Kalo

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Kalo
Castle ruins on Kalø
Castle ruins on Kalø
Waters Kalø Vig
Geographical location 56 ° 16 '28 "  N , 10 ° 28' 2"  E Coordinates: 56 ° 16 '28 "  N , 10 ° 28' 2"  E
Kalø (Midtjylland)
Kalo
length 400 m
width 550 m
surface 10 ha
main place Kalø Castle (historical)
Kalø from the east (from the church tower in Egens)
Kalø from the east (from the church tower in Egens )

Kalø is about 0.1 square kilometers comprehensive island in the Syddjurs municipality in the Central Jutland in Denmark .

Geography and geology

The small island of Kalø belonging to Djursland is located in the bay Kalø Vig, which is named after it . It is connected to the mainland by an artificial dam and is around 2 kilometers south of Rønde . Kalø is designated as an area biotope.

The island is located in the area of ​​a terminal moraine from the Elster Ice Age .

History and sights

Kalø is home to Kalø Castle , the construction of which began in 1313 by King Erik IV Menved . The ruins and the associated ramparts on the island of Kalø can be viewed.

In 1953, as part of a study, the deer population was almost completely shot on trial areas near Kalø.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Y. Hofmann, U. Koppel, C. Kroner, N. Abrahamsen, G. Dittrich, J. Frandsen: Geophysical methods in archeology: investigations in the area of ​​the fortress Kalø, Denmark ( Memento of the original from March 4 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dgg-online.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Mitteilungen der DGG 3/2001, pp. 3–8.
  2. Carsten Riis Olesen, Tommy Asferg, Mads C. Forchhammer: Rådyret - fra fåtallig til almindelig (PDF; 2.6 MB) . Danmarks Miljøundersøgelser, Tema rapport 39, 2002, 60 pages (Danish)
  3. Strandgaard, H. (1972): The roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) population at Kalø and the factors regulating its size . In: Danish Review of Game Biology 7 (1), 1972, pp. 1–205 (English)