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Havreholm Slot

Havreholm Slot is a hotel and conference centre located south of Hornbæk, Helsingør Municipality, some 40 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was originally built as a private residence for the owner of a local paper mill. The estate covers 30 hectares of parkland and forest and borders Hornbæk Golf Course.

History

The village of Havreholm is first mentioned in 1178 as Hauerholm . In 1497, it consisted of six farms. In 1681, it consisted of six farms and three houses and in 1747 of six farms and seven houses.[1] The adjacent Gurre Stream was from at least the 16th century used for milling. A watermill is mentioned in 1555 and is was later adapted for use as a sharpening mill in association with the small arms factory in Hellebæk. A water and steam-powered paper mill was established in Havreholm in Havreholm in 1842. It was later taken over by the Culmsee family. The writer and painter Holger Drachmann visited the owner Frederik L. Culmseein 1755 and later married one of his daughters.[1]

Frederik L. Culmsee's son Valdemar Culmsee who had taken over the factory after his father was responsible for the construction of the current main building in 1872. It was built to an opulent Historicist design which soon gave it the name "Slottet" (The Castle") among the locals. The paper factory closed in 1889. The buildings waere then used for producing wooden products but the factory burned in 1897 and was later rebuilt in a more strategic location near Kvistgaard railway station.[1] All remains of the industrial buildings were removed in 1910.

The residence remained unaffected by the fire. In 1911, it was purchased by Holger Jantzen, the owner of a sugar factory on Java.[2] He expanded the property through the acquisision of more land and laid out a large park. The Jantzen family owned Havreholm House for 70 years.In the 1980s, a company had plans to convert the property into a country club. They renovated the main building and upgraded the facilities before abandoning their plans in 1989. The new owner, Inge Correll , backed up by an insurance company as investor, converted the property into a hotel. The hotel went bankrupt in 2009.[3] It subsequently reopened with new owners.

Interior

Holger Jantzen commissioned [[Joakim Skovgaard to decorate Garden Hall. He created six large and six smaller murals, depicting the Genesis creation narrative. It took Skovgaard three years the works which were exhibitied at [[Den Frie Udstilling, Charlottenborg and in Stockholm prior to their installation in Havreholm. The ceiling is decorated with the is decorated with the 12 signs of the Zodiac surrounded by figures representing the four seasons.[4]

Further reading

  • Alkjær, Ejler: Nogle træk af Havreholm Papirfabriks historie. Copenhagen, 1969.
  • Alkjær, Ejler: Da Havreholm var Fabriksby (in Frederiksborg Amt, 1945. p. 35-53).
  • Friis, Bendt: Havreholm Papirmølle omkring Midten af 19. Aarhundrede (in Frederiksborg Amt, 1946. S. 100-112).
  • Jensen, Ruth: Havreholm - byen der havde det hele!. Helsingør Kommunes Museers Årbog, 1997.
  • RIndholt, Svend : Joakim SKovgaards paradisbilleder paa Havreholm (1943)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Havreholm" (in Danish). Helsingør Kommune. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  2. ^ "Havreholm i tiden efter 1870 (del 2)" (in Danish). Lokalhistorie for TiKøb Kommune. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  3. ^ "Fru takt og tone i konkurssag" (in Danish). Børsen. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  4. ^ "Historien om historien" (in Danish). Havreholm. Retrieved 2014-12-08.

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Helsingør Municipality

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