Danmarks holme
| Danmarks holme | ||
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| Waters | Baltic Sea | |
| Archipelago | Stockholm archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 59 ° 20 '17 " N , 18 ° 13' 16" E | |
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| length | 130 m | |
| width | 90 m | |
Danmarks holme is an island belonging to Sweden in the Stockholm archipelago .
geography
It is located east of the northern end of Skurusundet , only about 70 meters from the mainland and belongs to the municipality of Nacka . To the southwest is the island of Sveriges holme . The passage from the Baltic Sea to Stockholm runs north of the island . Danmarks holme (translated: Denmark's island, see Holm ) covers 9 885 m² and extends from north to south over about 140 meters and from west to east over about 110 meters. The island is lined with trees and built on with six residential houses (three permanent buildings, three cottages) with a total living area of 350 m².
history
The origin of the island name is not clear. It is sometimes assumed that the Danes, led by King Christian II, besieged the island with the Swedish fleet around Pohjankuru in the 1500s. A publication from the 17th century names the small island Dane , on a 1724 map it is called Dannemarck . The island has been inhabited since the 17th century.
To the northwest of the island lies the wreck of a sunken ship. In 2015 the island was on sale for 65 million Swedish crowns .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Johanna Lundholm, Köp en ö i Stockholm för 65 miljoner kronor on expressen.se , published on July 28, 2015.
- ↑ Danmarks holme - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- ↑ Buy a private island ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 29, 2016.
