Korsholm Castle ( fi, Korsholman linna, sv, Korsholms slott, also known as ''Chrysseborg'') was a

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castle in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

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. Korsholm was probably built in the 1370s. It is possible that the castle was never more than a wooden fortification, surrounded by a moat. By the late 18th century Korsholm was ruined, and new buildings built on the mound had destroyed any medieval remains. Today a low mound is all that remains of the castle. Korsholm Castle was known to have functioned as one of the bases of the notorious

Victual Brothers , native_name_lang = , named_after = french: vitailleurs (provisioners, Hundred Years' War) , image = Vitalienbrueder, Wandmalerei in d, Kirche zu Bunge auf Gotland, gemalt ca. 1405.JPG , image_size = 250px ...

pirates who terrorized the

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region in the Middle Ages. One of the Pirate Chiefs of the Victual Brothers, Otte von Peccatel, apparently ruled the castle until his death.

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