The history of Tjele Gods

Listed buildings 

The old protected buildings at Tjele Gods are built in different eras:

• 1392 The first house build is Sonderhuset “The Stone House”.
• 1550 Next comes the Domestic Wing.
• 1585 35 years later the large white main building is built.
• 1650 Finally, the horse stables and the gates to the west and east are constructed.

Owners of the estate 

There have been several owners of the estate but the first to have greater impact is Mogens Løvenbalk. He married Genete Cragengelt  - a novel has been written about her fate by H.F Ewald entitled “The Scottish Woman on Thiele”.

The next owner of the estate was Løvenbalk’s brother-in-law Erik Skram. Following Erik Skram, the estate was inherited by his son Jørgen Skram who i.e. built the white main building.

In 1635, Tjele is bought by Erik Grubbe – Erik Gruppe’s daughter is also known from the literature including “Fru Marie Grubbe” written by I.P Jacobsen, “En Landsbydegns Dagbog” written by St Steensen Blicher, “Hønsegrethe” by H.C. Andersen and also from an epistle “Fra Sælsomme Ægteskaber” written by Ludvig Holberg. Recent literature written about Marie Grubbe includes “Kysse Marie” by Juliane Preissler, “Marie Grubbe og hendes tid” by Dan H. Andersen and “Dyrets År” by Lone Hørslev.

After Erik Gruppe, Tjele is shortly owned by his son-in-law Jørgen Arenfeldt from whom Geert Didrick Levetzau buys the estate. Geert D. Levetzau’s sarcophagus and epitaph can be seen and experienced in Tjele church.

After Levetzau’s death, Tjele was bought at an auction in 1739 by Major General Christian Ditlev von Lüttichau. Tjele Gods has since then been in the possession of the family Lüttichaus where it has been inherited directly from father to son.

Today, the estate is owned and operated by the 10^th generation, Christian Ditlev von Lüttichau.