Visingsborg
Visingsborg is the name of a county and a castle on the east side of the island Visingsö in Lake Vättersee in Sweden . Both are historically closely linked to the Brahe sex .
The castle was built in the 1560s as a square with four towers and a moat. Stones from the Alvastra monastery were also used for this. The old castle on Visingö, Näs slott , had long been in ruins at that time. The county comprised places on the island as well as in Småland and Västergötland , a total of 468 farms in 1569, and another 100 in the 1640s. In 1654, Count Per Brahe the Younger was given the jurisdiction of the neck (high court) over the residents of the island of Visingsö.
The castle was ruined as a result of a fire on the night of December 22nd to 23rd, 1718. The Russian prisoners of war from the Great Northern War relocated there at that time were charged with having started the fire.
The builders of the castle were:
- Per Brahe the Elder had the west wing built.
- Magnus Brahe, son of the previous one, had the south wing built, which, with its halls and other rooms, made up the most stately part of the palace.
- Per Brahe the Younger had a north wing added for the servants. A port was also built in his time. The castle was crowned by six towers with gilded spikes. Inventories from his time show an extensive library and an armory with weapons for 800 men. The walls were armed with cannons. A small army of 200 men was stationed in Visingsborg. In addition, Per Brahe the Younger had Brahehus built as a widow's residence for his wife. He also founded a school on Visingsö against the opposition of the church, which was set up in the church of Kumlaby.
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Coordinates: 58 ° 2 ′ 6 ″ N , 14 ° 21 ′ 8 ″ E