Orupgaard

Orupgaard is a manor house with plastered walls and a mansard roof, set among yellow stone buildings that include a stable wing and carriage house. The property occupies an extensive area with agricultural land and forestry north of Idestrup.

The estate first appeared in the 1231 Danish land registry as Oræthrop, a cluster of small farms under Nykøbing Palace control. In the 1800s, new management transformed it into a demonstration farm using progressive agricultural techniques.

The estate reflects how farming families of means organized their daily life in rural Denmark, with separate buildings for different purposes arranged around a central yard. Visitors notice how the compound shows the rhythm of work and home merged together in one place.

The estate sits in rural countryside that is best explored on foot to see the buildings and surrounding landscape properly. Plan to spend time walking the grounds and wear comfortable shoes since the property covers a large area.

Edward Tesdorpf took over the estate in the 1840s and introduced innovations that noticeably increased productivity across the farm. These experiments made the property a model that other Danish estates studied and tried to copy.