Hammershus Fort. The Mantel Tower. Bornholm, Denmark.
Hammershus Fort. The Mantel Tower. Bornholm, Denmark. Hammershus is a medieval fort built 1255 by archbishop Jacob Erlandsen and became an importen part of the power game between the church and the royal power. In 1522 Hammershus was taken over by force by the German Hanseatic Lübeck for the next some 50 years. After the Danish-Swedish war. the Swede took over Hammershus in 1658 but as a consequence of a local uprising against the Swedes, the fort again came in Danish posetion. The fort had by then lost its military imporatnce and became a stateprison, where several important people, which various kings wanted to get rid of, was imprisoned. In 1743 the fort was cleared out and its remains used as a stone quarry. In 1822 the fort became listed as a national heritage. Hammershus covers an area of M2 and is situated on a 74 meter high rock and directly out to the sea. With the vertical cliffs down to the shore it must have been a not very encouraging sight for an attacking fleet wanting to take it over. The Mantel Tower and the ajoining building was where people lived, which together with the othert buildings forms the Hammershus Fort.
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Location: Hammershus, Bornholm, Denmark
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