Discover 4 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Visingsö (Sweden). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Brahekyrkan, Näs Castle, and Visingsborg. Also, be sure to include Kumlaby kyrka in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Visingsö (Jönköping).
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Brahekyrkan
Church building in Sweden. Brahe Church is a church building on the island of Visingsö in the lake of Vättern in Sweden. Belonging to the Visingsö Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened in 1636 as Wisingsborg Castle Church.
Brahe Church was erected as a royal church at the beginning of the 17th century. A church built in the Middle Ages, Ströja Church, already existed on its site at that time.
Ströja Church was built in the 12th century and was then the royal church. At the beginning of the 17th century, Count Magnus Brahe built a new church on the foundation of the medieval Ströja Church. All that Magnus Brahe retained from the older church was the beautifully ornamented door to the sacristy, which probably originally stood in the main entrance of Ströja Church. However, Magnus Brahe didn't have time to experience the church's completion. It was his nephew Per Brahe the Younger who inherited the building and dedicated the new church in 1636.
The church is a spacious hall church in the Renaissance style. It is made of clay slate, sandstone and limestone, and its roof is covered with copper that was donated by a sister of Per Brahe the Younger, Christina Brahe. The splendidly decorated church serves as a museum, art gallery and curios cabinet as well as a place of worship. A visit to Brahe Church presents a picture of the splendor that once was characteristic of Sweden's largest countship, Visingsborg.[1]
Address: BRAHEKYRKAN 1, 560 34 Visingsö
Näs Castle
Also known as: Näs slott
Historical landmark in Sweden. Näs Castle is the ruins of a former castle at Visingsö parish in Jönköping County, Sweden. The ruins are on the southern end of the island of Visingsö in the southern part of Lake Vättern.[2]
Visingsborg
Visingsborg was a county and castle on the eastern shore of Visingsö, associated with the Brahe dynasty. The castle began construction in the 1570s. It was abandoned in 1680, after the county was withdrawn to the crown. From 1715, Visingsborg was used as a camp for mainly Russian prisoners of war, until the castle was destroyed in a fire at the end of 1718. The ruins are located in Visingsö parish in Jönköping municipality.
Kumlaby kyrka
Kumlaby Church is a church building in Kumlaby on Visingsö in the municipality of Jönköping, Växjö diocese. It is one of the best preserved early medieval buildings in northwestern Småland.
Kumlaby church was until the mid-16th century the parish church of Kumlaby parish' which then became part of Visingsö parish.
Near the church is the so-called Brahestenen, a memorial to Per Brahe the Younger made in 1653 by Johan Johansson Werner.