Slipshavn

Facts

From redoubt to naval academy

By Henrik Harnow, Museumsinspektør, Ph.D., Odense Bys Museer (18 stories)

Slipshavn is on the leeward side of the Knudshoved point near Nyborg. It began as just a small, natural harbour until in 1656 a redoubt rising four metres above the water was built there. It was to protect Danish men-of-war when they were in port. Starting in the mid-19th century, a cluster of buildings, including a toll house and pilot station, was added. In 1885, the area became a naval base. Later it served as a naval air station, and a hangar and other buildings were added. In recent years, the base has been the Naval Home Guard training academy.

Partly a public place

Selected entry

The ramparts that were never built

Story written by Henrik Harnow

Time / Periode 1656 1939

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The original plans for Slipshavn called for the construction of a much larger fortification than the redoubt that was built. A military engineer by the name of Hoffmann had drawn up plans to build a much more expansive system of ramparts that included defensive installations and network of roads laid out in a grid. The plans were never carried out. Neither did the harbour come into play during the 1657 invasion of Nyborg by the Swedes. Slipshavn contains other remnants of the past, though. Among them are the remains of a railway, built in 1883. Trains travelled along the line to Slipshavn when ice prevented ships from sailing into Nyborg Harbour.