Trods Katholm
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General information | |
Architectural style | Classicism |
Location | Aarhus, Denmark |
Completed | 1606 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 3 |
Floor area | 1,654 m2 (17,800 sq ft) |
Trods Katholm is a former manor house and a
History
The building was built in 1606 for Christence Bryske, the widow of Thomas Fasti of the
In 1801 tax registers show the estate covers a main building 14 beams wide in two stories with 8 iron stoves. Compared to the registers of 1791 the building is 6 beams shorter and two floors lower. In 1801 a smaller outbuilding with rooms and kitchen and a number of other buildings for stables, wash rooms,
In the mid-1800s Trods Katholm was owned by a company owned by three men; distiller Søren Thomsen, the owner of Moesgård Thorkild Christian Dahl and procurator Jens Christian Hee. In 1853 Thomsen bought Trods Katholm for himself and sold off the garden on which Fredens Torv was subsequently established. Thomsen incidentally also built Stykgodspakhuset from 1847 which is also a listed building today.[3]
In 1857 Edwin Friedleif Rahr bought Trods Katholm and 40 years later his son Viggo Ludvig Rahr inherited it. In 1900 Rahr put the buildings through an extensive renovation and in 1911 he sold it to
Architecture
Trods Katholm is an example of
Inner courtyard:
See also
References
- Danish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Jyllandsposten. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Trods Katholm" (in Danish). Aarhus State Archives. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- Danish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 22 January 2016.