Lundagård (castle)

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Lundagård (Swedish: Lundagård, Danish: Lundegaard)[1], located in present-day Sweden, was in the Middle Ages a castle for the Danish archbishop of Lund, who was a real church prince equal to the Nordic kings,[2] and as a spiritual prince ruled over not only cities and castles, but also over entire hundreds and over the entire province of Bornholm,[3] and whose archbishopric between 1103 and 1160 stretched from the North German coast all the way up to the Arctic.[4][5][6]

Lundagård was built around the year 1000 and was surrounded by a defensive wall with towers and inside, on the courtyard, there were stables, barns, sheds and two large stone houses. One was the residence, the other a "knight's hall" used for representation.[7] Within the wall were also gardens, the royal mint and the bishop's church, which in the early 12th century was rebuilt into Lund cathedral.[8]

The fortified Lundagård castle had Lund cathedral within its walls. Reconstruction by the Department of Archaeology, Lund University.

Lundagård lost its importance during the Danish Reformation and was replaced by a royal residence, Kongehuset (in Danish) or later, called Kungshuset in Swedish.[9][10]

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  1. ^ Skånelands Medeltid - orter & ätter Del L. (in Swedish). Monitor förlaget. 2020. ISBN 978-91-85517-41-1.
  2. ^ Lindal, Harald (1958). Skånes historia - med Blekinge och Hallands - fram till 1719 (3., omarb. uppl. ed.).
  3. ^ Hellberg, Folke (1981). Skånes historia fram till Roskildefreden : från Harald Blåtand till Sven Göing (3. uppl. ed.). Scania. ISBN 978-91-85624-15-7.
  4. ^ "Lundagård före Hårleman – Kulturportal Lund" (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Carl Liljenberg". 17 December 2000. Archived from the original on 17 December 2000. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  6. ^ Ambrius, Jonny (1995). Skånes historia i årtal från 550 till 1720 : [en handbok]. Strömberg. ISBN 978-91-7151-056-3.
  7. ^ "Lundagård och Kungshuset | SFV". 15 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  8. ^ Histories, Medieval (28 October 2016). "The Medieval City of Lund". Medieval Histories. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Skånelands medeltid : orter & ätter. Del K av Tor Flensmarck (Bok)". Bokus.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Reformationen i Danmark, ca. 1520-1539". danmarkshistorien.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 May 2024.

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