Bergkvara Castle

Bergkvara Castle (Bergkvara Slottsruin) is the ruin of a fortified manor in Växjö municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden. It is located on a small island in Lake Bergkvarasjön. [1]

Bergkvara Castle
Sweden
Ruins of Bergkvara Castle
Coordinates56°52′5″N 14°43′27″E
Typeruin

History

Described in the Nordisk familjebok as "one of Sweden's oldest mansions in Värend, Bergunda and Öjaby parishes, Kinnevalds district and Kronoberg County, 6 km. west of Växjö".[2]

Bergkvara was an "ornamental landscape" whose residence was rebuilt as a tower house in the 1470s. The tower house was originally surrounded by two moats, serving as a system of defense. In the late 17th Century, the inner moat had been partly filled and served as a fishpond while the outer moat served more as a ditch marking the limit of the castle bailey. By this time the residence had moved to the outer moat, as the tower house had lost its original function. [3]

Bergkvara was owned by Lord High Councillor Arvid Trolle till Bergqvara (c. 1440–1505). In 1542, Bergkvara was ransacked, plundered and set on fire after a long siege during the Dacke War (Dackefejden) by the peasant revolt of Nils Dacke.[3] [4] [5]

See also

References
  1. "Bergkvara Slottsruin". GuidebookSweden. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  2. Various (1904). Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  3. Hansson, Martin (2006). Aristocratic Landscape. The Spatial Ideology of the Medieval Aristocracy. Lund Studies in Historical Archaeology. Lund University. p. 224. ISBN 91-22-02154-X. ISSN 1653-1183. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  4. "Arvid Birgersson Trolle". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  5. "Dackefejden kunde fällt Gustav Vasa". varldenshistoria.se. Retrieved September 1, 2020.



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