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 Rinkesta was withdrawn from the crown in 1594 through a change to Privy Councillor (Kammarråd) Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1551-1597).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.

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Linda (2 years ago)
Nice castle but hard to find, too bad there was nowhere to sit

BackyardAstronomer (2 years ago)
Super!

Göran Fågelström (3 years ago)
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Annette Sundström (5 years ago)
Nice but just cycled by

Susanna Bärgård (6 years ago)
Raffle for charity

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