Bosjökloster, Medieval monastery and castle in Höör Municipality, Sweden.
Bosjökloster is a castle and former monastery on a peninsula by Lake Ringsjön in the Skåne region of southern Sweden. The main building retains its medieval vaults, while the surrounding grounds are laid out on several terraced levels with flower beds and open lawns.
The monastery was founded as a Benedictine nunnery in the late 11th century, making it one of the oldest of its kind in Scandinavia. During the Danish Reformation in the 16th century, it was converted into a private castle.
The large oak entrance doors are carved with the initials of Thale Ulfstand and the year 1569, when King Frederick II of Denmark gave her the estate as a barter. She was a widowed Scanian noblewoman, and the condition attached to the earlier gift to Torbern Bille was that he care for the remaining nuns.
The grounds are open daily, while the cafe and any exhibitions operate only during the main season, roughly from spring through early autumn. The paths and terraced gardens vary in slope and surface, so comfortable walking shoes are a good idea.
The composer Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985) was born in the gardener's residence just south of the church tower, a detail most visitors walk past without noticing. The estate has belonged to Count Philip Bonde's family since they bought it in 1908.
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