Trekroner
| Trekroner | ||
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| Waters | Baltic Sea | |
| Archipelago | Øresund | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 42 '11 " N , 12 ° 36' 52" E | |
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| surface | 2 ha | |
| Residents | 4th (January 1, 2020) 200 inhabitants / km² |
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Trekroner ( Danish : "Three Crowns") is an artificial island in front of the port of the Danish capital Copenhagen in Øresund . It was one of the defenses of the city harbor and the city itself. Originally the island was about 200 meters north of its current position, where in 1713 three old ships of the line were sunk as the base of the island . One of them was named Tre Kroner , which is where the island got its name from.
Work on the facilities at the current position began in 1787. The fort built there played a major role in the naval battle of Copenhagen in 1801 and in the British attack on Copenhagen in 1807. After the fort was expanded in the 19th century, it lost at the beginning of the 20th century of military importance and was abandoned in 1932.
In 1934 the fort was sold to the Copenhagen port authority and became a tourist destination. During the German occupation of Denmark in World War II , it was used as a barracks for German troops . It then stood empty until it was reopened to the public in 1984.
The island has the shape of a triangle opening to the west, is 2 hectares in size and has 4 inhabitants (January 1, 2020). The island is part of the parish community ( Dan. : Sogn ) Vor Frelsers Sogn which to Danish municipal reform from 1970 to Harde Sokkelund Herred in the former Copenhagen office belonged then to the office free Copenhagen municipality that the next Danish municipal reform in 2007 the constituent Capital Region was .
