Taxinge-Näsby Castle

Castle Taxinge (also: lock Taxinge - Nasby ) is located in the Swedish municipality of Nykvarn, which belongs to the province of Södermanland County. It is situated on a promontory that juts into the lake Mälaren. The building on two floors was built 1807-1813 by the mountain building officer Anders of Wahrendorff by architect Carl Christoffer Gjörwell. The detached wings are a little older. The spacious park and the greenhouse and several pleasure houses, including a Chinese pavilion, are mainly of truth Dorffs works.

The first mention of the goods took place in a charter of 1281, testified in King Magnus Ladulås that his brother had Duke Erik land donated to the cathedral Straengnaes. 1481 Good Taxinge was an outpost of the castle Gripsholm, which at that time Sten Sture the Elder. belonged and after that it was long a property of the Crown. It was not until 1681 Good Taxinge was solved by the Captain Johan von Westphal from the royal estate and in 1685 converted to the so-called Frälsegut ( tax-exempt asset as compensation for work performed military service ). 1755 bought by the wholesalers Gustav Kierman Good Taxinge, which ceded it to his brother- General Johan Didrik Duvall.

The castle builders of Anders Wahrendorff bought Taxinge 1795. Having his son, Martin Chamberlain had taken the castle of Wahrendorff changed it by inheritance and marriage between various noble families. Just before the castle was bought in 1923 by the Commercial Bank, it belonged to Lieutenant Earl Knut Arvid Posse, a relative of the Prime Minister, Count Arvid Posse. The Bank sold the castle in 1928 Taxinge to the horse breeder Ernst Sjögren and after his death in 1969 it was taken over by Södertälje municipality before it went to the community Nykvarn 1999.

The brother of Anders of Wahrendorff, the Industrial Holterman from the place Forsby in the community Österåker, had determined in his will of 1826 that his art collection should be done after his death to Castle Taxinge what happened.

Today the castle conferences are held and there is a restaurant and a cafe, which is nationally known for its large selection of pies and cakes.

At Castle Taxinge the film Cries and Whispers by Ingmar Bergman was recorded, which had 1973 premiere.

The Turkish stand, built in 1857