Ringsted County
Ringsted County (Danish: Sorø Amt) was a Danish county on central Zealand. The largest town was Ringsted.
History
Ringsted County was created in 1662 as a replacement of the old Ringsted Fief (Ringsted Len). The county consisted of a single hundred (Ringsted Herred). Beginning in 1748, Ringsted County was administrated together with Sorø County. At the 1793 Danish County Reform, with effect from 1798, Ringsted County, Korsør County, and Antvorskov County were merged into Sorø County.[1]
List of county governors of Sorø
The governors of Ringsted County (Danish: Amtmænd, singular Amtmand) from 1653 until its dissolution in 1798, were:[1][2]
| Portrait | Name | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jørgen Christoffersen Seefeld | 1630—1662 | ||
| Henning Pogwisch | 1662—1664 | ||
| Jørgen Recdtz | 1664—1671 | ||
| Hugo Lützow | 1671—1680 | ||
| Adam Ehrenreich von Prehn | 1680—1684 | ||
| Frederik Gabel | 1684—1691 | ||
| Frederik Giese | 1692—1693 | ||
| Frederik Gabel | 1693—1694 | 2nd term | |
| Poul (Hals) Moth | 1694—1'700 | ||
| Johan Diderik Grüner | 1700—1712 | ||
| Jacob Frants von der Osten | 1712—1734 | ||
| Tomas Lillienskjold | 1734—1748 | ||
| Christoph Ernst von Beulwitz | 1743—1745 | ||
| Heinrich von Reuss | 1745—1754 | ||
| Carl Juel | 1754—1760 | ||
| Frederik Danneskiold-Samsøe | 1760—1764 | ||
| Wolf Veit Christoph von Reitzenstein | 1764—1781 | ||
| Carl Adolph Raben | 1781—1784 | ||
| Gregers Christian Haxthausen | 1784—1787 | ||
| Vilhelm Mathias Skeel | 1787–1798 |
References
- ^ a b Ringsted Amt (PDF) (in Danish). Arthur Jensens Forlag. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ Jørgensen, Harald, ed. (1970). Stiftamtmænd og Amtmænd på Sjælland, Lolland-Falster og Bornholm, 1848–1970 (PDF) (in Danish). Copenhagen: Landsarkivet for Sjælland. pp. 17–18.