Fårupgård Estate, Vejle, Denmark Genealogy

History
Faarupgaard was previously a village named Faarup. About 1400 the village consisted of five farms which had different owners. Only after Laurids Skram switched to a few farms in Faarup town in 1578 did the farms begin to be gathered under a main farm, which was called Faarupgaard. When he died, the widow, Maren Bille, and after her daughter Maren Skram, who was also a widow, took over the farm. She switched to Faarup Mill in 1617, and then let the town of Faarup tear down.

Her niece, Sophie Below, inherited after her and sat at Faarupgaard 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, and Faarupgaard 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, Faarupgaard often changed owner.

In the late 18th century, Hans Marcussen bought the Ammitzbøll 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 out the estate and created 26 households' use of it. Then the main parcel was sold to himself to P. Chr. Kæmpegaard, 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 Faarupgaard, now called Faarupgaard Ungecenter. 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.