Egeskov Castle, Funen - 1968
My friends took me to see one of their spectacular treasures - Egeskov - a moated castle about 30km south of Odense.
View taken: 1st September 1968
Film: Ferrania Color 3M transparency.
Camera: Edixa-Mat Flex S
Scanner: Epson V800/Epson Scan software.
Egeskov was first mentioned in 1405. The castle structure was erected by Frands Brockenhuus in 1554.
Due to the troubles caused by the civil war known as the Count's Feud (Danish: Grevens fejde), general civil unrest, and a civil war introducing the Protestant Reformation, most Danish noblemen built their homes as fortifications. The castle is constructed on oaken piles and located in a small lake with a maximum depth of 5 metres (16 ft). Originally, the only access was by means of a drawbridge. According to legend, it took an entire forest of oak trees to build the foundation, hence the name Egeskov (oak forest).
The estate has belonged to the Bille-Brahe family since 1784, when they acquired it from descendants of the Brockenhuus family. In 1882 it was inherited by the counts Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, who still own it. Wikipedia.
Egeskov Castle, Funen - 1968
My friends took me to see one of their spectacular treasures - Egeskov - a moated castle about 30km south of Odense.
View taken: 1st September 1968
Film: Ferrania Color 3M transparency.
Camera: Edixa-Mat Flex S
Scanner: Epson V800/Epson Scan software.
Egeskov was first mentioned in 1405. The castle structure was erected by Frands Brockenhuus in 1554.
Due to the troubles caused by the civil war known as the Count's Feud (Danish: Grevens fejde), general civil unrest, and a civil war introducing the Protestant Reformation, most Danish noblemen built their homes as fortifications. The castle is constructed on oaken piles and located in a small lake with a maximum depth of 5 metres (16 ft). Originally, the only access was by means of a drawbridge. According to legend, it took an entire forest of oak trees to build the foundation, hence the name Egeskov (oak forest).
The estate has belonged to the Bille-Brahe family since 1784, when they acquired it from descendants of the Brockenhuus family. In 1882 it was inherited by the counts Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, who still own it. Wikipedia.