Emiliekilde

Emiliekilde is a memorial located at the corner of Strandvejen and Emiliekildevej in Klampenborg, Gentofte Municipality, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.

It was installed by Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann to commemorate his first wife, Emilie Caroline, who had recently died of tuberculosis.

Her vankede du eengang agh for længst ey meer helligt er det sted dy yndede uskyldighed himlens uskyldighed opfyldte hiertet ved dit navn og hvo som elsket nævne det med taarer Anno 1780 In English Emilie.

Thou once waited here alas 'tis far too long ago holy is the place thou loved innocence, divine innocence filled the heart at the mention of thy name and he who loved thee mentions it with tears Anno 1780 Count Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann married Emilie Caroline Rantzau at Ahrensburg in 1775.

The couple lived in the Schimmelmann Mansion on Bredgade in Copenhagen but spent their summers at Sølyst in the countryside to the north of the city.