Stroll freely around the handicrafts village of Korrö, take a look inside the old buildings and relax in the atmospheric surroundings. The village’s oldest building, the East Wing, is most likely to be from the early 1700s. The present Manor House was built in the early 1800s. Tingsryd’s commune has owned the estate since 1985, and the Swedish Tourist Association have access to it through the youth hostel. The reception can be found in the shop. Korrö Nature Reserve lies next to the village.

The shop has been situated in the same building since 1889. During recent years the number of products on offer has increased, and the shop has become an attraction in its own right. Here you can find handicrafts produced in the village, items of nostalgia, postcards, confectionary, ice cream, juice, tea, spices and other culinary delicacies.

The mill at korrö dates from the Middle Ages. The first owner of the mill was Växjö Cathedral, followed by the Crown. According to the agricultural records of 1565, the first leaseholder was Eskil the Tailor. The present mill was built in 1848. Everything still stands in place exactly as it was when the last miller left the mill in 1948 – even the old customs duty measure, used for measuring out payment in kind for the miller’s services. The mill ‘chamber’ is also intact, its walls steeped in history. It was here that the farmers talked about life and told stories from the Småland’s Post Weekly Paper as they waited for the grain to be ground. 

"Men’s beer, women’s beer and lice-ridden dog’s beer" - This was the consumer information given by C F Uebel in 1865, about the three types of beer he began brewing at Korrö. Customers included mill farmers, and men who transported timber to Ronneby and bog ore to Örmo (Konga). The brewery owned three cellars which are still there, partly dug into the ridge by the old härads road (härad = an area/district around a town). In one of the cellars there is a collection of tools and articles on display.

The tannery at Korrö was founded in the early 1840s. The last tannery building to be used is completely preserved in its original state, and is now a private museum which houses a rich collection of artefacts: work books; leather soles; oiled leather and prepared skins; all the tools of the trade used by the old tannery. A few dates and facts: The preparation time needed to transform the skins into soles was between nine and twelve months. The majority of the tanner’s wares were sold at markets on Öland and in Växjö. The workers at the tannery were migrant workers or journeymen. It took a minimum of four years to become a fully trained tanner. The tannery was discontinued in 1908.

The dye-works has been restored to its original condition. On the bottom floor you will find the large pots that were used for dyeing wool, as well as a room that served as the shop, complete with shop-counter and cash register. The dyeing trade began in 1844 and was discontinued in 1922. The worker’s room at the dye-works was transformed into the stable boy’s room for the film “The Emigrants”.

The sawmill, which closed down in 1948, was built in the 1880s and replaced the previous sawmill on the site. The mill required high water levels in order to be driven. However, a plane for making roof shingles was attached to the water wheel and could be used even at low water levels. This plane can still be found at the sawmill.

The shoemaker, together with the smiths, represented the trades who indirectly “lived off the watercourse”. They served both Korrö’s tradesmen and employees such as farmers in the neighbourhood. The shoemakers were the tannery’s biggest customers in the area. Farmers would buy leather and soles at the tannery, and then take the raw goods to the shoemaker.