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Vegeholm Castle

Angelholm, Skane County, Sweden
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About Vegeholm Castle

Vegeholm Castle is a castle in Angelholm Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. The citadel is a 3 tale stone house with a excessive, split roof that lies round an almost quadratic backyard. In corners there are massive, rectangular towers. On both sides of the north facade there are two free laying long homes. Vegeholm Caste became first built as a Danish fort within the early 16th century, and changed into burned in 1525. It become rebuilt once more in 1530 through the Danish Tyge Krabbe. It was owned through his family till 1663, whilst it became bought with the aid of Gustaf Otto Stenbock.

After his death it changed into first possessed by Olof Nilsson Engelholm and thereafter via Johan Cedercrantz. His own family owned Vegeholm Castle till 1814 when it changed into thoroughly renovated. It changed proprietors several times in the 19th century and amongst different the families Ehrenborg and Sjöcrona. In the early 20th century it become sold by Wilhelmina and Walther von Hallwyl who gave it as a present to their daughter Irma von Geijer and her husband Wilhelm von Geijer and restored and renovated it. Vegeholm Castle remains owned and inhibited with the aid of the von Geijer family.

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