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{{Short description|Manor house in Lolland, Denmark}}

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'''Fuglsang''' is a 19th-century [[manor house]] now operated by [[Det Classenske Fideicommis]] as a cultural centre as an active agricultural estate at [[Toreby]] on the island of [[Lolland]], in southeastern [[Denmark]]. The estate was owned by members of the [[Neergaard (noble family)|de MeergaardNeergaard family]] from 1819 to 1947. The main building serves as a venue for classical concerts and other cultural activities. The cultural centre also includes [[Fuglsang Art Museum]], located in a purpose-built building designed by British architect [[Tony Fretton]].

==History==

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Rolf Viggo de Neergaard took over the property from his parents in 1866, but due to fungal attacks on the timber, the only 26-year-old building had to be demolished.

The current building was built from 1868-69 to the design of his cousin architect J.[[Jens G. Zinn]] who has also designed several buildings at the [[Holmen, Copenhagen|Holmen Naval Base]] in [[Copenhagen]].

===Artist's retreat===

[[File:Carl Nielsen family at Fuglsang, Lolland.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Carl Nielsen]] and family at Fuglsang]]

In 1885, de Neergaard married the 30 yearshis youngercousin [[Bodil Neergaard]], and together they opened the house to a large number of visiting artists and particularly musicians until Rolf Viggo de Neergaard 's death. Both the Norwegian composer [[Edvard Grieg]] and the Danish composer [[Carl Nielsen]] were frequent visitors to the house and close friends of the couple.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuglsangherregaard.dk/default.asp?Action=Menu&Item=32|title=Historie|publisher=Fuglsang Herregård|access-date=2009-10-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124013/http://www.fuglsangherregaard.dk/default.asp?Action=Menu&Item=32|archive-date=2011-07-19}}</ref>

Upon her husband's death in 1915, Bodil Neergaard managed the large estate alone, and organized the social and church life of the household. In 1947, she bequested the estate to a trust, providing that her home and garden should be made a retreat upon her death. After her death in 19621959, Refugiet Fuglsang was founded in 1962 and served as a retreat for artists and other people of note until it had to close in 1995. The following year a local musical society was founded, arranging 9 annual concerts. Since 1997, the Storstrøm Chamber Ensemble has been based at Fuglsang.

In January 2008, [[Fuglsang Art Museum]] opened in a purpose-built building close to the Fuglsang main building.

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==Interior==

[[File:Fuglsang - Agnethestuen ceiling.png|thumb|The Agnethe and the Merman ceiling]]

The music room, alsois very large and known asfor its exceptional acoustics. Next to it, the Agnethe Room (Danish: Agnethestuen), features a fresco representing a scene from the Danish folk tale [[Agnethe of Havmanden|Agnethe and the Merman]]. The painting was created by the painter Axel Viggo [[Wørmer]].

VørnerWørmer has also created the [[Pompeian Styles|Pompeian]] decorations in the Fuglsang's library. The library is the former billiard room. The billiard table is now located in the [[Prime Minister of Denmark|Prime Minister]]'s summer residence [[Marienborg]].

==Today==

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* (1726-1757) [[Abraham Lehn (1702–1757)|Abraham Lehn]]

* (1757-1759) Catharina Margaretha Wallmoden née Lehn

* (1759-1793) [[Christopher Georg von Wallmoden]]

* (1793-1819) Friedrich von Wallmoden

* (1819-1835) [[Peter Johansen Neergaard (1769–1835)|Peter Johansen Neergaard]]

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* (1849-1866) Charlotte Louise Elisabeth Neergaard

* (1866-1915) Viggo Johansen Neergaard

* (1915-1947) [[Ellen Bodil Neergaard]], née Hartmann

* (1947–present) [[Det Classenske Fideicommis]]

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==References==

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[[Category:Music venues in Denmark]]

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[[Category:Listed buildings and structures in Guldborgsund Municipality]]

[[Category:Manor houses in Guldborgsund Municipality]]

[[Category:Buildings and structures associated withof the Bølle family]]

[[Category:Buildings and structures associated withof the Daa family]]

[[Category:Buildings and structures associated withof the Neergaard family]]

[[Category:1869 establishments in Denmark]]

[[Category:1860s architecture in Denmark]]