The Grundtvig House ( Danish : Grundtvigs Hus ) is a complex of historic buildings at Torvestræde 7 in Præstø , Vordingborg Municipality , Denmark . It takes its name after N. F. S. Grundtvig , who lived there for a year and a half in the early 1820s. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 1 March 1982.
6-519: The house was built for the baker Frantz Dems between 1820 and 1821. The construction reused some of the timber framing from the previous building at the site. N. F. S. Grundtvig rented an apartment in the building when he became pastor at Præstø Church in June 1821. Grundtvig returned to Copenhagen in December 1822 to assume a position as pastor at Church of Our Saciour on Christianshavn . He then lived in
12-423: A black-painted foundation. It has a three-bay wall dormer above the centrally placed, arched gateway that opens to the courtyard. The side wing from 1862 is built with timber framing on a black-painted brick foundation. This article about a Danish building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pr%C3%A6st%C3%B8 Præstø ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈpʰʁæstˌøˀ] )
18-447: A now demolished building at Torvegade 25 on Christianshavn . Grundtvig was later elected for Rigsdagen in the electoral district of Præstø in 1849. Niels Hansen, a later owner of the building and master buildier, expanded the building northwards with two extensions in 1856. He also constructed a new side wing in 1862 from where he operated a brewery . The Grundtvig House is a long one-storey brick building with yellow rendering on
24-512: A total population of 46,307 (2005). The municipality belongs to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region"). The former Prøstø municipality covered an area of 107 km (41 sq mi), and had a total population of 7,608 (2005). Its last mayor was Ole Møller Madsen, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party . Bosei Sports High School , a folk high school , is located in Præstø, in
30-598: Is a town with a population of 3,880 (1 January 2024) in Vordingborg Municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand ( Sjælland ). The islands of Maderne , Storeholm , and Lilleholm are part of the Præstø Fjord [ da ] wildlife reserves ( Præstø Fjord Vildtreservat ). Præstø became crown property in 1353. In 1304, it was incorporated as a market town. Præstø
36-403: Was the seat of the former Præstø municipality ( Danish , kommune ). As of January 1, 2007, Præstø municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007) . It was merged with Langebæk , Møn , and Vordingborg municipalities to form an enlarged Vordingborg municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 615 km (237 sq mi) and
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