page_title: Snertingegård
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: Snertingegård / History / Early history
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Reinhard Iselin (1714-1781)
context_page_description: Snertingegård, also known simply as Snertinge, is a manor house and estate located just north of Vordingborg, in southeastern Denmark. It was one of 12 manors established after Vordingborg Cavalry District was dissolved in 1884. The Renaissance Revival style main building and home farm were built for Defence Minister Christian Frederik Hansen in 1857 from designs by Ferdinand Meldahl. Both buildings were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1978.
context_section_description: In 1774, Vordingborg Cavalry District was divided into 12 estates and sold in public auction. Snertingegård was sold to the wealthy merchant Reinhard Iselin from Copenhagen. He was also the buyer of Vordingborg Castle (renamed rosenfeldt), Ladegård (renamed Iselingen and Avnøgård.
caption: Reinhard Iselin painted by Georg Mathias Fuchs, 1766
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