Skarhult Castle

Skarhults Castle is a fortress in Eslöv Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. The gift fort changed into constructed inside the 1560s in the then Danish province of Scania by using Danish riksråd Sten Rosensparre, even though positive elements of the fort are presumed to be older. The property turned into in the beginning called Skarholta or Skarolt. From at least the 14th century till 1624, it belonged to the Rosensparre circle of relatives, who also known as themselves Skarholt, and then to the Ruud circle of relatives and the Trolle own family.

In 1658, Scania became a Swedish province, and in 1661, it was bought by means of the Swedish be counted Pontus Fredrik De l. A. Gardie. In fact, however, it become offered by means of the finances of his rich spouse, Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck who, as a married girl and thereby a minor, couldn't officially be indexed as its buyer and proprietor until after she become widowed in 1692. In practice, Beata Elisabet von Konigsmarck managed the estate alone from 1661 until her death in 1723, when it was inherited via the grandson of her daughter, count number Erik Brahe. His son, Magnus Fredrik Brahe, sold Skarholt to Charles XIV John of Sweden in 1826. Skarholt changed into sold to baron Jules von Schwerin with the aid of Oscar I of Sweden and is still privately owned.