Fuglsangshus
Fuglsangshus. formerly known as Slotsgartnerens (English: The Palace Gardener's House), is a listed, 18th-century house situated on the old main street (Gammel Hovedgade) in Hørsholm, Denmark. It is now operated as an exhibition space by Helsingør Municipality.
History
When Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach became queen of Denmark in 1730, her husband, Christian VI, bestoved the extensive Hørsholm Estate to her in compliance with a tradition which had existed since the middle of the 17th century. The royal couple constructed the new Hirschholm Palace on the estate in the 1740s. In the beginning of the 1760s, Queen Sophie Magdalene gave a small piece of land to her palace gardener Johan Tobias Pflügger where he could build a house for his own use. A rendering has been preserved which shows a fairly large house with two dormers on each side. The house was, however, as a result of economic constraints, yltimately built to a somewhat more modest design with only one dormer on each side.[1]
The building was listed in 1950. It was moved 300 metres to its current location in connection with an extension of a road in 1979–80.[2]
Exhibitions
The house is now used as a venue for special exhibitions arranged by Hørsholm Municipality's three art socities.[2]
Further reading
- Rosted, H.C.: Slotsgartnerens hus. Grundejer- og Kommunalforeningen i Hørsholm, 1967.
- Nielsen, P. Chr.: Slotsgartnerens Hus i Hørsholm. Museumsforeningen for Hørsholm og Omegn, 1980.
See also
References
- ^ "Fuglsanghus - Historie" (in Danish). Hørsholm Kunstforeningen. Retrieved 0 January 2015.
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