Vesterbygaard
manor house in Kalundborg Municipality, Denmark
Vesterbygaard is a manor house and estate situated north of Tissø, Kalundborg Municipality, some 70 km west of Copenhagen, Denmark. The three-winged main building was constructed for Christen Andreas Fonnesbech in the 1840s. The estate is still owned by his descendants. The estate covers 327 hectares of farmland.
History
Early history
In the 13th-century Danish Census Book, Vesterbygaard is recorded as crown land. Its name was most likely a reference to its location in the western part of the village of Jordkøse. It was later owned by members of the Munk family. In 1354-1480, it belonged to Roskilde Bishopric.
In 1484, it was ceded to Hans Navl in exchange of property elsewhere. He was buried in Sorø Abbey Church, where his and his wife's ledgerstone can still be seen.
The public source identifies “Vesterbygaard” as manor house in Kalundborg Municipality, Denmark. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Vesterbygaard, manor and house.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12340790. Authority coordinates are 55.610, 11.277. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1354, 1480 and 1484.
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This entry incorporates text from “Vesterbygaard” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.