Göksholm

The Göksholm castle is located on the southern edge of the Swedish lake Hjalmaren in the municipality of Örebro. It has its origins in privately owned and is primarily known for the fact that here in 1436 the leader of the Engelbrekt uprising was killed by a son of the former owner.

The oldest parts of the castle could be dated to the 13th century. At that time the building was more like a castle with a larger tower, which was rebuilt in the Middle Ages in six stages. After a major fire at the end of the 16th century, the castle in the Dutch Renaissance style was modernized and received, among other things, larger windows. Despite this comprehensive reconstruction of the medieval building structure was still recognizable. From this time also a very well-preserved painted ceiling with 121 cartridges comes.

In the 17th century, a ring wall was placed around the castle, which was provided with portals. In addition, wings were added, which no longer exist today. 1801 the roof of the castle was changed and thereafter found no major changes take place to the building fabric. In 1950 a careful restoration of the palace took place, with older details of the walls were exposed.

1676 was a now disappeared frieze ( " as it could be proved by letter " ) listed the owner of the castle from 1320 to 1676. From this list, there is a copy created in 1801, but this is wrong. The corrected according to historical sources list shows that the castle was initially inherited from the mother to the daughter. From about 1450 to 1676, the castle kept changing from father to son. After that there was no uniform rule more and today the castle is owned by the Baron Erik Leijonhufvud.

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• Castle in Sweden
• Örebro municipality
• Building in Örebro County