Fårupgård Estate, Vejle, Denmark Genealogy

Fårupgård is a Danish estate headquartered in Jelling parish. It was a major land owner in Ribe,  Ringkøbing, and  Vejle counties.

History
Fårupgård was previously a village named Fårup. Around 1400 the village consisted of five farms which each had different owners. Only after Laurids Skram traded for a few farms in Fårup village in 1578 did the farms begin to be gathered under a main farm, which was called Fårupgård. When he died, his widow, Maren Bille, and later her daughter Maren Skram, who was also a widow, took over the farm. She moved to Fårup Mill in 1617, and then let the town of Fårup be torn down.

Her niece, Sophie Below, inherited it after her and possessed Fårupgård for 19 years before her son, Henrik Thott, took over and sold the farm to his sister, Anne Thott. However, she had it for only three years, and when she died, the farm returned to her brother. In the middle of the 17th century the Swedish wars ravaged the land, and Fårupgård suffered greatly during the hard times. That's why Henrik Thott ended up selling the farm, which a few years later came to the owner of Haraldskær, Conrad von der Brincken. During that period, Fårupgård changed owners often.

In the late 18th century, Hans Marcussen Ammitzbøll bought the estate and after selling it to a relative, got it back in 1798. He obtained permission to subdivide the farm into smaller parcels a few years later.

In 1911, Vejle County bought what remained of the estate and subdivided it into 26 cottage plots. Then the main parcel was sold to himself to P. Chr. Kæmpegård, who in 1914 created a 'Reception and Nursing Home for the Deaf' on the farm. He sold it four years later to the City of Copenhagen, which set up a detox for alcoholics and a Rehabilitation Center for Copenhagen hospitals here.

In 1968, Vejle Municipality purchased Fårupgård, now called Fårupgård Ungecenter [Youth Center]. In 2013, the center takes care of young people with particularly difficult problems.

Land Records
Unfortunately many of the genealogical records typically kept by estates were in this case, either not kept or not preserved. There is, however, a 1664 land list (jordebog) that is available and it can be accessed by clicking here.

Estate Owners
The following is a list of estate owners of Fårupgård. Sometimes the name of an estate owner is given on a tax list rather than the name of the estate proper. When that happens use this list, to determine if Hvolgård is the estate being referred to.

1578-: Laurids Skram 1595: Maren (Bille) Skram -1622: Maren (Skram) Hardenberg 1622-1641: Sophie (Below) Thott -1655: Henrik Thott 1655-1658: Anne Thott 1658-1666: Henrik Thott 1666-1670: Anders Madsen 1670-1672: The heirs of Anders Madsen 1672-1696: Conrad von der Brincken 1696-1703: Bendix von der Brincken 1703-1711: Jochum Eggert von der Lühe 1711-1729: Axel Bille 1729-1736: Frantz Rantzau 1736-1745: Rasmus Stæhr 1745: Hans Hansen Warmark 1745-: Hans Nicolaisen Goldbech  - Lars Thistrup  -1758: Sophie Amalie Madsdatter (Bagge) Thistrup 1758-1765: Laurids Gydesen 1765-: His widow first married Gydesen then married Andersen  - Anders Andersen  -1790: Hans Marcussen Ammitzbøll 1790-1798: Laurids Ammitzbøll 1798-1804: Hans Marcussen Ammitzbøll 1804-1805: Hans Clausen 1805-1807: His widow first married Clausen then Kirschstein 1807-1856: Johannes Andreas Kirschstein 1856-1878: Bernadus Melskens 1878-1889: W. R. Tidemann 1889-1900: Adam P. Estrup 1900-1910: Oluf P. Buch 1910-1911: Widow of Oluf Buch 1911: Justesen 1911-1912: Vejle Amts Udstykningsforening 1912-1918: P. Chr. Kæmpegaard 1918-1952: Københavns kommune 1952-1968: The Union of 1837 1968- : Vejle kommune

Estate Properties
Because estates were private property they do not fit perfectly within any government jurisdiction such as a parish or county. The following is a table of places where Hvolgård estate owned at least some of the property. If your ancestor lived in one of these hamlets you may want to check and see if they belonged to Hvolgård estate.