Krabbesholm, Lejre Municipality

Krabbesholm is a manor house and estate located on the Hornsherred peninsula, between Skibby and Sæby, Lejre Municipality, some 50 kilometres west of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Gothic Revival style main building, the first on the estate, was built for Lars Trolle in 18.

He later increased the number of tenant farms under the manor to an extent that compromised the rational management of the estate.

[2] Rosenkrantz fell out of favour at the court after opposing the new Absolute monarchy and was forced to cede all his estates to his daughters and sons-in-law.

Otto Krabbe's and Birgitte Skeel's son in-law, Iver Rosenkrantz, inherited Krabbesholm in 1737.

Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz inherited the estates in 1763 and was already the owner of Ryegaard, Barritskov and Trudsholm.

The main building is situated in a large garden with woodland to the north and tree-lined avenues in three directions.

A number of protected archeological sites are located on the estate, including a burial mound from the Bronze Age known as Sofiehøh.

Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz
Nicolai Abraham Holten , owned Jrabbesholm in 1810-1850
The main building depicted by Ferdinand Richard