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16-573: Moesgård is a former manor house and a listed building in Aarhus Municipality . The current buildings were completed in 1778 and was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 17 July 1918. The manor and estate is situated in the district of Højbjerg , 10 kilometers south of the city centre of Aarhus . Administratively it belongs to

32-438: A kilometer south-west from the current manor and it is believed this is the location of the original farm. The name "Moesgård" can be literally translated to "bog farm" which hints at a bog in the area which is consistent with archaeological evidence showing signs of wetlands in that area. In 1660 Mogens Friis owned Moesgård along with the manors Østergaard and Skrumstrup in his large land holdings south of Aarhus. In 1662 he

48-499: A large garden laid out in romantic style with watercourses, bridges and stone levees . Moesgård is accessed by a long road lined with poplars which was established in the 1800s when the road from Aarhus to Odder was created. 56°05′12″N 10°13′33″E  /  56.0868°N 10.2258°E  / 56.0868; 10.2258 Listed buildings in Aarhus Municipality Download coordinates as: This

64-526: A light rail stretch in the Aarhus light rail . Odder Museum is located centrally in Odder, next to Odder Water- and Steam Mill (Danish: Odder Vand- og Dampmølle ), which is part of the museum. The museum was founded in 1928, and has 400 m of exhibitions, mainly focussed on local history. The mill is from 1883 and stands as it did when production stopped in 1955. The Odder railway line connects Odder with Aarhus and

80-542: A model of the Crucifixion of Jesus . The church's pulpit is from 1590 to 1600 and the sounding board from 1703. The two church bells are from 1847 and 1854 respectively, and both from Copenhagen. The church once had a turret clock from 1656, but when the clock was unable to be repaired in 1856, the clock was removed and despite the church's desire for a new, a new clock was never acquired. Odder Grundtvigtianist Independent Church (Danish: Odder Grundtvigske Valgmenighedskirke )

96-478: A museum of history in Aarhus. In 1960 Århus County bought the manor from the estate of Torkild Dahl's daughter with the intention to redevelop the lands for public use. The lands were turned into recreational areas of forests and beaches while some of the agricultural buildings were turned into a museum from designs by C.F. Møller . In 2013 the anthropological and archaeological department of Aarhus University took over

112-646: Is a list of listed buildings in Aarhus Municipality , Denmark . Odder Odder is part of Business Region Aarhus , and the East Jutland metropolitan area , and is served by the Odder Line since 1884 before the line was rebuilt to be part of the Aarhus Letbane in 2016-2018. Odder is first mentioned in 1363 as Oddræth . The town was built up around Odder River (Danish: Odder Å ), which cross through

128-455: Is located near the pedestrian street in the town, bordering Odder River to the north. It was built in the later half of the 1100s. The altarpiece is from 1640 and made by Peder Jensen Kolding. It portrays the Last Supper and in front of the two pillars are figures of the evangelists of Luke and John . Models of Matthew and Mark sit on top of the altarpiece. On top of the altarpiece is also

144-514: The Mårslet Parish and is today owned by Moesgård Museum . The museum cooperates with the School of Culture and Society from Aarhus University on the subjects of history, archaeology, anthropology and oriental studies with most teaching and lectures being held in the manor buildings. In 2013 the university took over the buildings when a new museum building was completed and most activities related to

160-419: The buildings as a new museum building north-west of the manor was completed in 2014. The manor is designed around a large courtyard, the historicist main building facing west with two curved wings extending to the sides to form the east boundary of the courtyard. On each side of the court yard stands the agricultural buildings from the 1800s symmetrically enclosing the court yard. East of the main building lies

176-535: The manor was suffering economically and his son Frederik Christian Gyldenkrone became the last owner as the state assumed ownership of the manor in 1822. In 1838 Torkild Dahl bought the manor and it remained in the Dahl family until the mid-20th century. Thorkild Dahl was politically active as a member of the Folketing and was interested in history and classical studies. He compiled a large library of books and worked to establish

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192-479: The manors Skrumstrup and Moesgaard. Vilhelm Marselis had a new barony established at Skrumstrup Manor which was renamed Vilhelmsborg while he assumed the new family-name Gyldenkrone (English: "Golden Crown" ). Moesgård became an allodial title to the new barony but remained in the Marselis family until the early 19th century. The current main building was constructed in 1780–84 by Christian Frederik Gyldenkrone but

208-399: The museum moved there. The original Moesgård and its owners can be traced back to the late 14th century but the area was likely farmed much earlier. The site of the current manor is believed to be different from the original farm which was likely moved and rebuilt after it burned down during wars with Sweden in the mid-17th century. In the mid 19th century traces of a courtyard was found about

224-657: The rest of the Danish rail network . Odder railway station is the principal station of the town, and offers direct local train services to Aarhus and Grenaa as part of the Aarhus Light Rail system. The northern part of the town is also served by the railway halt Rude Havvej . There are 2 lutheran churches in the town of Odder. One is part of the Church of Denmark and the other is an independent church following Grundtvigtianism. Odder Parish Church (Danish: Odder Sognekirke )

240-417: The town. By 1850, the town had grown to the population of about 900 people, and was granted a license to hold a market twice a year. Around the same time, an unsuccessful application was made to dig a canal to the north-east coast. Odder became a railway town in 1884 when Hads-Ning Herreders Jernbane railway line was established, connecting the city to Hou and Aarhus. In 2018, the railway stretch became

256-569: Was granted new lands north of the city as compensation for losses incurred during the Dano-Swedish War of 1658–1660 and he established the county of Frijsenborg . Mogens Friis sold his manors south of the city to Gabriel Marselis who had been granted land holdings in the area by the crown in payment for war debts. Gabriel Marselis rebuilt the newly burnt Moesgård where it stands today. Upon his death in 1673 his land holdings were split between his four sons and his son Vilhelm Marselis inherited

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