Rinkesta Castle

Eskilstuna, Sweden

Rinkesta Castle is a castle at Eskilstuna Municipality in Södermanland. Rinkesta was withdrawn from the crown in 1594 through a change to Privy Councillor (Kammarråd) Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1551-1597). The main building was repaired after a fire in 1698. The current appearance was given to the castle during an extensive repair in 1775, during the ownership of Swedish Supreme Court marshal (Överstemarskalk) Thure Leonard Klinckowström (1735-1821) who acquired the estate in 1768.

References:

Wikipedia

Address

Ärla, Eskilstuna, Sweden

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Details

Founded: 1698
Category: Palaces, manors and town halls in Sweden
Historical period: Swedish Empire (Sweden)

More Information

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Rating

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User Reviews

Linda (3 years ago)
Nice castle but hard to find, too bad there was nowhere to sit

BackyardAstronomer (3 years ago)
Super!

Göran Fågelström (4 years ago)
??

Annette Sundström (6 years ago)
Nice but just cycled by

Susanna Bärgård (7 years ago)
Raffle for charity

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