Åsbo

Åsbo lies in northwestern Scania, a district of wooded ridges and farmland crossed by the Rönne River. Near the river stood Herrevad Abbey, a Cistercian house founded in the twelfth century when Scania belonged to Denmark. It became one of the region's largest and wealthiest monasteries, holding land beyond its immediate surroundings and forming part of a network of Cistercian houses in the Danish kingdom.

The Reformation brought monastic life at Herrevad to an end, and its buildings subsequently fell into decay. Wars between Denmark and Sweden in the seventeenth century caused further damage to the former religious buildings. After Scania passed to Sweden, the former abbey became a military residence in 1691, giving the old monastic estate a new purpose under the Swedish crown.