Klintholm Havn is a

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and a popular tourist resort on the south coast of

Møn Møn () is an island in south-eastern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg Municipality, Vordingborg, after merging with the former municipalities of Langeb ...

, an island in

Vordingborg Municipality Vordingborg Municipality (, ) is a '' kommune'' in the Sjælland Region, which is on the southeast coast of the island of Zealand in south Denmark. It was established in 2007. The municipality covers an area of 621 km2. It has a total popula ...

, southeastern

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. As of 1 January 2012, the population is 201. The harbour was built in 1878 by C.S. Scavenius, owner of the nearby

Klintholm Estate Klintholm is an estate near Mons Klint on the Danish island of Møn. Originally owned by the Crown, since 1798 the estate has belonged to the Scavenius family. In 1838, a three-winged stone complex was built by G.F. Hetsch in the Neoclassical arc ...

, as a means of exporting local produce and chalk. The harbour is the service port for the 600 MW Kriegers Flak wind farm.

Attractions

Klintholm Havn has now become an active fishing port as well as a popular tourist resort with several restaurants and art galleries. Attractions include the large marina, two sandy beaches, a supermarket and a fresh fish shop. The marina, which has full facilities, allows boat access at all states of the tide and provides safe haven whatever the wind direction. In the summer, there are commercial boat excursions providing excellent views of

Møns Klint Møns Klint is a 6 km stretch of limestone and chalk cliffs along the eastern coast of the Danish island of Møn in the Baltic Sea. Some of the cliffs fall a sheer 120 m to the sea below. The highest cliff is , which is 128 m above sea lev ...

, a stretch of towering chalk cliffs along the eastern coast of the island. Klinholm Havn can be reached by bus from Stege, 16 km away, which in turn has bus services to

Vordingborg Vordingborg () is a market town and old ferry town on the south coast of the island of Zealand in Denmark. Because of three large estates surrounding the town, a coherent urban development has not been possible, which is the reason why three sat ...

where there is a railway station.

Rescue of Stutthof victims

On 5 May 1945, the day Denmark was liberated from German occupation during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, a barge with 370 starving prisoners from the

Stutthof concentration camp Stutthof was a Nazi concentration camp established by Nazi Germany in a secluded, marshy, and wooded area near the village of Stutthof (now Sztutowo) 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) in the territory of the German-an ...

near Danzig (now Gdansk) arrived in Klintholm Havn. Those in control of the concentration camp had forced the prisoners onto the barge and allowed them to drift across the

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. A German tug finally brought the barge into the harbour. The local inhabitants managed to save 351 of the prisoners, after the remaining 19 died of disease during the next few days. A memorial stone now stands on the shore of Klinthom Havn at the point where the barge came ashore. It was erected on 5 May 1995, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the event.

Environment

East Møn is a quiet, hilly area with mixed farming. To the east, the ground rises to the wooded natural park which leads to the chalk Cliffs of Møn. There are many varieties of land and sea birds, particularly swallows and swans, while wild deer, squirrels, hare and foxes are among the animal species you are most likely to see. See the article on

for more information about the rarer species you can see in the area.

Climate

Møn has a relatively mild climate compared to the rest of Denmark. Data from Denmark's Meteorological Institute
- DMI average weather conditions for SW Zealand, Lolland and Falster. Retrieved 1 February 2007. show that average mid-summer highs range from 19 C to 26 C while winter daytime averages are around freezing point. Rainfall rarely exceeds 10 days per month. The summer days are long and bright with about 17 hours of daylight while in the winter, the days are short and often quite dull. In view of the shallow depth of the Baltic, the temperature of the sea can rise to about 20 C in the summer months. And during exceptionally cold winters, partly as a result of the low salinity of the Baltic, the seawater has also been known to freeze.

External links

Road map from Google Maps

References

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