Sæbyholm was a manor house located close to

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on the island of

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in southeastern

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. The estate was acquired by Christian Heinrich August Hardenberg-Reventlow of

Krenkerup Krenkerup is an old manor house located 3 km (2 mi) southwest of Sakskøbing on the Danish island of Lolland. It is one of Denmark's oldest estates and manors, documented as early as the 1330s. Between 1815 and 1938, it was known as '' ...

in 1801 and has been owned by his descendants since then. The three-winged main building and the home farm were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1960. The buildings were delisted in 2012 and demolished in 2013.

History

Early history

The estate was originally known as Sæbygård. In 1355, Ludvig Albertsen Eberstein granted it to

Halsted Priory Halsted Priory ( Danish: Halsted Kloster), formerly a small Benedictine house, is a manor house and estate located close to Nakskov on the island of Lolland in southeastern Denmark. The estate was renamed Juellinge when the Barony of Juellinge wa ...

. In circa 1400, it was ceded to the Crown.

The Papenheim and Ruud families

In 1565, Frederick II gave Sæbygaard to Burchard von Papenheim who had until then been the '' lensmand'' of the estate. After Papenheim's death in 1590, it was passed to his son-in-law Eiler Rud. He was already the owner of Utterslevgård. After Rud's death in 1618, Sæbygård and Utterslevgård was passed to his only child, Borkvard Rud, He constructed new buildings on the Sæbygård estate, drained the land and constructed dykes to protect it from flooding. He died as the last male member of the family in 1647. His widow, Helvig Jakobsdatter Rosenkrantz. kept the estate until 1660 when it was ceded to Rud's cousin, Lene Rud.

The Winterfeldt family

After Lene Rud's death in1671, her heirs sold the estate to Helmuth Otto von Winterfeldt. He served as lord chamberlain from 1670 to 1789. He created the Barony of Vintersborg from the estates in 1673. He renamed Sæbygård Sæbyholm and expanded the estate significantly through the acquisition of more land.

The Hardenberg-Reventlow family

Frederik Christian Holck-Winterfeldt chose to dissolve the barony in 1801 and then ceded Sæbyholm to count Christian Heinrich August Hardenberg-Reventlow in exchange for Fjellebro and Skovgaard. Christian Heinrich August Hardenberg-Reventlow managed Sæbyholm as a farm under

, the centre of the countship he had created in 1815. A new main building was constructed for Ida Augusta Hardenberg-Reventlow in 1856. The Countship of Hardenberg-Reventlow was dissolved in 1925 as a result of the ''lensafløsningsloven'' of 1919. Henrik Ludwig Erdmann Georg Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow parted with 230 hectares of land from the Sæbyholms estate in connection with the transaction. The buildings were delisted in 2012. They were demolished in 2013.

References

{{Lolland Listed buildings and structures in Lolland Municipality Delisted buildings and structures in Denmark Buildings and structures of the Reventlow family