Vegeholm Castle is a three-story stone house with a high, split roof that lies around an almost quadratic yard. In two corners there are large, square towers. On both sides of the north facade there are two free laying long buildings.
Vegeholm was first built in the early 16th century and was burned in 1525. It was rebuilt again in 1530 by Danish nobleman Tyge Krabbe, who was Riksmarsk and commander at Helsingborg. His family owned the castle until 1663, when it was bought by Gustaf Otto Stenbock, the governor general of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge. After his death, it was possessed by Olof Nilsson Engelholm and thereafter by Johan Cedercrantz. His family owned Vegeholm until 1814 when it was thoroughly renovated.
The manor changed owners several times in the 19th century. In the early 20th century, it was bought by Wilhelmina and Walther von Hallwyl, who gave it as a gift to their daughter Irma von Geijer and her husband Wilhelm von Geijer. The von Geijer family restored and renovated the property, and they still own and inhabit Vegeholm today.
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Written by Nik Frost
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