The Fuglsang Manor House

A part of the Manor garden

I got attracted by an announcement on a piano performance of Debussy’s 24 Preludes to be held at a Danish manor House, Fuglsang at the island called Lolland. You rarely hear his piano music in Denmark. To help the audience, a lady read an explanation of each prelude which expresses all emotions and description of nature.

The Music Hall at the Fuglsang Manor House

The Music Hall at the Fuglsang Manor House

We had breakfast in the huge kitchen which was decorated with photos from a century ago. The Manor House Fuglsang is connected to musicians coming to compose and perform. Our most cherished composer is Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), and he was often visiting the De Nedergaard family who owned Fuglsang.

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The main rooms were magnificent and are used for weddings and similar occasions.

The dining room at Fuglsang Manor House

A mirror and a menorah at Fuglsang Manor House

Details from the salons of Fuglsang Manor House in Renaisance style

The ceiling in the salons of Fuglsang Manor House

a copy of Raffaels Madonna painting from Dresden

The dining room

One of the salons in connection with the dining room at Fuglsang Manor House

My grandfather came from that area, and we would like to see the houses, churches and neighbourhoods of my family. My husband has written a post on that and it can be google translated.

Nørre Alslev church

Nørre Alslev church, frescos from before the Reformation

At Svinø, an American Airman from WWII was buried. Of the five American airmen still buried here, we so far have seen four of the graves.

Nine allied airmen graves at Svinoe

Henry taking a photo of the allied airmen graves at Svinoe

At Aereo, in Danish Ærø, one hour’s ferry ride from Svendborg, Funen we visited another grave for a young American airman. The tomb is faithfully kept by a lady whose family have held it since 1946. President Ronald Reagan once mentioned it in a speech.

The ferry would depart once an hour so it would be easy to go to the island. We then understood that we should have looked it up in advance. Every second ferry was in the dock.  We were lucky to get onboard after only one hour at the harbour.

The B&B Kimberley’s Memory

We had a booking at a B&B, and the sky was still light when we arrived at 8.30 PM. The host was not at home, but he had left the door open and a letter for us to guide us. The next morning he asked us if we had heard noises during the night? We hadn’t.

A sheep had given birth to three small lambs who had to take turns

The house was from the 1800s. A sailor had left the ship in South Africa and worked in a diamond mine, he had earned enough money to return to the island and built the house called Kimberley’s Memory.

Many generations had been working as sailors or fishermen and when WWII started all who were on the sea continued with the Western Allied Forces as Denmark was occupied by the Germans in April 1945. The weather was suddenly so chilly that we took an early ferry back to Funen and had the time to see a Commonwealth war grave with nine buried airmen from Australia, England and Canada.

Thank you for giving your life for our freedom

Jack E. Wagner’s grave in Marstal