Jægerspris Castle

Jægerspris Castle is an old hunting lodge in the city Jaegerspris on the Danish island of Zealand, which was the residence of the Danish King Frederick VII of Denmark and his wife Louise morganatic Countess Danner.

History

Under the name Abrahamstrup the estate had been since the Middle Ages in the possession of the Danish crown and has survived as the residence of King Erik Menved. Subsequent generations have used Abrahamstrup at least as a hunting lodge. The northern central building of the castle of today five axes and three full storeys goes back into the building structure to the old Abrahamstrup. The south wing is a result of the construction of King Christian IV The seven-sided stair tower dates from the same time. In 1677 the castle was for the short period of six years, privately owned by the Hofjägermeisters Vincent Hahn, who gave it its present name to the praise of the hunter. Prince Carl of Denmark (1680-1729) stopped on the south wing and added to the front gable. 1730 came through King Christian VI. the east wing added as link building. King Frederick V. was Jaegerspris still as crown prince by his father to the wedding with his first wife Louise of Great Britain 1743rd The castle was added to the north wing. The works were conducted in 1745 of the architect Johann Adam Soherr, touched down and the iron spikes on the three towers.

King Frederick VII acquired Jægerspris Castle on April 21, 1845 from the Danish crown land to private property and gave it to his mistress, Louise Rasmussen. The Danish court painter Johan Vilhelm Gertner held this scene to be a portrait of the two. Frederick VII made ​​the old hunting lodge of the Oldenburg kings thus to private residence. Later it became a widow seat of the Countess Danner. In 1866, three years after the death of Frederick, made the Countess parts of the castle to the public accessible. In his will, they decreed in 1867 the establishment of a charitable foundation, which was equipped with a capital base, 2,000 acres of forest and 1,600 hectares of farmland.

Worth seeing are the castle of the audience hall, the royal office with the collection of pipes of the king, the tower room, the armory and the Cabinet of the Countess. The interior of the castle bears their signature and constitutes a document of taste elegenten 1850

The sculpture of a deer in the Great Court comes from the Thorvaldsen student Adelgunde Vogt ( 1811-1892 ).

Early history of the area

Nearby King Frederick V and Crown Prince Friedrich went about their archaeological interests. Both dug in 1745 or 1776 in the immediate vicinity of each one passage grave from the Stone Age. One was rebuilt in the style of the French park into a tomb with a memorial pillar for Nordic kings of antiquity. On the grave of a native of Norway Rune stone was set. Above the entrance erected Prince Frederick the Juliane - hill with a memorial to his mother Queen Juliane Marie.

Park

In the park Hereditary Prince Friedrich pursued his idea of ​​building similar to the Fredensborg Palace Park a Pantheon. He let nationalhistoriske for Høegh - Guldberg up anlæg 54 memorial stones that have been processed by the sculptor John Wiedewelt and devoted eminent personalities in Denmark. At the Roskilde Fjord, Frederick built a Swiss cottage, one of only three of its kind in Denmark.