Börringe Abbey (or Börringekloster Castle) is a Scanian castle built on the ruins of a Benedictine abbey from the 12th century in Svedala, Scania, in southern Sweden. Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in Svedala is a small town in and the seat of Svedala Municipality in Skåne County in Sweden. Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The abbey was mentioned in Liber Census Daniae in 1231 as located on the island Byrdingø, which was part of the land which Valdemar II of Denmark had set aside for hunting. "Valdemar the Victorious" redirects here For the novel by Bernhard Severin Ingemann, see Valdemar the Victorious (novel. In the beginning of the 16th century, it was owned by Søren Norrby, who together with the knight Jens Holgersen Ulfstand of Glimmingehus Castle, led the Danish navy to victory in several battles against Lübeck. Søren (or Severin) Andersen Norrby (also known under nickname Merry Admiral) was a 16th century Danish Grand Admiral. Glimmingehus, located in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne län in southern Sweden, is the best preserved Medieval Castle in Scandinavia Lübeck ( is the second largest City in Schleswig-Holstein, in Northern Germany, and one of the major
When Scania became a Swedish domain at the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, Charles X of Sweden gave it to his illegitimate son, Gustaf Carlsson. The Treaty of Roskilde was signed on February 26, 1658 in the Danish city of Roskilde. Charles X Gustav (Karl X Gustav (8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660 was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death Charles XI made the estate into state property and made it available to the General Governor of Scania, Count Gustaf Otto Stenbock. Charles XI (Karl XI 24 November 1655old style &ndash 5 April 1697old style was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death in an unruly period in Count Gustaf Otto Stenbock (7 September 1614 – 24 September 1685 was a Swedish soldier and politician In 1682, Charles XI exchanged the estate for Herrevad Abbey with Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck, son of Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, but in 1686, the estate was made state property again. Herrevad Abbey (Danish and Swedish Herrevadskloster) was a Cistercian Monastery near Ljungbyhed, Scania, in the south of present-day Count Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck ( January 5 1639 &ndash September 5 1688) was a Swedish military officer from Minden. Count Hans Christoff von Königsmarck, of Tjust ( December 12, 1605, Kötzlin Altmark &ndash February 20, 1663, It was bought by the Beck-Friis family in 1745.
In 1763, the older structures were replaced by the present castle, and in 1873 the castle was renovated or rebuilt into its present shape. The castle became a joint County (earldom) with Fiholm Castle in Södermanland in 1791 and the Swedish nobility title of Count was awarded to the new owners. Earl was the Anglo-Saxon form and jarl the Scandinavian form of a title meaning " Chieftain " and referring especially to chieftains sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. The Swedish nobility ( Adeln) were historically a legally privileged class in Sweden, part of the so-called Frälse (a classification
See also
References
- Åkesson, Sylve. This is a list of castles in Scania, most of which were originally built between 1100 and 1600 while Scania was a Danish province Castles and manor-seats in Skåne: Börringekloster. (In Swedish). Retrieved 7 March 2007.
External links
- Börringekloster - Official site.
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