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'''Stensholmen''' is a small island (or [[skerry]])<ref name="Volksbund.de" /> lying off the west coast of Sweden, in the [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] of [[Fjällbacka]],<ref name="GT" /> and is part of the islands of [[Bohuslän]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Von Issio |first1=Ehrich |title=Mit dem Kajak durch die Schärengärten Schwedens |url=https://www.welt.de/reise/article4335985/Mit-dem-Kajak-durch-die-Schaerengaerten-Schwedens.html |accessdate=5 September 2019 |work=Welt |date=17 August 2009}}</ref>
'''Stensholmen''' is a small island lying off the west coast of Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Von Issio |first1=Ehrich |title=Mit dem Kajak durch die Schärengärten Schwedens |url=https://www.welt.de/reise/article4335985/Mit-dem-Kajak-durch-die-Schaerengaerten-Schwedens.html |accessdate=5 September 2019 |work=Welt |date=17 August 2009}}</ref> It is located 2 Km to the north-west of the centre of [[Särö]], and 2 Km to the south of [[Vallda]] Church in [[Halland County]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Årsbok, Sveriges geologiska undersökning |title=Årsbok |date=1953 |issue=531 |page=55 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lbxRAQAAMAAJ&q=Stensholmen&dq=Stensholmen&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP-rCn4rnkAhVKY8AKHU11BQQQ6AEIOTAC |accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref> It is the last resting place of a number of [[British]] and [[German]] sailors killed in the [[Battle of Jutland]] during the First World War and subsequently washed up on and around the island, including the author [[Gorch Fock]] (real name Johann Wilhelm Kinau).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Drumm |first1=Russell |title=The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard |date=16 November 2001 |publisher=HMH |isbn=0547799810 |page=91 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NV2qz1dV5cQC&pg=PT110&dq=Stensholmen&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm_7H-3rnkAhXlQUEAHSjMBSA4ChDoAQhNMAU#v=onepage&q=Stensholmen&f=false |accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="Jellicoe">{{cite book |last1=Jellicoe |first1=Nicholas |title=Jutland: The Unfinished Battle |date=30 March 2016 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=1848323239 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2oMmDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT150&lpg=PT150&dq=Jutland+battle+Sweden+Fj%C3%A4llbacka&source=bl&ots=tSMb71P1w5&sig=ACfU3U1F5I2-v6r78-t3BivYtuzXE6twPQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwis8dSD2rnkAhVMeMAKHZLIBtAQ6AEwEHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Jutland%20battle%20Sweden%20Fj%C3%A4llbacka&f=false |accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref>


==War graves==
The island is also home to [[Lynx|lynxes]] that are known to attack sheep farmed on the island.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fingal |first1=Johan |title=Lodjur attackerade får – igen |url=https://www.skovdenyheter.se/article/lodjur-attackerade-far-igen/ |accessdate=5 September 2019 |work=Skovde Nyheter |date=10 August 2017}}</ref>
It is the last resting place of a number of [[Germans|German]] sailors killed in the [[Battle of Jutland]] during the First World War and subsequently washed up on and around the island, including the author [[Gorch Fock (author)|Gorch Fock]] (real name Johann Wilhelm Kinau).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Drumm |first1=Russell |title=The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard |date=16 November 2001 |publisher=HMH |isbn=0547799810 |page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NV2qz1dV5cQC&q=Stensholmen&pg=PT110 |accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="Jellicoe">{{cite book |last1=Jellicoe |first1=Nicholas |title=Jutland: The Unfinished Battle |date=30 March 2016 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=978-1848323230 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2oMmDQAAQBAJ&q=Jutland+battle+Sweden+Fj%C3%A4llbacka&pg=PT150 |accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref> The [[war grave]] on Stensholmen was established in 1920 and currently is the resting ground of 12 German sailors. The graveyard is managed by the German ''[[German War Graves Commission|Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge]]'' organisation.<ref name="Volksbund.de" /><ref name="GT">{{cite news |title=Här begravdes Hitlers soldater i Västsverige |url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/har-begravdes-hitlers-soldater-i-vastsverige/ |accessdate=5 September 2019 |work=GT |date=12 February 2017}}</ref> In June 2016 the island was visited by a ''Volksbund'' travel group in order to restore the graves in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the battle.<ref>{{cite news |title=Volksbund-Reisegruppe leistete Arbeitseinsatz auf dem Soldatenfriedhof in Stensholmen |url=https://www.wochenblatt.de/archiv/volksbund-reisegruppe-leistete-arbeitseinsatz-auf-dem-soldatenfriedhof-in-stensholmen-152257 |access-date=20 April 2021 |work=Wochenblatt |date=June 2016}}</ref> In August 2020 the island was visited by the German sailing ship ''[[Alexander von Humboldt II]]'' to pay honour to the dead sailors.<ref>{{cite news |title=Praktfullt segelfartyg besökte krigskyrkogård i Fjällbacka skärgård |url=https://www.stromstadstidning.se/nyheter/tanum/praktfullt-segelfartyg-bes%C3%B6kte-krigskyrkog%C3%A5rd-i-fj%C3%A4llbacka-sk%C3%A4rg%C3%A5rd-1.32550476 |access-date=20 April 2021 |work=Stromstads Tidning |date=14 August 2020 |language=Swedish}}</ref>

