Lövstabruk
Lövstabruk (formerly Leufsta bruk ) is a place ( Småort ) in Österlövsta socks in the community Tierp with about 100 inhabitants. Lövstabruk has an internationally known Walloons hut - ironworks in which in former times mostly Walloons were employed. In the resort there are, among others the manor and church of Lövstabruk. In the church there is a famous Cahmanorgel.
In earlier times Lövstabruk was known on a larger scale for iron processing. The ironworks was there, where today Risforsån and already had in 1660 two furnaces and three large forging hammers ( Walloons - forge). In the era of the De Geers Lövstabruk was the largest ironworks in the country.
History
The estate of Lövstabruk consists of a two-storey main building with two wings attached. At some distance to these, there are two semi-circular wings. The buildings are completely built of stone, in contrast to the usual in Sweden timber.
Where Lövstabruk is today, it was in earlier times an iron manufacturing. The operators were farmers from the surrounding farms. These ironworks called peasant huts, in contrast to Krono hut, which was a bit further upriver. The Krono Hut was founded in 1601 and worked mainly for the Swedish krona. Willem de Besche leased 1626 Olands Härad ( Härad = An old administrative and geographical division ) including Lövsta and " Hållnäs socks " Österbybruk, and the tabernacle of Lövstabruk by the Swedish State. In 1627, this agreement applies to De Besche and Louis De Geer was extended for six years. 1633 took over De Geer alone rent of the ironworks of the Swedish krona. This was extended in 1636, 1639 and 1642. In 1643 he bought the Krono - hut in Lövsta, Österby and Gymo Hut including many houses in Uppland from the property of the Crown. 1646, the purchase agreement of Princess Christina was confirmed when it was mature.
Louis de Geer son, Emanuel De Geer bought, 1668, the above-mentioned farmer's hut and built a furnace in Tobo. He put his grandson Charles De Geer (1660-1730) as a heir of all his property.
On 25 and 26 July 1719, Russian fleet burnt down in the wake of the Russian ravages both Lövstabruk including church and parsonage and the nearest communities. Charles De Geer built both the iron and steel as well as the manor and the church again. In his will he ordered that Lövstabruk, Åkerbys Hut and Charles Holms hut his grandson, who later became barons, Charles De Geer fall, and after that should always pass to his male descendants, similar to the ancestral inheritance. In the time of Charles de Geer Hill Ebolas, Strömsbergs, Västlands and Ullfors were combined with the parent company.
The company complex was at this time by his son, the Chamberlain Charles De Geer ( The Younger ) held together. As the young Charles De Geer begat no male descendants, the iron company and several other goods passed to his only daughter, who with Count BJE was married von Platen. However, the ancestral inheritance went to Charles Emmanuel De Geer on (unmarried died 1877). He handed over the succession of his brother marshal Baron Louis De Geer (d. 1887) to his son, Baron Karl De Geer. The last blacksmith in Lövstabruk was built in 1887 and was until 5 November 1926 in operation.
Railway
On December 23, 1926, the northernmost stretch of the Roslagsbanan was opened after Lövstabruk. This happened about a month after closure of the last blacksmiths. The northernmost stop on the train was on the river Risforsån. There was begun with the construction of a bridge, which was never completed. You can see the stone foundations of the time today. From the beginning it was planned that the station building should be north of Lövstabruk from where led a dead track for about a kilometer away forge.
In this station house and a post office was planned. The railway line should be extended later to 10 km and lead up to Fagerviken in Lövsta Bay. However, due to the closure of the steelworks, these plans were never executed. The dead track remained 30 years in his state and was demolished in 1956. The remains of the old railway embankment can still be seen today.
Monument
The estate of Lövstabruk and the adjacent park were declared monument and of the state real estate association (Swedish Statens fastighetsverk ) managed.