Eksjöhovgård Castle (Ruin)

The first mention of the area around Eksjöhovgård dates back to 1287. In the 14th century, the site served as a meeting place for the Thing, a local court. Between 1420 and 1616, the estate was owned by the Sture family. A document from 1505 confirms that a building already existed at that time. After the Stures, the property passed to Field Marshal Carl Mauritz Lewenhaupt, who had a three-story stone house built. A map from 1685 shows the island with this structure. In 1700, Fabian Wrede acquired the estate, with a protocol describing a three-story stone house at the far end of the island. Magnus Julius de la Gardie, a later owner, had the top floor demolished and the entrance relocated in the 1730s. Around 1805, the castle began to decay, and in 1812, the copper roof was removed. After a long period of decline, the ruin was first restored in 1934, with further measures following in the 1960s and 1980s.

The castle ruin Eksjöhovgård is located in Sävsjö, in the Sävsjö district in the Jönköping region, Sweden, at an elevation of approx. 216 m above sea level.