Om Glimmingehus /​ About Glimmingehus

Sydlige facade /​ Southern facade	Vestlige gavl /​ Western gable	Østlige gavl /​ Eastern gable
Fra nord­vest /​ From northwest	Nordlige facade /​ Northern facade	Indgang  /​ Entrance
Begnæse /​ Murder hole	Indgang med begnæse /​ Entrance with murder hole

 

Glimmingehus

Glimmingehus sydvest for Simrishamn i Skåne er den bedst beva­rede og for sin tid bedst sikrede middelalder-herre­gård i Skandinavien. Den blev etab­leret i 1499–1506 som en pran­gende resi­dens for den danske ridder Jens Holgersen Ulfstand og hans familie. Jens Holgersen Ulfstand var rigsråd og lens­herre på Gotland (dansk) og admiral i den danske flåde.

Det impo­ne­rende og velbe­va­rede stenhus er ca. 30 x12 m i grund­plan og op til 26 m højt med 2,5 m tykke sand- og kampe­stens­mure. Bygningen rejser sig med  stejle gavle på en borg­plads, der endnu er omgivet af en vold­grav. Borgens kælder har fungeret som forrå­dskammer. Her er også en dyb brønd, der har gjort det muligt at over­leve ved belejring.
Voldstedet rummer yder­li­gere tre yngre og lavere fløje.

Glimmingehus er opført i et frugt­bart land­brugs­om­råde, og formålet med herre­sædet var at kontrol­lere og forsvare oplandet.

I 1400-tallet var det almin­de­ligt, at adelen, biskopper og velha­vende fami­lier i Skåne lod bygge deres boliger i sten. Borgene udgjorde en beskyt­telse mod bonde­oprør, men som regel satte man bekvem­me­lighed højere end forsvars­funk­tion. Med sine listige døds­fælder i form af skyde­huller i dørene, fald­gitter m.v., som skulle over­raske even­tu­elle indtræn­gende på borgen, er Glimmingehus en undtagelse.

Efter 1658 da sven­skerne havde over­taget herre­dømmet i Skåne, beor­drede Karl XI i 1676 admi­ni­stra­to­rerne af Skåne til at rive slottet ned for at sikre, at det ikke faldt i hænderne på den danske konge under den Skånske Krig. Men ordren kunne ikke udføres. Et første forsøg, i hvilket 20 bønder fra Skåne blev beor­dret til at udføre opgaven, mislyk­kedes. En yder­li­gere styrke på 130 mænd blev sendt til Glimmingehus for at udføre ordren i et andet forsøg. Men inden forsøget kunne gennem­føres, ankom en Dansk-Hollandsk flådestyrke til Ystad, og sven­skerne var nødt til at opgive nedrivningsforsøget.

I slut­ningen af 1700-tallet lå Glimmingehus endnu på en holm i en lille sø, som med tiden tørrede ud.

Herefter lå Glimmingehus hen som korn­ma­gasin i omkring 400 år.

Teksten er delvist på grundlag af Sydsverige.dk

Glimmingehus

Glimmingehus sout­hwest of Simrishamn in Scania is the best preserved and, for its time, the best secured medi­eval manor house in Scandinavia. It was established in 1499–1506 as a showy resi­dence for the Danish knight Jens Holgersen Ulfstand and his family. Jens Holgersen Ulfstand was coun­cilor and sheriff of Gotland (Danish) and admiral in the Danish navy.

The impres­sive and well-preserved stone house is approx. 30 x 12 m in ground plan and up to 26 m high with 2.5 m thick sand and boulder walls. The buil­ding rises with steep gables on a castle site still surro­unded by a moat. The cast­le’s base­ment has functioned as a storeroom. There is also a deep well here that has made it possible to survive a siege.
The rampart contains three more younger and lower wings.

Glimmingehus is built in a fertile agri­cul­tural area, and the purpose of the manor was to control and defend the catch­ment area.

In the 15th century it was common for the nobi­lity, bishops and wealthy fami­lies in Scania to have their homes built in stone. The castles were a protection against peasant revolts, but as a rule they put conve­ni­ence higher than defen­sive function. With its cunning death traps in the form of bullet holes in the doors, trap­doors etc., which should surprise any intr­u­ders in the castle, Glimmingehus is an exception.

After 1658 when the Swedes had taken over the domi­nion of Scania, King Charles XI in 1676 ordered the admi­ni­stra­tors of Scania to demo­lish the castle, in order to ensure that it would not fall into the hands of the Danish king during the Scanian War. But the order could not be executed. A first attempt, in which 20 Scanian farmers were ordered to assist, proved unsuc­ces­sful. An addi­tional force of 130 men were sent to Glimmingehus to execute the order in a second attempt. However, before they could carry out the order, a Danish-Dutch naval divi­sion arrived in Ystad, and the Swedes had to abandon the demo­li­tion attempts.

At the end of the 18th century, Glimmingehus was still lying on an islet in a small lake, which even­tu­ally dried up.

After this, Glimmingehus was used as a granary for around 400 years.

The text is partly based on Sydsverige.dk