Glimmingehus
Glimmingehus is a medieval era castle located at Simrishamn Municipality, Scania in southern Sweden. It is the best preserved medieval stronghold in Scandinavia.Photo: C-M, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vallby kyrka, Skåne and Östra Hoby Church.
Vallby kyrka, Skåne
Church
Östra Hoby Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Östra Hoby Church is a medieval Lutheran church built in the Romanesque style. Located 4 km east of Borrby in Skåne County in southern Sweden, it belongs to the Diocese of Lund. The church is noted for its murals and for its sculpted baptismal font. Östra Hoby Church is situated 3 km south of Glimmingehus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Simrishamn.
Simrishamn
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Simrishamn is a locality and the seat of Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,527 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, Simrishamn is, for historical reasons, usually still referred to as a city.
Glimmingehus
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: late medieval castle in Simrishamn Municipality, Sweden
- Categories: castle, heritage site in Sweden, building, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Simrishamn Municipality, Scania, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.50091° or 55° 30′ 3″ northLongitude
14.23093° or 14° 13′ 51″ eastInception
1499Open location code
9F7PG62J+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 456871043OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1531449
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Glimmingehus” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Glimmingehus”
- Czech: “Glimmingehus”
- Danish: “Glimminge”
- Danish: “Glimmingehus”
- Dutch: “Glimingehus”
- Dutch: “Glimmingehus”
- Finnish: “Glimmingehus”
- Finnish: “Glimmingehusin linnake”
- French: “Glimmingehus”
- German: “Burg Glimmingehus”
- German: “Glimmingehus”
- German: “Schloss Glimminge”
- Hebrew: “גלימיניגהוס”
- Hebrew: “גלימיניהוס”
- Hebrew: “טירת גלימיניגהוס”
- Hebrew: “טירת גלימיניהוס”
- Macedonian: “Глиминхес”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Glimminge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Glimmingehus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Glimmingehus”
- Norwegian: “Glimmingehus”
- Portuguese: “Casa de Glimminge”
- Russian: “Глиммингехус”
- Russian: “Замок Глиммингехус”
- Slovenian: “Glimmingehus”
- Swedish: “Glimmingehus”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Ґлімінґегус (Швеція)”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Ґлімінґегус”
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