==Transport==
Stensholmen is only accessible by boat from the port of [[Fjällbacka]], which it is situated a few kilometres away from. The journey takes roughly 20 minutes.<ref name="Volksbund.de">{{cite web |title=Listenansicht der Kriegsgräberstätten: Stensholmen (Schäre) |url=https://www.volksbund.de/kriegsgraeberstaette/stensholmen-schaere.html |website=Volksbund.de |accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref> Stensholmen neighbours the island of Kalvö, which is inhabited by three people.<ref>{{cite news |title=PADDLA I HAMBURGSUND |url=http://epihotell.vgregion.se/tanum/aktiviteter/paddla/paddla-i-hamburgsund/ |accessdate=5 September 2019 |work=Västsverige |date=21 May 2019 |archive-date=5 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905155003/http://epihotell.vgregion.se/tanum/aktiviteter/paddla/paddla-i-hamburgsund/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== See also ==
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[[Category:Islands of Västra Götaland County]]

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Stensholmen
The island Stensholmen in the Jordfjorden
Stensholmen is located in Västra Götaland
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Stensholmen is located in Sweden
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Geography
LocationHamburgsund, Tanum Municipality. Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Coordinates58°34′32″N 11°16′27″E / 58.57556°N 11.27417°E / 58.57556; 11.27417[1]
ArchipelagoBohuslän islands
Administration
Sweden

Stensholmen is a small island (or skerry)[1] lying off the west coast of Sweden, in the locality of Fjällbacka,[2] and is part of the islands of Bohuslän.[3]

War graves[edit]

It is the last resting place of a number of German sailors killed in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War and subsequently washed up on and around the island, including the author Gorch Fock (real name Johann Wilhelm Kinau).[4][5] The war grave on Stensholmen was established in 1920 and currently is the resting ground of 12 German sailors. The graveyard is managed by the German Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge organisation.[1][2] In June 2016 the island was visited by a Volksbund travel group in order to restore the graves in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the battle.[6] In August 2020 the island was visited by the German sailing ship Alexander von Humboldt II to pay honour to the dead sailors.[7]

Transport[edit]

Stensholmen is only accessible by boat from the port of Fjällbacka, which it is situated a few kilometres away from. The journey takes roughly 20 minutes.[1] Stensholmen neighbours the island of Kalvö, which is inhabited by three people.[8]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Listenansicht der Kriegsgräberstätten: Stensholmen (Schäre)". Volksbund.de. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Här begravdes Hitlers soldater i Västsverige". GT. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ Von Issio, Ehrich (17 August 2009). "Mit dem Kajak durch die Schärengärten Schwedens". Welt. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. ^ Drumm, Russell (16 November 2001). The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard. HMH. p. 91. ISBN 0547799810. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. ^ Jellicoe, Nicholas (30 March 2016). Jutland: The Unfinished Battle. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1848323230. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Volksbund-Reisegruppe leistete Arbeitseinsatz auf dem Soldatenfriedhof in Stensholmen". Wochenblatt. June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Praktfullt segelfartyg besökte krigskyrkogård i Fjällbacka skärgård". Stromstads Tidning (in Swedish). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. ^ "PADDLA I HAMBURGSUND". Västsverige. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

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