Stensholmen

Stensholmen

Stensholmen

Island off coast of Sweden

Stensholmen is a small island (or skerry)[1] lying off the west coast of Sweden, in the locality of Fjällbacka,[2] and is part of the islands of Bohuslän.[3]

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War graves

It is the last resting place of a number of German sailors killed in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War and subsequently washed up on and around the island, including the author Gorch Fock (real name Johann Wilhelm Kinau).[4][5] The war grave on Stensholmen was established in 1920 and currently is the resting ground of 12 German sailors. The graveyard is managed by the German Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge organisation.[1][2] In June 2016 the island was visited by a Volksbund travel group in order to restore the graves in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the battle.[6] In August 2020 the island was visited by the German sailing ship Alexander von Humboldt II to pay honour to the dead sailors.[7]

Transport

Stensholmen is only accessible by boat from the port of Fjällbacka, which it is situated a few kilometres away from. The journey takes roughly 20 minutes.[1] Stensholmen neighbours the island of Kalvö, which is inhabited by three people.[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Listenansicht der Kriegsgräberstätten: Stensholmen (Schäre)". Volksbund.de. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Här begravdes Hitlers soldater i Västsverige". GT. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. [3]
    Von Issio, Ehrich (17 August 2009). "Mit dem Kajak durch die Schärengärten Schwedens". Welt. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. [4]
    Drumm, Russell (16 November 2001). The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard. HMH. p. 91. ISBN 0547799810. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  5. [5]
    Jellicoe, Nicholas (30 March 2016). Jutland: The Unfinished Battle. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1848323230. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Volksbund-Reisegruppe leistete Arbeitseinsatz auf dem Soldatenfriedhof in Stensholmen". Wochenblatt. June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Praktfullt segelfartyg besökte krigskyrkogård i Fjällbacka skärgård". Stromstads Tidning (in Swedish). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  8. [8]
    "PADDLA I HAMBURGSUND". Västsverige. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

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