Sävstaholm

Castle Säfstaholm located on the outskirts of the Swedish town Vingåker in Södermanland. It was built in 1666 for Imperial Council Gustaf Larsson Sparre and the architect was likely Erik Dahlberg, who lived in nearby Castle Skenäs. The castle, which was burned down in 1762, was rebuilt in 1815 with minor changes. It is part of the community since 1986 Vingåker.

History

The original estate was a village called Sävsta. The Imperial Council Måns Bengtsson gave 1454 a part of the village to the monastery Julita, the rest were inherited by his son Johan Månsson.

1604 pulled the crown the good one, but soon it went to Anna, the wife of Colonel Erik Soop. The site has received tax-exempt status due to military service rendered. Anna gave Säfstaholm her cousin Åke Natt och Dag from the nobility and this left it to his brother, the castle builder Gustaf Larsson Sparre. Later, the estate went to the noble family Bonde af Björnö.

At the beginning of the 19th century designed "The Blind excellence" Gustaf Trolle - Bonde Säfstaholm 1791-1855 possessed the castle's surroundings to a country house in the English style around. At the same time he kept building his extensive private collection of books and art. Under his leadership, new faces a park has been cultivated, created and transformed the castle designed by Carl Christoffer Gjörwell. At the same time, many artists lived in the area of ​​the castle and so the terrain is mapped to many works by famous painters of this period. After Gustaf's great-nephew had the good sold in 1920, the castle began to decay and the art collection was dissolved.

From 1935 to 1968, the castle as a school for mentally handicapped children from the " Association for the Care senses Disturbed children" ( Föreningen för barns sinnesslöa Vård ) was used. Since then, the school system will continue in a newly built building in the town center. In the 1980s, the community, in cooperation with the Museum Södermanland comprehensive refurbishment program. Now the castle reflects the spirit of the age in which "the blind Excellence " lived and the art exhibitions have returned.