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Kronoberg County

Kronoberg Castle Ruins

Kronoberg Castle is a medieval ruined castle located on an island in , 5 kilometres north of in , which is named after the castle.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: is the medieval ruin. Due to its strategic location near the border between Sweden and Denmark, at 1540s the castle was further fortified and became a stronghold in this part of Småland.
  • Also known as: “Kronoberg Castle”, “Kronoberg Castle Ruin”, and “Kronobergs slott”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sankt Sigfrids kapell, Växjö and Johannesgården, Växjö.

Church
Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 1 km south of Kronoberg Castle Ruins.

Church
Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 3 km south of Kronoberg Castle Ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Växjö and Åby.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is the largest city in Kronobergs län in the region in . In April 2013 's Smålandsposten reported a municipal population of 84,800 inhabitants.

Village
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is a locality situated in , , with 456 inhabitants in 2010. The 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship was held there, in Eriksson Arena, which normally is the home ice of bandy club Åby/Tjureda IF. is situated 9 km north of Kronoberg Castle Ruins.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a hamlet, which is situated 10 km west of Kronoberg Castle Ruins.

Kronoberg Castle Ruins

Latitude
56.94192° or 56° 56′ 31″ north
Longitude
14.79434° or 14° 47′ 40″ east
Open location code
9F8PWQRV+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 54048626
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q442135
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Kronoberg Castle Ruins” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kronoberg gaztelua”
  • Danish: “Kronobergs slotsruin”
  • Danish: “Kronobergs slotts”
  • Dutch: “Kasteelruïne Kronoberg”
  • Dutch: “Kronobergs slott”
  • Dutch: “Kronobergs slottsruin”
  • Finnish: “Kronobergin linna”
  • Finnish: “Kronobergs slott”
  • German: “Kronobergs slott”
  • German: “Kronobergs slottsruin”
  • German: “Schlossruine Kronoberg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kronobergs slottsruin”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Kronoberg”
  • Russian: “Kronobergs slott”
  • Russian: “Замок Кроноберг”
  • Swedish: “Kronobergs slott”
  • Swedish: “Kronobergs Slottsruin”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stallholmen and Steam Boat Thor.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Ryttmästaregården and Parkering Kronobergs Slottsruin.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kronoberg Castle Ruins”. Photo: LC-de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.