun née Tesdorpf * (1940-1964) Axel Valdemar Tesdorpf * (1964-2002) Anne Dorothea Axelsdatter Tesdorpf gift Castenschiold * (2002-2007) Anne Dorothea Axelsdatter Tesdorpf gift Castenschiold / Axel * Christian Tesdorpf Castenschiold * (2007-) Axel Christian Tesdorpf Castenschiold

References

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External links

Official website

Pandebjerg and Ny Kirstineberg
at Guldborgsund Frugt Manor houses in Guldborgsund Municipality Houses completed in 1900 Buildings and structures of the Estrup family Buildings and structures of the Tesdorpf family Buildings and structures of the Castenschiold family