Jørgen Wichfeld
Danish judge (1729-1797)
Jørgen Wichfeld (born Jørgen Wichmand, 1 July 1729 – 19 December 1797) was a Danish landowner, industrialist and deputy district judge from Lolland-Falster.
He was ennobled by letters patent on 23 July 1777, creating the Wichfeld noble family. He owned Engestofte and Ulriksdal on Lolland. From 1774 to 1787 he also owned Nordfeld on Møn.
Biography
Jørgen Wichmand was born at Engestofte in the island of Lolland as the oldest of two sons of Bertel Wichmand (1677–1732) and Bodil Cathrine Wichmand née From (died 1760). His father was a wealthy merchant from Nykøbing Falster who had acquired the estate on which his son was born in 1727.
Wichmand took over Engestofte after his mother's death in 1760. He expanded his holdings by acquiring Ulriksdal (Lolland) in 1766. In 1770, he obtained a royal license to open a starch and cosmetic powder factory at Engestofte. He bought Nordfeld on Møn at auction in 1774 but sold it again in 1787.
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