Bosjökloster () is a castle located on the shore of Lake

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History

It was originally a

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, founded in 1080 by the

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. The oldest preserved document that mentions Bosjö Abbey was written by Pope Lucius III in 1181, when he confirmed its privileges. The abbey was transformed into a castle in the 16th century, and only parts of the original building remains. During the Danish

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in the 16th century, the nunnery was closed down and the estate became Danish crown property. It was subsequently donated to Torbern Bille, the former archbishop of the

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under the condition that he took care of the remaining nuns. In 1560 King

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gave the estate as a barter to the widowed Scanian noble woman Thale Ulfstand. Her initials and the year 1569 are carved into the large oak doors of the entrance and are still visible. The castle passed to the Beck family through marriage in 1629, but when Jochum Beck (1602-1682) lost the family fortune, it was sold to Corfitz Ulfeldt (1606–1664) to repay his debts. Ulfeldt was a Danish aristocrat famous for having switched sides. When he showed up at the peace negotiations at the

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proceedings to negotiate on behalf of Sweden, he was convicted of treason by a Danish court. Soon thereafter, he was also convicted of treason by a Swedish court, and was forced into exile. His wife Leonora Christina (1621-1698), daughter of King

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, was captured in his place by the Danish authorities and was imprisoned in the Blue Tower in Copenhagen for 22 years. Bosjökloster Castle was sequestered by the Swedish state and fell into disrepair. After a lawsuit in 1735, Bosjökloster was returned to the Beck family, who renovated the castle. They sold it in 1908 to Count Philip Bonde, whose family still owns Bosjökloster. The composer

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(1892–1985) was born in the gardener's residence just south of the church tower.

Gallery

File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden1.jpg, St Appolonia in the Bosjö Monastery File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden8.jpg, Votive portrait of several generations of the Laxmand family File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden9.jpg, The retable in the monastery church of Bosjö #1, featuring votive portraits of the couple who donated it, Peter Bille and Birgitte Laxmand File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden10.jpg, The retable in the monastery church of Bosjö #2; the initials and coats of arms of the couple who donated it are visible—P B for Peter Bille and B L for Birgitte Laxmand File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden12.jpg, The gravestone of Thale Ulfstand from late 1500s File:Bosjö 1852 till 1863.jpg, Bosjö Monastery about 1850 File:Bosjökloster, Skåne, Sweden.jpg, Bosjö Monastery in 2005 File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden3.jpg File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden4.jpg File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden5.jpg File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden6.jpg File:Bosjo monastery in Skane Sweden11.jpg, The interior of the monastery church of Bosjö File:Bosjökloster.jpg, Bosjö Monastery in 2012 File:Horne-bogen-2C-evangeliebog DMR-167942 2000.jpg, The

Horne Book The Horne Book () is an evangeliary from the 13th century kept in the National Museum of Denmark. It may have been made for the Benedictine monastery Bosjökloster in present-day Sweden. In 1656 it was donated to Horne Church, where it remained u ...

, a medieval manuscript possibly made för the monastery.

References

External links

Bosjökloster Slott Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosjokloster Castles in Skåne County Tourist attractions in Skåne County Buildings and structures in Skåne County Höör Municipality

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