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Holbæk County (Danish: Holbæk Amt) is a former Danish county on Zealand.
History
[edit]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
[edit]The governors of Holbæk county from 1657 until its dissolution in 1970 were:[2]
| Portrait | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Ottesen Banner | 1657–1661 | |
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Henrik Thott | 1661–1662 |
| Henning Pogwisch | 1662–1664 | |
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Jørgen Bjelke | 1671–1696 |
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Tage Thott | 1683–1707 |
| Johan Christopher Schönbach | 1707–1727 | |
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Frederik Adeler | 1707–1727 |
| Joachim Hartvig Johan von Barner | 1751–1768 | |
| Eiler Christopher Ahlefeldt | 1768–1770 | |
| Carl Adolph Rantzau | 1770–1771 | |
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Bartholomæus Bertelsen (de Cederfeld) | 1771–1781[a] |
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Michael Herman Løvenskiold | 1781–1804 |
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Frederik Adeler | 1804–1808 |
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Christian Cornelius Lerche | 1808–1810 |
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Herman Løvenskiold | 1810–1815 |
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Julius Knuth | 1815–1831 |
| Mathias Vilhelm Moltke | 1831–1848 | |
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Peter Georg Bang | 1848–1849 |
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Christian Pløyen | 1849–1867 |
| J. Christian Bille-Brahe | 1867–1873 | |
| Carl Ludvig Adolph von Benzon | 1873–1886 | |
| Carl Steen Andersen Bille | 1886–1898 | |
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Nicolai Reimer Rump | 1899–1900 |
| Vilhelm Peter Schulin | 1900–1906 | |
| Emil Ammentorp | 1906–1915 | |
| Poul Christen Saxild | 1916–1942 | |
| Henrik de Jonquières | 1942–1960 | |
| Mogens Julius Clausen | 1960–1970 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Bloch, Jørgen (1895). Stiftamtmænd og amtmænd i kongeriget Danmark og Island 1660-1848 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Reitzel. pp. 22–26.
- ^ "Bartholomæus de Cederfeld". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 16 June 2022.