Kronstad Hovedgård

Kronstad Hovedgård is a manor house in the city of Bergen, Norway. It is situated in the borough of Årstad about 2 km south of the Bergenhus on the south shore of the bay of Store Lungegårdsvannet.[1] [2]

Kronstad Hovedgård main building. 2007

History
Kronstad Hovedgård in Årstad

The farm of Kronstad, then named Hunsstadir, later Honstad and Hunstad, was established in the 12th century. It belonged to the monastery of Nonneseter.[3]

Vincens Lunge took over the farm in 1528. From 1685-1693, the manor belonged to Jørgen Thormøhlen (1640–1708), a shipowner, innovator and entrepreneur. In 1705, Anders Bruun, vicar of Bergen Cathedral, purchased the manor renaming it Cronstad. Christian Gerhard Ameln (1809-1872), a merchant, purchased it in 1781, constructing several new buildings and clearing the fields. Ameln also constructed a new one-floored manor house.[4]

Joachim Friele (1793–1881), a merchant, wine importer and successful exporter, bought Kronstad in 1840. Inspired by the French Château Margaux, he hired architect Ole Peter Riis Høegh (1806–1852) to reconstruct the building. At the time, it was one of the largest private mansions in the district.[5] [6]

Kronstad Hovedgård is a white painted, two-story, wooden building with a canopy in Empire style with Ionian columns on the main façade. The building is one of the finest late-Empire style buildings in Bergen. Today, the manor house is owned by the Stiftelsen Krigsveteranenes Minne. It is being rented out for various uses.[7][8]

References
  1. Nina Aldin Thune "Kronstad" (Store norske leksikon)
  2. "Historier fra en bydel – Årstad". Bergen Byarkiv. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. "Nonneseter kloster i Bergen" (Store norske leksikon)
  4. Anders Bjarne Fossen "Jørgen Thormøhlen" (Norsk biografisk leksikon)
  5. Anders Bjarne Fossen. "Joachim Friele". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  6. Åse Moe Torvanger. "Peter Høegh". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  7. "Kronstad Hovedgård" (PDF). stiftelsen krigsveteranenes minne - kronstad hovedgård. April 30, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  8. "Kronstad Hovedgård". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

Other sources
  • Stein Thowsen and Harald Garmannslund (2000). Årstad - historisk vandring i en ny bydel. ( Bergen: Forlaget Livskunst). ISBN 9788299518017.

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