• Hammershus is a medieval era fortification at Hammeren on the northern tip of the Danish island of Bornholm.
  • Hammershus Castle. Hammershus, Northern Europe’s largest castle ruin, stands on a 74-metre rocky plateau in the northwest corner of Bornholm.
  • Images by Jens Markus Lindhe. On the small Danish rocky island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea lies Hammershus, the largest castle ruin in Northern Europe.
  • Hammershus Besøgscenter, Bornholm Arkitema Architects & Christoffer Harlang, 2018.
  • Hammershus is Northern Europe's largest medieval fortification, situated 74 metres (243 ft) above sea level on Hammeren, the northern tip of the Danish island of...
  • Close to Hammershus is the family-friendly Hammershus Visitor Center, where you can see an exhibition that tells about the history of the castle.
  • Hammershus is the largest castle in Northern Europe and stands on a cliff 74 metres above sea level on Bornholm, a small but important island in the Baltic Sea.
  • With the arrival of Reformation the conflict intensified and eventually led to military conquest of Hammershus Castle by the troops of king Christian II in 1521.
  • Corfitz Ulfeldt and his wife Leonora Christina were imprisoned in Hammershus 1660–1661. In 1743 Hammershus was abandoned as a stronghold.