Hammer

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Hammerknuden, autumn 2018
Hammeren with the Hammerhafen, 1971

Hammeren (also Hammerknuden ) is a protected area and a headland on the northernmost tip of the Danish island of Bornholm . The name Hammerknuden means roughly "hammer-shaped granite rock" in German. The headland protrudes into Sæne Bugt Bay . There are also around Hammersø , the largest lake on the island and the only Tarn in Denmark, and a 84-meter-high hill called Stejlebjerg (or stems mountain). Hammeren drops off very steeply to the southwest, becoming flatter towards the northeast. The headland is separated from the rest of the island by a valley.

geography

Hammeren has cliffs that jut 26 meters out of the Baltic Sea and a rift valley that separates Hammeren from the surrounding area. The Hammerknuden covers 182 hectares of rocky granite formations with some caves. The area was once covered with heather and bracken , but is now almost uncovered due to excessive grazing.

In the Hammeren area there is also Bornholm's largest lake, the so-called Hammersø (Hammersee), and a deep, opal-colored pond called Opalsø, which is surrounded by the rocky slopes of a former granite quarry. Half of the area consists of rocks and a quarter each of forest and cultivated land. The entire Hammerknuden is now a protected nature reserve. There are several hiking trails that connect Hammeren with Sandvig and the Hammershus castle ruins .

Hammeren Fyr lighthouse

The path along the northern edge of the rock leads to the Hammeren Fyr lighthouse at the northern tip, before continuing as a hiking trail to the southeast of the Hammeren Havn harbor .

Attractions

The Hammershus castle ruins , Northern Europe's largest medieval fortification , are located in the immediate south of Hammeren. There are also several former quarries in the area. Hiking trails also lead from Hammerhus to a nature reserve called Slotslyngen (Schlossheide).

On a clear day the Swedish coast is visible on the horizon .

Solomon's Chapel

Near the coast, south of Hammeren Fyr, the ruins of Solomons Kapel (Solomons Kapelle) can be seen.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hammeren ( Danish ) The Danske store. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  2. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Hammeren, Bornholm (Protected by conservation order) (English)
  3. ^ A b John William Norie: Piloting directions for the Cattegat and Baltic, or East sea; also for the sound and belts . Wilson, 1846, pp. 39 ff. (Accessed October 22, 2012).
  4. ↑ a b c d Andrew Stone: Denmark . Lonely Planet, February 1, 2008, ISBN 978-1-74104-669-4 , pp. 196ff (accessed October 22, 2012).
  5. ↑ a b Report: Hammersøen ( Danish ) Studienet.dk . Retrieved June 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ United States. Hydrographic Office: Publications 1917, p. 108ff. (Accessed October 22, 2012).
  7. ↑ Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince: Frommer's Denmark . Active John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ISBN 9780470502907 , p. 258 (accessed October 22, 2012).
  8. ↑ Backpacker . Active Interest Media, Inc., 1978, p. 36 (Retrieved October 22, 2012).

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