Sjællands Odde is a peninsula on the northwest coast of

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is th ...

between the

Kattegat The Kattegat (; sv, Kattegatt ) is a sea area bounded by the Jutlandic peninsula in the west, the Danish Straits islands of Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the south and the provinces of Bohuslän, Västergötland, Halland and Skåne in S ...

and Sejerø Bay. From the outermost point of the peninsula, Gniben, a reef juts some out into the

Geography

In the Stone Age Sjællands Odde was a series of

island An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be ...

s, but deposits over thousands of years have made it part of

. Sjællands Odde is hilly at both ends, with the north side of the central section almost at sea level. The landscape is dotted with farms. The largest area of protected nature is Yderby Lyng on the south coast of the peninsula.

History

The naval

Battle of Zealand Point The Battle of Zealand Point was a naval battle of the English Wars and the Gunboat War. Ships of the Danish and British navies fought off Zealand Point on 22 March 1808; the battle was a British victory. Peter Willemoes was among the Danish ca ...

was fought in the seas around here in 1808, resulting in the sinking of the Danish ship of the line '' Prinds Christian Frederik''. From the late 19th century until 1972m, Tderby Lyng on Sjællands Odde was used as a stone quarry. The stone and gravel was used in the construction of the

Kiel Canal The Kiel Canal (german: Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, literally "North- oEast alticSea canal", formerly known as the ) is a long freshwater canal in the Germany, German states of Germany, state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal was finished in 1895, ...

as well as Danish roads and railways. A small fishing harbour was established at Havnebyen on the north coast of the peninsula in 190708. In the 1920s, Sjællands Odde developed into a popular destination for sports fishermen to go tuna tunafish. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, when Denmark was occupied,

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established a military installation at the tip of Sjællands Ode (Gniben) to control the a submarine barrier in the Kattegat. After the war, it was converted into a military training ground for the Danish artillery. Artilleriskolen Sjællands Odde was officially inaugurated in 1951.

Landmarks

The village of Havnebyen, some 3 km from the ferry port, has a small harbour with eating places and fish outlets. The still-in-use Røgeriet snokehouse was designed by

Arne Jacobsen Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA () 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural functionalism and for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple wel ...

. Jacobsen has also designed a round, Modernist villa on an adjacent site. Constructed for the owner of the smokehouse in 1956, it was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 2000. The distinctively red Odden Church features frescoes of flowers and leaf decorations with bird motifs. In the churchyard is a monument to naval hero Willemoes, who died during a major sea battle against the British off Sjællands Odde, and the grave of three British airmen, whose plane was shot down over Sejerø Bay in 1943.

Transport

Ferry company Molslinjen operates catamaran services from the ferry port to the south of the tip of Sjællands Odde, Odden Færgehavn, to Ebeltoft since 1966 and

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwes ...

(since 1999) in Jutland. The modern catamarans operated by Mols-Linien carry large numbers of cars, which results in periodic heavy traffic on the route (Rute 21) from the peninsula, via Vig to Holbæk and then to Copenhagen.

Gallery

File:Havnebyen Einkaufsmarkt.JPG, Havnebyen File:Odden kirke bei Overby.JPG, Odden Church File:Forrest at Sjællands Odde, Denmark.jpg, Scenery near the tip of Sjællands Odde. File:Odden Kirke Grab Peter Willemoes.JPG, The Battle of Zealand Point Memorial in Odden Cemetery. File:Arne jacobsen, smokehouse, odden 1943.jpg, The

-designed Odde Smokehouse File:Arne jacobsen, leo henriksen's round house, odden 1956.jpg, The Round House, Arne Jacobsen, 1956.

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