Stjärnorp Castle
Stjärnorp Castle is situated north of lake Roxen just north of Linköping, in the southern province of Östergötland, Sweden. It was built by the Douglas Family, with a view over Lake Roxen.History
The castle was built in 1655-1662 by Field Marshal Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge. The castle and terraces were designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder. According to one legend, a story relates that during the war, comrades and brothers in arms Robert Douglas and Axel Lillie came home from the Peace of Westphalia, and they had made an agreement to build their own castles, Stjärnorp Castle and Löfstad Castle, so high that from the top floor, they could see and send greeting messages to each other.
Carl Fredric Broocman, writing in the mid-18th century on "Stiernarp":
All the Stjärnorp buildings were destroyed during a fire on May 12, 1789, but the chapel was restored in the same year. Although the wings were built up again within a few years after the fire, the funds were lacking for the repair of the main building, which is still in ruins.
When Stjärnorp parish was formed in 1810, the castle chapel became the parish church chapel.
