Rockelstad Castle

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Rockelsta Castle

Rockelstad Castle (also written Rockelsta , an older spelling is Råckelsta ) is a castle in the Swedish province of Södermanland County, reconstructed in the neo-renaissance style at the beginning of the 20th century . It is located 15 kilometers east of the town of Flen .

The castle has been privately owned by the von Post family since 1973 and is now a hotel . Part of the castle is used as a museum . Here exhibits from the family property of the current owners of the castle as well as old furnishings from the history of the castle are on display.

history

Birgitta, Mary, Hermann Göring and Eric von Rosen at Rockelstad Castle

The castle was built near Båven , the third largest lake in Södermanland . It was first mentioned in the late 14th century when the Bishop of Strängnäs acquired the land. The first buildings were built around 1380. The property already had its dimensions that have been preserved to this day. In the course of the expropriation of the Swedish Church , the estate came into the possession of the Swedish crown in 1520. King Gustav I. Wasa gave it to his son, the Duke of Södermanland Karl IX.

Charles IX in turn, gave the property away to one of his loyal officers, Quartermaster Sean Stuart. This came from a branch of the Scottish royal family Stuart . He went to Sweden as a mercenary in the service of Gustav I Wasa's son to serve in the war against Denmark . The castle stayed with the Stuart family for several generations. The last Stuart in possession of the castle was the Baron and Lieutenant General Carl Magnus Stuart. After the Stuart family returned to Scotland, the castle became the property of the Rosenholm family.

From 1788 to 1874 the castle belonged to the Holst family, after the death of the last descendant it often changed hands. In 1900 Count Eric von Rosen bought the property. The old mansion, which was extremely dilapidated, was renewed. Under the direction of Carl Sylvan, the roof was covered with copper and two round and two square towers at the corners of the mansion were added.

Eric von Rosen was a typical adventurer of the early 20th century. In his castle he brought together a large collection of objects that he had acquired on his research trips to Central Africa. Von Rosen was a brother-in-law of Hermann Göring's Schwipp and maintained connections with National Socialist Germany. There are several shots of Herman Göring visiting Rockelstad Castle. Among other things in 1933, when the daughter of Eric and Mary von Rosen married.

During a devastating fire in 1927, the approximately 3,000 volumes library and a number of art treasures were destroyed.

The farm was bought by Helen and Chris von Post in 1973 and converted into a hotel.

literature

Web links

Commons : Rockelstads slott  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rockelstad . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 23 : Retzius – Ryssland . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1916, Sp. 560 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  2. ↑ Internet site of the castle
  3. ↑ Swedish daily annual book of 1927 , ed. Erik Rudberg & Edvin Hellblom, Stockholm 1928, p. 32

Coordinates: 59 ° 2 ′ 21.5 ″  N , 16 ° 51 ′ 25 ″  E