Kongstedlund was built on the foundations of an ancient, storied
castle, and is surrounded by drained
moats. The main building was constructed in 1592 for the
Danish nobleman Niels
Juel. In 1640, a
sandstone portal in the
Baroque-style was added to the entrance of the main building by the owners of the property, Ivar Krabbe and Dorte Juul. In the 1770s, a low
half-timbered wing was attached to the main building. Kongstedtlund rests upon an old arched
vault that has remained as part of the older construction. The mansion's facades are now whitewashed, but were originally made unpainted brick. The levels of the main building are marked by
anchor plates. The rectangle windows are embedded in curved window slots. The
gables are now adjusted to the saddle roof in a straight line, but were originally probably arched in the style of the Renaissance. The baroque sandstone portal with the
initials of the owners by that time, Ivar Krabbe and Dorte Juul, is a particularly precious architectural detail. The most prominent elements of the portal are the
sculptures of two
warriors in full armour framing the entrance, as well as those of two
angels, on which the uppermost part of the portal rests, and two female figures in the upper part which are framing a family
coat of arms and a
laurel wreath. == Royal inhabitant ==