Hammershus

Hammershus is built around the year 1250 by the Archbishop of Lund to secure the Church’s power on Bornholm.

The Hammershus judicial district was the last function housed at the castle, but around the year 1700, a new courthouse was built in Sandvig.

In 1743, Hammershus was finally abandoned, and that same year, its materials were used to build the main guardhouse in Rønne. Subsequently, the castle fell into ruin and became a freely accessible quarry for locals.