page_title: Kronstad Hovedgård
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kronstad Hovedgård / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Kronstad Hovedgård viewed from Fjellveien in Bergen, Norway.
context_page_description: Kronstad Hovedgård is a manor house in the city of Bergen, Norway. It is situated in the borough of Årstad about 2 km south of the Bergenhus on the south shore of the bay of Store Lungegårdsvannet.
context_section_description: The farm of Kronstad, then named Hunsstadir, later Honstad and Hunstad, was established in the 12th century. It belonged to the monastery of Nonneseter.
  Vincens Lunge took over the farm in 1528. From 1685-1693, the manor belonged to Jørgen Thormøhlen (1640–1708), a shipowner, innovator and entrepreneur.  In 1705, Anders Bruun, vicar of Bergen Cathedral, purchased the manor renaming it Cronstad. Christian Gerhard Ameln (1809-1872), a merchant, purchased it in 1781, constructing several new buildings and clearing the fields. Ameln also constructed a new one-floored manor house.
  Joachim Friele (1793–1881), a merchant, wine importer and successful exporter, bought Kronstad in 1840. Inspired by the French Château Margaux, he hired architect Ole Peter Riis Høegh (1806–1852) to reconstruct the building. At the time, it was one of the largest private mansions in the district.
  Kronstad Hovedgård is a white painted, two-story, wooden building with a canopy in Empire style with  Ionian columns on the main façade. The building  is one of the finest late-Empire style buildings in Bergen. Today, the manor house is owned by the Stiftelsen Krigsveteranenes Minne.  It is being rented out for various uses.
caption: Kronstad Hovedgård in Årstad
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