Rønninge Søgård

Rønninge Søgård

Rønninge Søgård, also Rønningesøgård, is a two-winged Renaissance manor house located 12 km (7.5 mi) northwest of Nyborg on the Danish island of Funen. The east wing and the octagonal tower overlooking the waters of Vomme Sø date from 1596. The north wing was erected as a half-timbered structure in 1672 and completed in brick in 1757.^[1]

Description

It has been established that in 1326 Niels Jensen was the owner of Søgård and of a series of farms in the area. He was buried in the local church. Some 200 m (660 ft) south of today's manor, there is a defensive site consisting of a hill and a moat which was apparently the first Søgard. The Crown had extensive interests in the area as Tvevad Castle, documented by Valdemar the Great, lay just 2 km to the south. The medieval castle can still be seen in Tvevadskov (Tvevad Woods).^[2]

The Søgård estate came into the Crown's ownership before the end of the 14th century. In 1537, just after the Danish Reformation, Søgård together with 16 farms is recorded as belonging to the Crown as well as two of the parish's three water mills. In 1577, Frederick II rewarded his steward Casper Markdanner with a deed for Søgård and part of the Rønninge estate. After marrying Sofie Oldeland in 1592, Markdanner set about building a presentable two-storey manor house with a vaulted cellar, commanding a fine view over the lake. The estate was also expanded although it remained a fairly modest property.^[2]

The estate remained in the hands of the Markdanner family until Frederik Markdanner, Casper's great-grandchild, died in 1677. Thereafter there were various owners. In 1757, a new wing was added in the same style as the original manor. Together with the main building, it formed an almost rectangular complex.^[2] From 1825 to 1906, the property was owned by the de Mylius family.^[1]

In 1860, at the end of Vomme Sø, an octagonal burial chapel was built for the de Mylius's by Vilhelm Tvede.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Rønningesøgård" (in Danish). Den Store Danske. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
1 2 3 "Rønninge Søgård: Herregården" (in Danish). Historisk Atlas. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

Literature

Richardt, Joachim Ferdinand (1976). Prospekter af danske herregårde: Den fynske øgruppe og Jylland. Forum.

Coordinates: 55°20′16″N 10°37′50″E / 55.33778°N 10.63056°E / 55.33778; 10.63056

Castles and manor houses in Denmark

Capital Region	Amalienborg Arresødal Bernstorff Palace Christiansborg Farumgård Fredensborg Frederiksberg Frederiksborg Jægerspris Kronborg Rosenborg Selsø Sorgenfri Svanholm

West and South Zealand	Borreby Bregentved Dragsholm Eriksholm Gammel Køgegård Gavnø Gisselfeld Gjorslev Gyldenholm Holsteinborg Jomfruens Egede Ledreborg Lerchenborg Knabstrup Nysø Rosenfeldt Rønnebæksholm Skjoldnæsholm Torbenfeldt Vallø Vedbygård Vemmetofte

Lolland-Falster	Aalholm Berritzgaard Corselitze Fuglsang Klintholm Manor Knuthenborg Krenkerup Liselund Orupgaard Pederstrup Rudbjerggaard

Funen	Brahetrolleborg Broholm Dallund Egeskov Glorup Hesselagergård Holckenhavn Hvedholm Hvidkilde Krengerup Lykkesholm Nyborg Rønninge Søgård Skovsbo

South Jutland	Augustenborg Engelsholm Gråsten Haderslevhus Nordborg Sandbjerg Schackenborg Sønderborg Castle

Central Jutland	Bygholm Clausholm Frijsenborg Gammel Estrup Hald Katholm Meilgaard Nørre Vosborg Rosenholm Skrøbelev Spøttrup Tjele Ulstrup

North Jutland	Aalborghus Børglum Dueholm Dronninglund Højrus Kongstedlund Kokkedal Odden Store Restrup Voergaard

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