Bødstrup

Bødstrup, formerly Bøstrup, is a manor house and estate located close to the village of Drøsselbjerg, between Kalundborg and Slagelse, Kalundborg Municipality, some 90 km west of Copenhagen, Denmark. The estate was acquired by Chr. Hansen-founder Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen in 1880 and is now owned by his great-great-grandson. It covers 485 hectares of land.

History
Bøstrup was created in 1600 by royal treasurer Henrik Müller through the merger of two smaller farms at the site. In 1660–1664, Müller was guven all crown land in Dragsholm and Sæbygård counties by Frederik III as partial repayment of his extensive loans to the crown during the Second Northern War. In 1668, he was raised to the peerage. In 1699, Bødstrup was awarded the statis of a manor.

After Müller's death, Bødstrup passed to his daughters, Sophie and Anna Catharine Müller. Shortly thereafter, Anna Catharine Müller bought her sister's share of the estate. She had become a widow in 1670 (husband: Caspar Bartolin, 1619–1770, owner of Kornerupgåtrd at Roskilde). On her own death in 1701, Bødstrup was passed to her son Caspar Bartlin (c. 1640–1730). He and his wife Else (née Berg) had no chuildren. In 1631, one year after her husband's death, Else Batholin (née Berg) married one lieutenant-colonel Ventin. In 1747, he sold Bøstrup to Joachim Barner Paasche. He constructed a new main building on the estate and bought more land. His widow sold Bøstrup to Laurids Svitser, who also increased the size of the estate through the acquisition of more land.

In 1791, Bøstrup was acquired by Hans Georg Faith. In 1795, it changed hands again when it was acquired by Jan Christoffer van Deurs. He both constructed a new main building and new farm buildings and also increased the size of the estate through the acquisition of both farmland and woodland. He was succeeded by his son, Emil van Deurs, who improved the soil quality, merged farms and transformed the copyholds to freeholds.

In 1680, Brøstrup was acquired by Christian Detlev Ammentorp Hansen. Originally a pharmacist, he had made a fortune on the establishment of an industrial production of rennet. In 1882, he also purchased Mullerup near Svendborg on Funen.

Bøstrup was upen Hansen's death passed down to his son Ejnar Ammentorp Hansen. In 1930, he also acquired Mullerup. In 1950, he ceded Brøstrup to his three sons. They all assumed the surname Bernhoft. In 1980, Erling Ammentorp Hansen Bernhoft acquired full ownership of Brøstrup.

Architecture
The three-winged Neoclassical main wing dates from 1800. The central main wing is built of brick from the estate's own brickyard and features a median risalt tipped by a triangular pediment. The two lower, half-timbered side wings have half-hipped red tile roofs.

In 1881, Christian Hansen added a median risalit on the other side of the main wing as well as a veranda overlooking the garden. He also added a square tower topped by a dome with lantern but was demolished in 1921. The alterations took place with the assistance of the architect C. Abrahams.

Today
Bødstrup is now owned by Nicolas Christian Bernhoft. The estate covers 485 hectares of land.

List of owners

 * (1660–1689) Henrik Müller
 * (1689) Anna Catharine Müller, gift Bartholin
 * (1689) Sophie Müller
 * (1689–1701) Anna Catharine Müller, gift Bartholin
 * (1701–1730) Caspar Bartholin
 * (1730–1731) Else Berg, gift 1) Barholin, 2) Ventin
 * (1730–1737) Ventin
 * (1737–1768) Joachim Barner Paasche
 * (1768–1778) Christiane Buchhalf, gift Paasche
 * (1778–1791) Laurids Svitzer
 * (1791–1795) Hans Georg Faith
 * (1795) Enken efter Hans Georg Faith
 * (1795–1829) Jan Christoffer van Deurs
 * (1829–1832) Anna Dorothea Hansen, gift van Deurs
 * (1832- ) Emil van Deurs
 * (1829–1832) Anna Dorothea Hansen, gift van Deurs
 * (1832- ) Emil van Deurs
 * ( -1843) Oline Sophie Agier, gift van Deurs
 * (1843–1869) Herman Edvard van Deurs
 * (1869–1871) Jeannette Larpent de Trepian, gift van Deurs
 * (1871–1880) Julius Valentiner
 * (1880–1916) Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen
 * (1916–1919) Estate of Christian Ditlev Ammentorp Hansen
 * (1919–1950) Ejnar Ammentorp Hansen
 * (1950–1980) Brødrene Ammentorp Hansen Bernhoft
 * (1980–2003) Erling Ammentorp Hansen Bernhoft
 * (1996–present) Ulrik Jean Bernhoft