Lindholmen Castle () is a castle ruins at
Lidköping Municipality in
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden.
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of ...
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Sweden.
History
Lindholmen was first mentioned in 1514. The property was made a manor house in 1516.
Vice Admiral
Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1623–1702) rebuilt the courtyard into a large fortified castle.
In 1792, the castle burned to the ground and now only a 17th-century wing remain.
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See also
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Lindholmen Castle
Lindholmen Castle was a Danish fortified castle on the banks of lake Börringe in Svedala Municipality in Scania, Sweden.
The only thing left of the castle is the hill on which the castle was built and a few stones in the ground on top of the hi ...
References
Castles in Västra Götaland County
Ruins in Sweden
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