Kastenhof, Former building in Stockholm, Sweden

Kastenhof was a building at the corner of today's Gustav Adolfs torg and Malmtorgsgatan in Stockholm, on the site of the Skandinaviska Banken palace. Built from 1645 by Hans Ferster, it had a baroque gable and a sandstone portal with sculptures by Johan Wendelstam facing the square. It housed Norrmalm's district court, arrest cells and a tavern.

Kastenhof was built from 1645 by Hans Ferster on the corner of today's Gustav Adolfs torg and Malmtorgsgatan. It housed Norrmalm's kämnärsrätt, arrest cells and a cellar tavern run by wine seller Kasten Hoff, who gave the house its name. The building was demolished in 1850 and replaced by Hotell Rydberg, inaugurated in 1857.

The name comes from wine steward Kasten Hoff, the first holder of the cellar tavern opened in the building from the start. Around 1700 drinking dominated the house so much that the block was renamed Vinstocken, the name it still bears. The tavern name outlived the building: after 1850 it moved to Jakobs torg 3, then Arsenalsgatan 6, where the cheap, popular Kastenhofskällaren was nicknamed Lungmoset.

The building stood at the corner of today's Gustav Adolfs torg and Malmtorgsgatan, on the site later occupied by the Skandinaviska Banken palace; it was demolished in 1850, so nothing of it remains to visit. Look instead at the corner itself and at the neighbouring Torstensson palace, built at the same time by the same master builder, Hans Ferster.

The name comes from wine steward Kasten Hoff, the first holder of the cellar tavern opened in the building from the start; around 1700 drinking dominated the house so much that the block was renamed Vinstocken, its name today. The tavern name outlived the 1850 demolition, reappearing at Jakobs torg 3, Arsenalsgatan 6 and elsewhere until 1948.