Holbæk County

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Holbæk County (Danish: Holbæk Amt) is a former Danish county on Zealand.

History

Holbæk County was established in 1662 as a replacement of the old Holbæk Fief (Holbæk Len). It consisted of two hundreds, Merløse (without Orø, which belonged to Jægerspris County) and Tuse. At the 1793 Danish County Reform, Kalundborg County, Dragsholm County and Sæbygård were merged into Holbæk County.[1] In 1970, Holbæk County was merged with Sorø County to form West Zealand County (Vestsjællands Amt).

List of county governors

The governors of Holbæk county from 1657 until its dissolution in 1970 were:[2]

PortraitName Term
Erik Ottesen Banner1657–1661
Henrik Thott1661–1662
Henning Pogwisch1662–1664
Jørgen Bjelke1671–1696
Tage Thott1683–1707
Johan Christopher Schönbach1707–1727
Frederik Adeler1707–1727
Joachim Hartvig Johan von Barner1751–1768
Eiler Christopher Ahlefeldt1768–1770
Carl Adolph Rantzau1770–1771
Bartholomæus Bertelsen (de Cederfeld)1771–1781[a]
Michael Herman Løvenskiold1781–1804
Frederik Adeler1804–1808
Christian Cornelius Lerche1808–1810
Herman Løvenskiold1810–1815
Julius Knuth1815–1831
Mathias Vilhelm Moltke1831–1848
Peter Georg Bang1848–1849
Christian Pløyen1849–1867
J. Christian Bille-Brahe1867–1873
Carl Ludvig Adolph von Benzon1873–1886
Carl Steen Andersen Bille1886–1898
Nicolai Reimer Rump1899–1900
Vilhelm Peter Schulin1900–1906
Emil Ammentorp1906–1915
Poul Christen Saxild1916–1942
Henrik de Jonquières1942–1960
Mogens Julius Clausen1960–1970

See also

References

Notes

  1. Continued as county governor of Kalundborg, Sæbygaard and Dragsjolm counties until 1783.[3]

Citations

  1. Rosenkrantz, Palle (1936). Amtmandsbogen : Portrætter og Biografier af Stiftamtmænd og Amtmænd i Danmark 1660-1935 [The County Clerk's Book : Portraits and Biographies of Parish Clerks and County Clerks in Denmark] (PDF) (in Danish). Arthur Jensens Forlag. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. Bloch, Jørgen (1895). Stiftamtmænd og amtmænd i kongeriget Danmark og Island 1660-1848 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Reitzel. pp. 22–26.
  3. "Bartholomæus de Cederfeld". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.