Gjedsergaard
| Gjedsergaard | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Falster |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | 54°38′56.83″N 11°52′55.62″E / 54.6491194°N 11.8821167°ECoordinates: 54°38′56.83″N 11°52′55.62″E / 54.6491194°N 11.8821167°E |
| Completed | 1767 |
| Renovated | 1872, 1944 |
| Client | Gustav Frederik greve Holck-Winterfeldt |
Gjedsergård is a manor house on the island of Falster in southeastern Denmark. It has been owned by members of the Tesdorpf family since 1847. The main building and the parallel building Kavalerfløjen are from 1768 and were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 1 December 1959
Gjedsergaard was created in 1766 when Christian VII sold most of the royal holdings on the island of Falster in auction to make payments on Denmark's sovereign debt. The estate was acquired by Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt. He inherited the barony of Vintersborg in 1772. Holck-Winterfeldt sold Gedsergård in 1773 after unsuccessfully trying to expand the estate through the acquisition of more land. The new owner was Niels Frederiksen Amager who was the local pastor of the parish of Skelby. He died in 1781 and his heirs sold Gedsergård to Jakob Melsing and Johan Christian Friis in 1784 while some of the tenant famrs were sold to the individual tenant farmers. Friis became the sole owner of Gjedsergård after Melsing's death in 1789.
Friis constructed the property Friisenfeldt on the land and acquired the farm Nøjsomhed.The remaining tenant farms were gradually merged into larger farms. Johan Christian Friis sold Gjedsergaard and the associated farms to his son Christian Frederik Friis in 1811.
Christian Frederik Friis died in 1845 and his widow sold Gedsergaard to Edward Tesdorpf from Orupgård in 1847. He improved the dairy on the estate and instigated the draining of Bøtø Nor. After Tesdorpf's death in 1889, Gedsergaard and Pandebjerg were passed on to his son Adolph Valdemar Tesdorpf. He had been the managing director of the sugar refinery in Nykøbing Falster since 1884. He inherited an estate in East Prussia and was for a while also the owner of Rudbjerggård on Lolland. He acquired Bonderup in 1900, Ny Kirstinebjerg in 1908 Gjorslev in 1925. Gjedsergaard with Friisenfeldt and Ludvigsgave was sold to his son Axel Tesdorpf by his widow following his death in 1929. His daughter Ida Merete Emmy Tesdorpf took over the estate after his death in 1964.
The main building was built by Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt in 1767. The relatively modest building consists of one storey and a celler. A two-storey, canted projection with the main entrance was added in the late 18th century and a gabled dormer overlooking the garden has been added on the rear side of the building. These alterations accentuate the asymmetry of the building which also follows from the placement of the windows.
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