Österby gård österbybruk
Österbybruk is beautifully located in Roslagen and offers a beautiful manor house, historical mill environment and plenty of activities around arts and crafts. When we were here, not everything had opened yet, but despite that we had a nice afternoon. Österbybruk österby gård österbybruk one of the so-called vallonbruken in Uppland, and for a long time it functioned as an ironworks.
Today they take care of the cultural-historical environment and offer many different activities for visitors. When we were here, the Wärdshuset was open, as were several of the small craft shops. In addition, we got to experience the fantastically beautiful surroundings, and could listen to history on our mobile phones via QR codes. Österbybruk is located in the municipality of Östhammar in Uppland, about 11 kilometres north of Stockholm and about 8 kilometres southeast of Gävle.
Already in the 16th century, and perhaps even earlier, iron processing was carried out in the area around Österbybruk. Gustav Vasa had Österbybruk's ironworks developed and when it was taken over by Willem de Besche and Louis de Geer in the österby gård österbybruk century, a major industry emerged. In the 18th century the mill was acquired by the Grill family and in the 19th century it was inherited by his relative Per Adolf Tamm.
In his old age, he was nicknamed "Gammel-Tammen", which is the name of the mill's inn today. The most beautiful building at Österbybruk is the yellow manor house. Originally a wooden main building, the mansion you see today was built by the Grill family in the s.
In the early 19th century, the manor was taken over by the "Gammel-Tammen" and between and the artist Bruno Liljefors lived here. The most beautiful view of the manor is from the Manor Park. The garden was planted by Carl Hårleman in the s and completed 20 years later. There is also a memorial monument erected by Tamm "in gratitude and reverence" to his aunt Anna Johanna Grill, who had left the estate to him.
Museum - Österbybruks herrgård
The monument was designed by Göthe and the medallion by Sergel. Another interesting attraction at Österbybruk is the old Walloon forge. When Louis de Geer took over the operation, and eventually the ownership, he recruited Walloon blacksmiths from his homeland. They built a poppy forge, which has been preserved almost completely today. The poppy forge is sometimes open for viewing or guided tours, but since it was closed when we were here, we had to settle for peering in through one of the windows.
This was like looking straight back in time, several hundred years. Fascinating that this still exists! Today, many craftsmen and artists spend time in Österbybruk and there are several small shops. We looked into a shop with ceramics and an art exhibition, and at the same österby gård österbybruk had a nice conversation with the ceramist on site. She told us that in addition to arts and crafts, this summer they will also focus on activities for children.
Österbybruk - mansion and mill environment in Roslagen
At Österbybruk there is also the Orangery Garden, which is a cultural-historical garden with lots of different plants. When we visited Österbybruk, we realised that we were very close to the Dannemora mines, which are the mines that once supplied this and other mills with iron. Here we could see, among other things, a cute little bell tower froman ore block from a depth of metres and "Örner's shaft", which in had a depth of metres, and today has a depth of metres.
However, the deepest shaft at Dannemora mines extends all the way down to a depth of metres. There are also two viewpoints where you can look down into opencast mines, the largest of which is called Storrymningen and is metres long, 60 metres wide and originally 14o metres österby gård österbybruk.
Österbybruk – herrgård och bruksmiljö i Roslagen
The size was difficult to capture on film! In the vicinity of Lövstabruk there are more poppy farms, such as Lövstabruk and Forsmark's mill. It is also close to visit beautiful and interesting Salsta Castle. There are also great destinations on the east coast, such as fine Öregrund and Ängskär sea camping.
Österbybruk – Wikipedia
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