The 1719 fire and the red manor of Ornö

On the southern shore of Maren, a thirty-metre stone foundation serves as a silent witness to history. These ruins are the remnants of a 1600s house that was ravaged and burned in 1719.

The determination to rebuild began in 1720. Evert Didrik Taube began constructing a new manor a short distance north of Maren. By 1740, this structure had undergone significant expansion. The red wooden manor we see today exists as a sturdy survivor of this prolonged era of reconstruction.

History has seen this land pass through the hands of the Sterbocks and the Hamiltons. During the late 1800s, a member of the Stenbock family settled here after losing an estate, and later generations integrated the Rosenhill house into the grounds.

This property functions as a living estate today. Beyond the buildings, the southern lands are maintained as a nature reserve to protect the local meadows and woods.

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