The Månstorp Gables is a ruin in Vellinge Municipality

Vellinge Municipality

Vellinge Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Vellinge.The municipality is a result of the latest local government reform in Sweden...

 in Skåne (the southernmost historical province

Provinces of Sweden

The provinces of Sweden, landskap, are historical, geographical and cultural regions. Sweden has 25 provinces and they have no administrative function, but remain historical legacies and the means of cultural identification....

 of Sweden

Sweden

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).

It is situated east of the Swedish county road

Swedish county road

Swedish county roads are roads with road numbers from 100 and upwards in Sweden. The Swedish county roads are public roads owned by the Government of Sweden and administered by the Swedish Transport Administration...

 101, between Västra Ingelstad

Västra Ingelstad

Västra Ingelstad is a locality situated in Vellinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 703 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

 and Östra Grevie

Östra Grevie

Östra Grevie is a locality situated in Vellinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 436 inhabitants in 2005....

. The main building was surrounded by a circular wall and moat. During the Scanian War

Scanian War

The Scanian War was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark-Norway, Brandenburg and Sweden. It was fought mainly on Scanian soil, in the former Danish provinces along the border with Sweden and in Northern Germany...

 the castle was destroyed and is now a ruin.

History

Månstorp was an old manor, Mogenstrup. Its first known owner belonged to the Danish family Hack. Later it was owned by the family Bille, notably Eske Bille who furnished Månstorp with all the luxury of the time. As part of the Scania

Scania

Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...

n compensation estates for the island of Bornholm

Bornholm

Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is...

 it passed from the Danish to the Swedish Crown. The castle was given to the Governor General of Scania, Lord High Admiral

Admiral

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 Gustav Otto Stenbock but later served as the colonel's residence. During the war from 1675-1679 the castle was occupied by the Swedes and destroyed in 1678. The castle was never reconstructed following its destruction, tumbling down even more to become the ruin it is today.

External links

• 'Vid Gavel' Cultural Society (in Swedish)