Bækkeskov is a manor house and estate located eight kilometres north of Præstø, Denmark.

It is located on a small hilltop in a parkland setting with views of Præstø Inlet.

In the 17th century, it belonged to Joachim Beck- Pm his death, it passed to his daughter Vibeke Beck Galde.

His widow Anna Dorothea von Munthe af Morgenstjerne née Smith passed Bækkeskov to their eldest son, Otto Christopher von Munthe af Morgenstierne.

He shut down the small village of Bækkeskov and instead incorporated all its land directly under the manor.

He became a member of the Generalitets- og Kommissariatskollegiet in 1783 but was dismissed in 1789, possibly due to his opposition to the abolition of the Stavnsbånd.

[4] In 1795, Munthe sold Bækkeskov to the English-born merchant Charles August Selby.

He changed the operations with inspiration from England, introducing stable feeding, cattle fattening and the cultivation of beetroot, cabbage and potatoes.

It was later sold by his widow Cecile Caroline Smith ( née de Coninck).

It was later taken over by their son Emil Vind who spent most of his time abroad as Danish envoy in St. Petersburg and Berlin.