Rynings Cors

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The Rynings kors is a stone cross near Hällnäs in the parish of Persnäs ( Borgholm municipality ) on the Swedish island of Öland .

description

The Rynings kors is a three meter high cross made of carved limestone . It is decorated with two round and rectangular holes and with simple ornaments. The limestone used probably comes from a quarry near Hällnäs. Its appearance testifies to the skill of the sculptor, whose name, however, has not been passed down. It is located along an old, no longer used path between Persnäs and Hällnäs.

myth

The stone of Hällnäs ( Swedish Hällnäs sten ) got its name Rynings kors based on regional traditions and myths. According to this, an Olof Ryninge is said to have fallen at this point during a horse race and died in the process. A rhyme from the area still bears witness to this today: "And the king's horses were so strong - and sent the prince to Hällnäs Mark". In another tradition, Ryning was on his way to Persnäs with his horse and was thrown off, whereupon he died. In both cases, however, one can assume a tragic accident. It is believed that his relatives built the stone in memory of him. The "Ryning Cross" also seemed to King John III. to be at least culturally and historically significant, since he had it rebuilt after a collapse during his reign (1568 to 1592).

The Ryning family on Öland

Olof Ryning came from the Danish family Ryning. This also included the brothers Gert Andersson Ryning and Peter Andersson Ryning, who lived on Öland. Both were bailiffs of Borgholm Castle, which was strategically important in the conflict between Denmark and Sweden, which later became Borgholm Castle . They served the then regent Erik of Pomerania . Gert Andersson Ryning was Vogt until 1412 and then became a friar in the Vadstena monastery . Peter Andersson Ryning has been mentioned as Vogt von Borgholm since 1420. He was married to Sigrid Carlsdotter Sture, a member of the Swedish aristocracy, who was buried with one of their sons in Vadstena in 1430. Due to his Danish origins, he was deposed in 1436 by the new King Charles VIII .

Olof Ryning, to whom this cross is presumably dedicated, died around 1521. He was one of the six Swedish envoys who, together with the later King Gustav I Wasa, were to initiate negotiations with the defeated Danish King Christian II after the Battle of Brännkyrka . This was preceded by a proposal by Christian II to Sten Sture to send him his five most important men as security, after which he would appear for the peace negotiations near Stockholm. However, Christian II broke his word and kidnapped all six envoys to Denmark , where they were held captive on the island of Kalø . It is said that Christian II tried to persuade his hostages to change sides and that he succeeded in doing so with two Swedish emissaries. One of these is said to be Olof Ryning.

More crosses

There are other stone crosses on Öland, including the Martinus cross in Föra , in Tjusby near Gärdslösa and the crosses of Övra Sandby and on the headland Kapelludden both near Bredsättra ( called Bredsätra in older sources ). The 800 year old Kapelludenkreuz was knocked over and destroyed by a storm in January 2007, but has been restored.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see photo
  2. ↑ a b Erik Tuneld: Geografi öfver konungariket Sverige . NW Forsslund (Ed.) 4 volumes, Oxford University 1832 p. 1035
  3. ↑ Nils Henrik Sjöborg: Samlingar för nordens fornälskare, innehållende Inskryfter, Figurer, Ruiner, Verktyg, Högar och Stensättningar i Sverige och Norrige: Med Plancher . Volume 3, Nestius 1830 p. 111
  4. ↑ so z. B. the chronicler Rhezelius: Johannes Hoops: Reallexikon der Germanic antiquity. Volume 16, Walter de Gruyter 2000 ISBN 9783110167825
  5. ^ Ragnhild Boström: Resmo kyrka, Algutsrums härad, Öland. Volume 4 of: Sveriges kyrkor, konsthistoriskt inventarium: Öland, Almqvist & Wiksell International 1988 p. 137 ISBN 9789171926876
  6. ↑ a b Henrik Lerdam: Danske len og lensmænd 1370-1443 Volume 18, Institut for Historie ved Københavns Universitet (ed.), Museum Tusculanums Forlag 1996 p. 122 (Lensoversierter og kildehenvisninger) ISBN 978-87-7289-374-7
  7. ^ Abraham Ahlqvist: Ölands historia och beskrifning . Volume 1, CF Berg 1822 pp. 265f
  8. ↑ Olle Larsson: Gustav Vasa - historiens viktigaste svensk? . in: Popular Historia 3/2008

Coordinates: 57 ° 3 '37.1 "  N , 16 ° 55' 7.1"  E