The Månstorp Gables is a ruin in Vellinge Municipality in Skåne (the southernmost historical province of Sweden). This article is about ruins in Architecture; for other meanings see Ruins (disambiguation. Vellinge Municipality ( Vellinge kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( The provinces of Sweden, Landskap, are historical geographical and cultural regions "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
It is situated east of the Swedish county road 101, between Västra Ingelstad and Östra Grevie. Swedish county road ( Länsväg) are Roads with Road numbers from 100 and upwards in Sweden. The main building was surrounded by a circular wall and moat. During the Scanian War the castle was destroyed and is now a ruin. Scanian War ( Danish: Skånske Krig Swedish: Skånska kriget) was a war fought between the union of Denmark-Norway and Sweden
Månstorp was an old manor, Mogenstrup. Its first known owner belonged to the Danish family Hack. Later it was owned by the family Bille, notably Eske Bille who furnished Månstorp with all the luxury of the time. As part of the Scanian compensation estates for the island of Bornholm it passed from the Danish to the Swedish Crown. Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( Bornholm (b̥ʌnˈhʌlˀm or [bɔʀnˈhɔlˀm]) ( Old Norse: Burgundarholm ' is a Danish Island in the Baltic Sea located The castle was given to the Governor General of Scania, Lord High Admiral Gustav Otto Stenbock but later served as the colonel's residence. A Governor-General, or generalguvernör, was appointed by the Swedish monarch as his permanent representative with both civil and military jurisdiction over parts Count Gustaf Otto Stenbock (7 September 1614 – 24 September 1685 was a Swedish soldier and politician During the war from 1675-1679 the castle was occupied by the Swedes and destroyed in 1678. The castle was never reconstructed following its destruction, tumbling down even more to become the ruin it is today.
This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904–1926 now in public domain. Nordisk familjebok (en Nordic familybook is a Swedish Encyclopedia, published between 1876 and 1957 The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone