Baron Rosendahl laid the foundations for future success of his family, heirs and tenants. He established the barony, increased his livestock and crops, improved the land and built necessary structures to make life better for all.
The death of Baron Rosendahl at the age of 86 at Rosendahl Ådum (Odom) Sogn resulted in Hans Rosendahl, his first son, taking over the castle in 1760.
King Frederik V had been notified and he and the royal family and entourage arrived for the funeral. After the burial, Hans Rosendahl was officially installed as Baron of Rosendahl Castle.
The new baron, now 62 years of age with his wife, Baroness Margarethe and sons together with his brothers Christian and Nels immediately set about with improvements and modern changes. He wants to build on the good beginning that his father started. Many new methods and farm machinery which had been frowned upon by the old baron are now instituted and the castle personnel took up the work under Baron Hans.
Juvre has maintained his home and fishing boats at Rømø after the period of time he made trips to the English market with his brother Hans. In the meantime he has built a boat of his own bringing fish to market with his son Peter and grandson Jeppi. Juvre at 60 years of age has established a trade in fish -- buying from other fishermen and selling on the English market.
Juvre's son and grandson are now old enough to take the fishing boat out, during the times their father makes the 600-mile voyage to England. They are planning a fish processing and packing plant. No site has been selected, but it should be either at Rømø or Ringkøbining. The favored spot is the north end of the bay at Esbjerg. This would eliminate to a great extent the problem of transportation to market.
Christian has plans for a much larger ship to accommodate the increase in stock and produce for transport to market. He has taken the responsibility of transporting the output of the barony to market, while Baron Hans devotes his time to the supervision and the duties of the landlord.
Nels will accompany Christian on his trips to market. After making a few trips he will take over one of the ships. The brothers will then each make occasional trips to England -- thus laying the foundation for a full-time, larger scale transportation company.
In spite of wars and strife in the past, the Danes are all now struggling to improve themselves and the country through agriculture and commerce. Each Rosendahl generation must add something to what the old baron before had accomplished. Baron Hans also wishes to create an incentive for progress to endure for generations that follow.
The 18th century saw great changes in Denmark, from the wars of 1700 and 1709 to 1720, to the abolition of serfdom and the land reform in 1788. The French and English colonial wars benefited Denmark greatly. Adam Gottlob Moltke, a great landowner and courtier of German extraction, realized this would be a good opportunity for agricultural production. In about the 67th year of the 18th century, England began importing agricultural and dairy products in greater quantities from Denmark -- products which England had previously exported. The land reform actually liberated the peasants. They were now with the “stravnsbaand;” each allotted his own plot of ground by the large land barons and landlords. They harvested their own crops and were paid in money for the returns.
This actually began a great advancement in the Danish economy. The livestock and agriculture trade with England continued to boom.
In the meantime, in 1770 the baron’s brothers, Christian and Nels joined Juvri in establishing their own fishery in Esbjerg. Juvri’s son Jeppi and their family in Rømø lived in the town which bore the name, "Juvri." The name Jeppi Rosendahl may still be represented in Rømø.
Their sons joined other fishermen in the area to create a growing industry processing and packing fish.
But Jutland in the mid-18th century was also progressing rapidly in agriculture and dairy products, as well as building and industry. Tønder, the southernmost town in Schleswig, was a hub of trade, especially in cattle and trade. Many merchants became prosperous and built large homes.
The “new” baron, Hans Rosendahl, 72 (in 1770) still retained the manor at Rosendahl with his four sons. However, with the land reform and the “stravnsbaand” under the leadership of Christian Ditley Reventlow, the barony came to an end in 1780. The sons will soon leave the manor and establish their own farms with red brick farm houses. This transition has consumed about 10 years, during which time there continued to be prosperity in the fading of the barony and all of Denmark.
The last baron, Hans Rosendahl, relinquished the estate to his four sons, Hans, 58 (born 1722), Peter (born 1724), 56, Nels (born 1726), 54, and Mads (born 1730), 50, and to all the tenants. Hans died in 1780 at the age of 82.
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