Enholmen
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| Waters | Baltic Sea | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 42 ' N , 18 ° 49' E | |
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Enholmen is an island off Slite in the northeast of the largest Swedish island of Gotland .
On Enholmen, the fortress Enholmens fästning has been located on the site of the former 17th century fortress Karlsvärds fästning since the middle of the 19th century . The island used to be used for quarantine . People suspected of having contagious diseases were sent there before they were allowed to enter the main island of Gotland. On the west side of the island is a peninsula with a cholera cemetery ( Swedish kolerakyrkogård ), a mass grave that was created after a cholera epidemic .
Today the island is primarily a military facility, which was a restricted military area ( Swedish military skyddsområde ) until the end of the 1990s . A little further east is the island of Grunnet , which was also part of the restricted area.
Photo gallery
Enholmens fästning.
Enholmen in winter 2012.
Web links
- Enholmen. In: guteinfo.com. Retrieved January 19, 2013 (Swedish).