Palace & château
Heby Castle
🇸🇪 Sweden · 18th century
Heby Castle is a manor house at Gnesta municipality in Södermanland, Sweden.
The estate extends its holdings between Lake Klämmingen and Nyckelsjön. The main building was built around 1780 according to drawings by architect Erik Palmstedt (1741-1803). It is on two floors and built of plastered brick in Gustavian style.
Text adapted from “Heby Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Heby Castle ranks #4,509 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #129 of the 206 mapped in Sweden. Founded 1778, it is older than 15% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Stockholm, 53 km away. See how Sweden compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Heby Castle?
Heby Castle stands in Sweden, at 59.13889°, 17.2125°.
When was Heby Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1778. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Heby Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,509 of 8,134 worldwide, and #129 in Sweden. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Heby Castle?
Elghammar Castle, about 12 km away.
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