Thanks, Iceflower.
Yes, this was the first of so called "dialogue-meetings" at Schackenborg, where leading people from primarily the border region will discuss current subjects.
In that context Billed Bladet this week talked to Joachim about Schackenborg.
He prefers to go to Schackenborg at least once a month. Partly to keep an eye on the place but also to keep in touch with his local network and friends in the area.
"I'm here regularly and thank god for that. I enjoy being here and often we are here with my wife (formal word) and the children. We come and go as if it was still our home.
We have a wide circle of friends whom we visit or are being visited by, when we are here. Some times we come unannounced, other times we fire up the stove in advance. Many of those who know us keep an eye on whether the flag is up signifying that we are here.
It preferably shouldn't be such a big thing when we arrive. That's how we prefer it".
The article claims that Schackenborg to some extent has become the summer cottage of J&M.
"We are establishing an every day life with Schackenborg Manor, so to speak - as often as we can by being here. That is thank god more than once a month. Some times more often. And we enjoy that. We also enjoy that we don't have to "grand-co-ordinate" our visits here. We can go here on an impulse and we really appreciate that".
Joachim will not call Schackenborg their summer residence, but admits that it's a refuge: "Taking up residence here, being here, enjoying Møgeltønder, enjoying Southern Jutland from here, that's a privilege we appreciate. All of us. Princess Marie, the little ones, the big boys. Very much so for Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix. It's after all their childhood home - and for me as well said the dog. I have an almost bordering to withdrawal symptoms to Schackenborg Manor, when it's too far between me being here and breathing the air"
The financing in regards to running the estate has by now been established. The lands under the estate combined with the income generated by the lands still owned by Joachim generate enough income to keep the manor running.
And now events that are to take place at Schackenborg are also being established. They include conferences, lectures, meetings, concerts, local plays and so on. All with more or less a Southern Jutlandic theme.
The current manager, Jan Leisborch, says: "It has taken a while to get all the administrative bits up and running and getting the agriculture to run on its own. But the intention is that the manor shall have a life of its own by opening more up for the public, because that we can do now that it is no longer a private home".