Hammerhavnen

Marina near Allinge-Sandvig

Last edited 05.03.2024 at 09:42 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

55° 16’ 41.5” N

Longitude

14° 45’ 19.1” E

Description

Former loading port of the disused quarry of Hammeren, today marina and emergency port for fishing vessels.

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach to the fired port is possible day and night. It takes place in the white sector of the beacon (Iso.WRG 2s) with 75°. In strong onshore winds, entering and especially leaving the harbour is quite difficult (and not possible at all in rough seas). The maximum permitted speed in the harbour is 3 kn.

Berths

Yachts are moored on the inside of the northern breakwater or on the west side of the jetty. In strong onshore winds, the swell is more noticeable at the jetty than behind the breakwater. The water depth in the harbour is 1.5 - 3.5m.

Because the harbour is declared as an emergency harbour, the harbour staff has the right to move vessels to make room.

The berths for the excursion boats and the pilot boat at the jetty may not be occupied.

Surroundings

In the idyllic harbour there are only limited supply possibilities. Fresh water is at the sanitary facilities. Fuel can be ordered from the petrol station in Allinge and is delivered by a small tanker. The harbour's location on the high rocky coast makes VHF radio communication mostly impossible.

NV Land Guide

On the 74-metre-high cliff plateau, one kilometre south of the harbour, lies Northern Europe's largest complex of ruins - Hammerhus. Built around 1250, the fortress was for many years a bone of contention between King Erik Menved and Archbishop Jacob Erlandsen, because whoever owned Hammerhus had power over the island. The castle was built in such a way that the enemy first had to capture a number of outworks before reaching the castle itself. The castle changed hands very frequently, often only after years of siege. From 1525 to 1576 it was mortgaged to the Lübeckers by Frederik I, and in 1658 Hammerhus had to be surrendered to the Swedes. But the Swedish episode did not last long. For when the Swedish colonel Printzenköld made the mistake of leaving his castle, he was declared arrested by the mayor of Hasl, Peter Olsen, and some conspirators. The colonel tried to escape, but was fatally shot by a warning shot. Because the conspirators feared the revenge of the 120 Swedish soldiers, they tried a bluff. The mayor put on the uniform of the dead Swede and, surrounded by his faithful, went to the fortress. The Swedes actually mistook the disguised mayor for their captured commander and surrendered.

For more than 20 years, Eleonora Christina, the poet and daughter of Christian IV, was imprisoned in the fortress's so-called cloak tower because she would not renounce her husband. Her husband Corfitz Ulfeldt, to whom she had been married in her childhood, was not particularly popular at the Danish royal court, as he was said to have overindulged in his role as the king's son-in-law. As a result, the couple had to flee the country after the king's death. But the English delivered them back to Denmark. And the Danes imprisoned them in Hammerhus. Their escape through a small window on the east side, 13 feet above ground, ended tragically. The princess, who was about 40 years old at the time, dragged and carried her sick husband all the way to Sandvig, where the two were recognized by a fisherman and betrayed. Henceforth, each was confined to a different floor of the tower. In her poignant memoirs, which did not appear until many years after her death, the king's daughter recounted her imprisonment in Hammerhus.

Although the Bornholmers used their castle as a quarry in the 18th century, the ruins have been preserved to the extent that the functions of most of the rooms can still be traced (see floor plan).

The bridge at the castle is considered Denmark's best-preserved castle bridge from the Middle Ages. It consists of two pointed arches and a narrow compartment where a drawbridge originally lay across the ravine.

West of the fortress complex, in a small bay, lies the detached, peculiar cliff formation Løvehovederne (Lion's Heads). Below the cliffs are several grottos accessible only by boat. The largest of these is called Våde Ovn (Wet Oven). It is 55 metres long and twelve metres high. Boat trips to the grotto are offered from the harbour.

Hammerhafen was built by the Germans in 1891 as a loading site for granite. The stones were used for the construction of the North Sea Canal. In 1920, the Danish state took over the now somewhat desolate harbour, which offers plenty of space and is an ideal starting point for walks. For example, the footpath leading southwards from Hammerhus through the Slotslyngen woodland is one of Bornholm's most beautiful, not to mention the coastal path that stretches south to Helligpeder (see also Vang and Tegelkås). There are numerous rocky outcrops with fanciful names that you pass on the coastal path to the north, for example Kælderhalsen (Kellerhals) and Studene (Oxen). In addition, Solomon's Chapel and the lighthouses Hammeren fyr and Hammerodde fyr lie along the coastal path (see also Sandvig). The northernmost tip of Bornholm is called Hammerknoten. It is separated from the rest of the island by a valley depression called Hammersee. Many a general in the past has flirted with making this lake a naval port, as it is very sheltered. Tsar Peter the Great was the first who had the idea to dig a channel from the Baltic Sea to the Hammersee. The plan remained unchanged. The Hammersee was already formed in the ice age. Paths and footbridges lead around the lake. Everywhere you can find signposts.

Other lakes are located northwest of the Hammersee, for example the Opal Lake and the Crystal Lake. Moseløkken is a working quarry exhibition (one kilometre from the Hammerhus castle ruins). The old cranes are listed.

Marina Information

Max Depth 3.6 m

Contact

Phone +45 56 92 23 24
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Website https://www.brk.dk

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Fuel

Grocery

Public Transport

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