Bjärka-Säby Castle

Bjärka-Säby Château (Nya slottet Bjärka-Säby) is a baroque style château located 2 miles southeast of Linköping, 4 kilometers north of Bestorp in Östergötland County, Sweden. In Bjärka-Säby there are actually two châteaus, simply referred to as the old and the new château of Bjärka-Säby. The older building dates from 1632. The new one is owned by the local congregation of the Pentecostal Church. Out of the château's common life, meetings and retreats an ecumenical community has been born, though not a monastery as stated in some articles. This community, Ekumeniska Kommuniteten i Bjärka-Säby (EKiBS), is a community with its members living scattered around Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries but having its main gatherings and heart at the château of Bjärka-Säby.

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Bjärka-Säby Castle ranks #2,540 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #62 of the 205 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1799, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 525 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,544 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Linköping, 17 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.

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