Tranekær Manor(Danish: Tranekær Gods) is a manor house and estate on Langeland, Denmark. The red-plastered, two-winged main building is perched on a small hill on the northern outskirts of the village Tranekær. It originates in a four-winged Medieval castle of which the south and east wings were demolished in the 1720s. It owes its current appearance to a comprehensive renovation undertaken by the architect Niels Sigfred Nebelong in 1859–1863. The main building, a theatre building, a stable, a carriage house and a garden pavilion were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. Tranekær has belonged to members of the Ahlefeldt family since 1659.
Tranekær Manor
Tranekær in 1677.
Tranekær.
Tranekær in 1754.
Carl von Ahlefeldt was a German-Danish statesman. He was a stadtholder and by birth a member of the House of Ahlefeld. He was part of the inner circle around Frederick IV until 1712 and then became Governor-general of Slesvig-Holsten.
Carl von Ahlefeldt in c. 1718
Sorgenfri in 1742