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Augustin Ehrensvärd’s tomb

The Ehrensvärd grave is the final resting place and memorial of Augustin Ehrensvärd, the founder of the island fortress in , , at the Linnanpiha yard on the island of Susisaari in Suomenlinna.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: memorial in Sveaborg (Suomenlinna in Helsinki) of its creator Augustin Ehrensvärd, created 1805
  • Also known as: “Ehrensvärd grave”, “Ehrensvärd’s grave”, and “Ehrensvärdin hauta”
  • Inscription: “Tässä lepää kreivi Augustin Ehrensvärd, sotamarsalkka, ritari ja Kuninkaallisen Majesteetin Ritarikunnan komentaja, töittensä, Suomenlinnan linnoituksen ja armeijan laivaston ympäröimänä.”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ehrensvärd Museum and Military Museum of Finland.

Museum
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Museum
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The is the central museum of the Finnish Defence Forces and the national special museum of military history. It is located in and it is part of the Finnish National Defence University. is situated 270 metres northeast of Augustin Ehrensvärd’s tomb.

Museum
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Vesikko is a submarine, which was launched on 10 May 1933 at the Crichton-Vulcan dock in . Until 1936 it was named by its yard number CV 707. Vesikko was ordered by a engineering company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw in 1930 as a commercial submarine prototype, being the prototype for the German Type II submarines. is situated 310 metres southeast of Augustin Ehrensvärd’s tomb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suomenlinna and Kaivopuisto.

Suburb
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South Helsinki is in this guide defined as the part of south of the Esplanadi and Bulevardi streets. It also includes the archipelago south of Helsinki, such as the islands.

Suburb
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, nicknamed Kaivari in Finnish or Brunsan in Swedish, is one of the oldest and best known in central , , and also a neighbourhood of about 500 inhabitants where the park is located.

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is in this guide defined as the part of south of the Esplanadi and Bulevardi streets. It also includes the archipelago south of Helsinki, such as the Suomenlinna islands.

Augustin Ehrensvärd’s tomb

Latitude
60.14426° or 60° 8′ 39″ north
Longitude
24.98514° or 24° 59′ 7″ east
Inception
1805
Open location code
9GG64XVP+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1323450830
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q5409330
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Swedish—“Augustin Ehrensvärd’s tomb” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Ehrensvärdova hrobka”
  • Danish: “Ehrensvärds grav”
  • Finnish: “Augustin Ehrensvärdin hauta”
  • Finnish: “Ehrensvärdin hauta”
  • Swedish: “Augustin Ehrensvärds grav”
  • Swedish: “Ehrensvärds grav”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Augustin Ehrensvärd’s tomb”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.