Torkilstrup Rectory ( Danish: Torkilstrup Præstegård) is located just east of

Torkilstrup Church Torkilstrup Church () is located in the village of Torkilstrup some 7 km (4 mi) southeast of Nørre Alslev, on the Denmark, Danish island of Falster. It is built of hewn fieldstone rather than brick, indicating it is one of the oldest ch ...

in the village of Torkilstrup, some 7 km (4 mi) southeast of

Nørre Alslev Nørre Alslev () is a town with a population of 2,363 (1 January 2025) ...

, on the Danish island of

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

. A stone outside the rectory commemorates that

Bernhard Severin Ingemann Bernhard Severin Ingemann (28 May 1789 – 24 February 1862) was a Danish novelist and poet. Biography Ingemann was born in Torkilstrup, on the island of Falster, Denmark. The son of a vicar, he was left fatherless in his youth. He atten ...

was born in the building. The rectory was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950.

History

The rectory was built in 1761. The writer

's father Søren Sørensen Ingemann was vicar at Torkilstrup from 1774. As of 1782, he also served as provost of Falster Nørre Herred. Ingemann was born in the rectory as the youngest of nine children in 1789 and lived there until his father's death ten years later. The family then moved to

Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand (Denmark), 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 Ka ...

where Ingemann was awarded a scholarship to attend the local Slagelse Latin School. He has described his early childhood memories from the rectory in ''Denne Aldersopfattelse af hint Barndomsli''.

N. F. S. Grundtvig Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (; 8 September 1783 – 2 September 1872), most often referred to as N. F. S. Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician. He was one of the most influential p ...

's brother Otto (1772-1843) succeeded Ingemann's father as rector of Torkilstrup. He resided in the rectory until 1823 when he was transferred to

Gladsaxe Gladsaxe Municipality () is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 70,958 (2025). ...

. The poet

Christian Winther Rasmus Villads Christian Ferdinand Winther (29 July 1796 – 30 December 1876) was a Danish lyric poet. He was born at Fensmark near Næstved, where his father was the vicar. He went to the University of Copenhagen in 1815, and studied theol ...

spent his honeymoon in Torkilstrup Rectory. The building was refurbished in 1909. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950. In 2007, it was subject to a comprehensive renovation undertaken by Berings Tegnestue.

Architecture

The rectory has white-plastered walls, a thatched roof and stands on a black-painted foundation of field stones. The original two-winged building is located on the north and west side of a yard. The residential north wing from 1763 is mostly built with timber framing but with smaller sections of masonry. The large, through-going gabled

wall dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the usable spac ...

dates from the 1840s. The west wing was originally used as stables and storage space. It is constructed in brick and has cast iron windows. A short, third "garden wing" projects northwards from the eastern end of the residential wing. It was built as downer house for Ingemann's mother. Floors, windows, windows and other details are painted in a bluish-green colour.

References

{{Falster Listed buildings and structures in Guldborgsund Municipality Listed clergy houses in Denmark Timber framed buildings in Guldborgsund Municipality Thatched buildings in Denmark Houses completed in 1761 1761 establishments in Denmark Bernhard Severin Ingemann 1760s architecture in Denmark

History

Architecture

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