Bäckaskog Castle
The Bäckaskog castle lies in the Swedish municipality of Kristianstad on a narrow strip of land between the lakes Ivösjön and Oppmannsjön . A castle chapel also belongs to the complex. Today the building houses a hotel, a restaurant and a conference facility.
history
Bäckaskog was established as a monastery in the 13th century and was closed in 1537 during the Reformation . In the following years the noble families Ulfstand, Brahe, Bille, Parsberg and Ramel were feudal lords for Gut Bäckaskog. 1684 it was by Charles XI. drafted for the crown. Afterwards it was the residence of the commander of the Skåne cavalry regiment , but it was often leased. Field Marshal Johan Christopher Toll , for example, made major improvements to the building and its surroundings . Charles XV too . , who took over the castle from his father, Oskar I in 1853 , had the castle changed. From 1885 Bäckaskog belonged to Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark, later Frederick VIII , who sold it to Chamberlain Filip Stjernswärd in 1900.
In 1956 ownership of the building and the adjacent agricultural land were separated. Thanks to the personal commitment of the tenant Gustaf Ferlenius, Bäckaskog developed into a popular tourist destination. In 1996 the state property authority bought the castle, which has been under monument protection as Byggnadsminne since 1935 .
literature
- Bäckaskog Castle . In: Bernhard Meijer (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 4 : Brant-Cesti . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1905 (Swedish, runeberg.org - picture :).
Web links
- Bäckaskog Castle
- Entry in the bebyggelseregistret des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 56 ° 5 ′ 9 ″ N , 14 ° 20 ′ 55 ″ E