Lindholmen Castle (Gothenburg)
Lindholmen Castle | |
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Borgen Lindholmen | |
Gothenburg in Sweden | |
Coordinates | 57°42′15″N 11°55′47″E / 57.70417°N 11.92972°E |
Site history | |
Built | c.1330 |
Built by | Magnus Eriksson |
In use | c.1330-c.1360 |
Fate | Abandoned c.1400 |
Lindholmen Castle (
The fortress is attested for the first time in 1333, when King
Magnus was in fact king over Norway as well as Sweden, and it is possible that he constructed Lindholmen Castle in order to provide himself with a residence close to the border on the Swedish side, as a counterpart to Bohus Castle, only a few kilometres to the north on the Norwegian side of the frontier. This would have enabled him to alternate regularly between his two realms, and thus avoid seeming to favour either one over the other, without having to actually travel very far. Indeed this seems to have been his usual practice in the 1330s, as most of his letters from this period were dated at either Lindholmen or Bohus.[2]
In 1335 Magnus married
In 1778, King
As of 1875 there were only some small fragments of the castle walls left standing, and in that year these meager remains were destroyed when the Lindholmen shipyard built workers' housing on Slottsberget.[6] The hill remains dotted with houses today, and due to their excellent views across the Göta Älv they are considered to be rather desirable properties.
See also
References
- ^ Historia kring Göteborg, red. Hans Andersson. Bidrag av professor Carl-Axel Moberg, professor Curt Weibull, docent Henrik Sandblad, docent Gunnar Olsson, professor Artur Attman, fil. Lic Anne-Marie Fällström och fil. mag Anne-Marie Hansson, Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1967, p. 91f
- ISBN 9789186837006.
- ISBN 9789186837006.
- ^ Elfsborgs slott, Wilhelm Berg 1902, p. 6ff
- ^ "Lindholmen i Göta Älv". wadbring.com.
- ^ Elfsborgs slott, Wilhelm Berg 1902, p. 6ff
External links
- Borgen Lindholmen
- "Borgen Lindholmen". Riksantikvarieämbetet.