Valnæsgård

The farm Egensegaard traces its history back to the 13th century and was then owned by the Crown. In the beginning of the 18th century it was included in Falster Cavalry District. In 1766, Falster Cavalry District was sold in public auction. Valnæsgaard was acquired by the merchant Hans Bergeshagen Hincheldey. The manor comprised 55 tønder hartkorn of land and its tenant farms an additional 641 tønder hartkorn of land. In 1795, Hincheldey renamed the estyate Valnæsgård in connection with passing it to his son Edvard Hincheldey. Edvard Hincheldey sold many of the tenant farms back to the Crown. The rest of the estate was in 1806 sold in public auction. The buyer was Frantz Thestrup. His brother Peter Thestrup was later made a co-owner of the estate. In 1835, Valnæsgård was once again sold in public auction. The new owner was Heinrich Hansen. He initiated extensive land reclamation reclamnation projects to increase the size of the estate.[1]

Heinrich Hansen's widow in 1874 sold Valnæsgård to Carl Wilhelm Grandjean Hansen. In 1899, he sold it to the merchant Alexander Andersen. Over the next decades, Valnæsgåård changed hands a number of times. It was for a while owned by count Christopher Adam Valdemar Knuth. [2]

In 1932, Valnæsgaard was acquired by Th. Fleron Dahl, whose father, Christian S. Dahl, took it over just two years later. In 1947, he ceded it to a limited company managed by Th. Fleron Dahl.

• ( -1766) Kronen
• (1766-1795) Hans Bergeshagen Hincheldey
• (1795-1806) Edvard Hincheldey
• (1806-1835) Frants Thestrup
• (1808-1835) Peter Thestrup
• (1835-1862) Heinrich Hansen
• (1862-1874) Enkefru Hansen
• (1874-1899) C. V. Grandjean Hansen
• (1899-1903) Alexander Andersen
• (1903-1918) Christopher Adam Valdemar Knuth
• (1918) Steen Giebelhausen
• (1918-1922) J. Diderichsen
• (1922-1930) L. du Plessis de Richelieu
• (1930-1932) E. Lauesen
• (1932-1934) Th. Fleron Dahl
• (1934-1947) Christian S. Dahl
• (1947- ) Valnæsgaard A/S