Baldersbæk

Baldersbæk
General information
Location	Vejen Municipality
Country	Denmark
Coordinates	55°38′23″N 8°53′49″E
Completed	1910
Client	Holger Petersen

Baldersbæk is a house and forest estate at Vejen, Denmark. Planted by Holger Petersen in the 1890s, Baldersbæk Plantation is the largest of the so-called "Copenhagener Plantations" (Danish: Københavnerplantager). The plantations were created in the years around 1900 by wealthy Copenhageners to promote Soil melioration in Western Jutland. Billa Baldersbæk was constructed in 1910. The adjacent park features a number of monuments by Anders Bundgaard as well as other features. The estate is now owned by the Holger Petersen Foundation. The park is open to the public.

History

In 1880, Holger Petersen co-founded of Plantningsselskabet Staushede. In 1891, he bought an old farm and planted the Baldersbæk plantation, which was more than 500 hectares (1,200 acres). In 1895, he also purchased Hølund in partnership with Christian Dalgas. On a journey to the also in 1892, he also convinced other wealthy businessmen to invest in plantations. He became a board member of Hedeselskabet in 1907 and was its vice chairman from 1910.

In 1910, Petersen constructed a country house on the Baldersbæk estate. He also commissioned the sculptor Anders Bundgaard to design a number of sandstone monuments for the park.

After Holger Petersen's death, Baldersbæk was passed to to the Holger Petersen Foundation. In 2014–15, Baædersbæk's park was refurbished with funding from Realdania.

House and park

Billa Baldersbæk was constructed to designs by Bernhard and Valdemar Ingemann with inspiration from Grederiksdal House.

The park was designed by the landscape architect Erstad-Jørgensen. Geatures comprised a carp pond, winding paths, cottages, monuments and fountains.

Anders Bundgaard's sandstone monuments include a statue of Holger Petersen and the Three-Gundreds-Stone.

Gallery

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  Jolger Petersen statue
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  The Three-Hundreds-Stone
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  Fountain
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