Giesegaard
manor house in Ringsted Municipality, Denmark
Giesegaard is a manor house and estate located in Ringsted Municipality, Denmark. The estate has been owned by members of the Schack/Brockenhuus-Schack family since 1736 and is currently owned by Michael Brockenhuus-Schack.
The oldest part of the main building was constructed in 1751 for Countess Anna Sophie Schack. It was expanded with an additional storey in 1847 and underwent further renovations in 1873 and 1904. The manor now appears as a two-story, white-plastered building featuring two octagonal towers and black-glazed tile roofs.
The estate covers 3,115 hectares of land.
History
Giese family, 1668–1719
A village named Skivede was located on the site where Giesegaard stands today until the 1670s. The land belonged to the Crown until 1668, when Frederick IV ceded it to Frederik Giese in exchange for land elsewhere. Giese, originally from Husum, acquired additional land in the area before establishing the manor of Giesegaard in 1683.
After his death in 1693, Giesegaard was inherited by his widow, Margrethe Elisabeth Schönbach, and their son, Christoffer Joachim Giese.
“Giesegaard” enters the record as manor house in Ringsted Municipality, Denmark. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Giesegaard, manor and house can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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