page_title: Frijsenborg
section_title: History and architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Frijsenborg / History and architecture
caption_attribution_description: English: Frijsenborg, Anonymous, after 1830, family-owned Deutsch: Frijsenborg, Anonym, nach 1830, Familienbesitz
context_page_description: Frijsenborg is a manor house and estate near Hammel, 27 km northwest of Aarhus in Jutland, Denmark. The first manor on the site known as Jernit was built by Valdemar Parberg in 1583. After the statesman Mogens Friis acquired the property in 1672, the manor was rebuilt at the end of the 17th century. In the 1860s, it was considerably expanded and redesigned in the Renaissance style.
context_section_description: The property stands on the site of the former village of Jernit which had existed since the 15th century. In 1558, King Christian III gave orders for Jernit Parish to be combined with Hammel Parish which required Jernit Church to be demolished. In 1583, the king transferred ownership of the village to the nobleman Valdemar Parsberg who demolished all its buildings. In their place, he constructed a Baroque manor surrounded by a moat which he called Jernit.   
  The Danish county of Frijsenborg consisting of Jernit, Tulstrup, Lyngballegård, Hagshom and Østergård, was established in 1672 by the Crown for Mogens Friis (1623–1675) a high-ranking statesman, in order to compensate him for losses he had incurred in the Dano-Swedish War (1658–60). 
  The county became one of the largest in Denmark, covering an area of 450 km² (170 sq mi). Friis renamed the manor house Frijsenborg.
caption: Frijsenborg c. 1830
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