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Karlsvärd Fortress
Karlsvärd Fortress () is a former fortification on the island of Enholmen near Slite on Gotland, Sweden. In its place Enholmen Fortress () was built in the mid-1800s. It was decommissioned in 1905 and was then used as a training ground for the coastal artillery. During the 1990s it was used as a naval mine control station before the island was demilitarized in 2011. Karlsvärd Fortress ruin is since 2015 managed by the National Property Board. Karlsvärd Fortress In 1650, a technical drawing of Enholmen was submitted by Quartermaster general Johan Wärnschiöldh which included a pentagonal bastion sconce with lower walls and counterscarp ditches, a drawing, which after some modifications by himself, was approved by the King in Council in 1656. In 1657, the construction of the two western bastions was started. Little was done in the following years and in 1663 King Charles XI decided that the fortress would be closed. In 1710, however, the Defense Commission (''Defensionsko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enholmen
Slite is a urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, on the island of Gotland, Sweden with 1,500 inhabitants in 2014. Geography Slite is situated on the northern east coast of Gotland. The town is divided by the Sjuströmmar inlet, connecting Bogevik bay with the Baltic Sea. The north, and main part, of the town is situated in Othem socken and the part south of Sjuströmmar is in Boge, Gotland, Boge socken. Outside Slite is a small archipelago called Slite skärgård. The largest island is Asunden with its Nature reserve, protected Stack (geology), stack area. Close to the south tip of Asunden is the smaller Grunnet island. The island closest to Sjuströmmar is Enholmen where Karlsvärd Fortress is situated. High on a cliff in the north part of Slite is the modern Slite Church built in 1959–60. It is designed by Danish architect Holger Jensen. , Slite Church belongs to Othem-Boge Parishes of the Church of Sweden, parish in Norra Gotlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |