Sövdeborg Castle

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Sövdeborg Castle

The Sövdeborg Castle is located on the small lake Sövdeborgsjön in the Swedish municipality of Sjöbo about 5 km south of the main town Sjöbo in Skåne . The castle consists of a main part with two building wings . There is a round tower on the southern corner.

One of the most distinctive rooms is the so-called stone hall in the southeast area of ​​the lower floor. It has an elaborately decorated stucco ceiling . To the west of the castle, part of the drained lake was converted into an English park with branched canals. These canals are connected to the part of the lake that still exists to the north of the castle.

The original manor was further west on a hill by the larger Sövdesjö . It is believed that the court corresponds to the Sygostha or Sygastha described by Saxo Grammaticus , at which Bishop Absalon von Lund was attacked by residents of Skåne in 1180. In the course of the Reformation , Sövdeborg was confiscated by the Danish crown and sold to Fredrik Lange in 1587. In 1597 the owners moved to the smaller Sövdeborgsjön when the current castle was built. The eastern and southern parts of the building and the tower were commissioned by Lange. In 1639 the castle belonged to Otto Tott, who had another wing added. When Skåne became Swedish in 1658, Field Marshal Rutger von Ascheberg bought the estate.

In the following years, various noble families, such as Sparre, Meijerfeldt and Piper, who received the castle through inheritance or purchase, entered the list of owners. Between 1840 and 1844 the facades were decorated with medieval decorations in neo-Romanesque style . Today Sövdeborg is owned by the Stjernswärd family. It has been a listed building as Byggnadsminne since 1984 .

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Coordinates: 55 ° 34 ′ 55 ″  N , 13 ° 41 ′ 49 ″  E