Trolleholm Castle | |
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Trolleholms slott | |
Svalöv Municipality | |
Coordinates | 55°54′30″N 13°15′43″E / 55.908333°N 13.261944°E |
Type | Castle |
Site information | |
Open to the public | No |
Site history | |
Built | 1530s |
Trolleholm Castle (Swedish: Trolleholms slott) is a castle in Svalöv Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. The estate comprises 110 houses and a total of 12,300 acres (5,000 hectares). Originally named Kattisnabbe and later Eriksholm, it has been known since 1424, and was a monastic estate in the late Middle Ages.
It belonged to members of the Thott family (1533-1680) and Trolle family (1680-1806). Frederik Trolle (1693-1770) gave it its present name in 1755. During 1806 was the estate by inheritance to the family, who still owns it. The holder of the estate carry the family name Trolle-Bonde.[1]