Corfitz Ulfeldt - København, Denmark
N 55° 40.487 E 012° 34.509
33U E 347516 N 6172550
Corfitz Ulfeldt left an significant impact on danish society. He is considered the prototypical traitor of the danish state. A column of shame was made to his disgrace. Now placed in the garden of the National Museum.
Waymark Code: WM12NNY
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 06/23/2020
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Dansk: Forræderen og bedrageren Corfitz Ulfeldt fik opstillet en skamstøtte på Ulfeldts plads - det nuværende Gråbrødre torv - så hans navn og gerninger ikke skulle gå i glemmebogen lige med det samme.
Det er ikke nogen udpræget smuk sten - og sådan må det nødvendigvis være - der pryder toppen af skamstøtten. Grov og fyldt med huller og render. Ujævnt spids og sort som en grim, død og udtrækningsklar hugtand. Under skamstenen står indhugget i soklen "Corfitz WF (Ulfeldt). Forræderen. Til Æwig Spott. Skam og Skiendsel."
Ulfeldt (1606-64) var gift med kong Christian 4.s datter Leonora Christine. Han blev i 1643 rigshovmester, statens vigtigste embedsmand, men berigede sig ved store bedragerier. Da han faldt i unåde, gik han i tjeneste hos arvefjenden Sverige. I 1664 blev hans gård i København nedrevet, så Ulfeldts Plads opstod. På pladsen rejstes samme år skamstøtten. Den blev beskadiget ved Københavns brand i 1728, men genskabt i 1741.
I 1842 kom den til Nationalmuseet og kan i dag ses i gårdhaven side om side med en andre sten fra Danmarks fortid. Den fortid, vi ikke altid bryder os om.
English: The traitor and impostor Corfitz Ulfeldt had a shame column set up in Ulfeldt's square - the present Gråbrødre torv - so that his name and deeds should not go into oblivion right away.
It is not a distinctly beautiful stone - and this is necessarily the case - that adorns the top of the sham support. Rough and filled with holes and pits. Uneven tip and black as an ugly, dead and extractable tooth. Under the is engraved is engraved in the stone: "Corfitz WF (Ulfeldt). The traitor. To eternal mockery. Shame and disgrace."
Ulfeldt (1606-64) was married to King Christian 4.'s daughter Leonora Christine. In 1643 he became the chief justice of the state, the most important official of the state, but enriched himself by great deceit. When he fell into disrepute, he joined the legacy of Sweden's heir. In 1664 his farm in Copenhagen was demolished, so Ulfeldts Plads emerged. In the square the same year the shame support was raised. It was damaged by the Copenhagen fire in 1728, but recreated in 1741.
In 1842 it came to the National Museum and today can be seen in the courtyard side by side with a second stone from Denmark's past. The past we don't always like.
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Location: Nation Museum garden
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