Jungshoved Voldsted

On a headland facing Jungshoved Nor, immediately south of Jungshoved Church, lies Jungshoved Voldsted — the remains of a medieval castle that gave its name to the entire peninsula. The castle is first mentioned together with the church in King Valdemar's Land Register of 1231, but is assumed to have been built around a hundred years earlier, constructed to control navigation on the Bøgestrøm. In the 14th century the northern defences were strengthened with an outer moat and a palisade barrier. Around 1500 the older castle was succeeded by the actual Jungshoved Castle, but under Christian IV the complex began to fall into disrepair, and in the wake of the Swedish Wars — with which the area is closely associated through the legend of the Gonge Chief — the castle ended up as a ruin. In the 1670s large parts were demolished and the building materials transported to Vordingborg. What remains today is a clearly visible earthwork: a rounded, triangular castle mound of around 47 by 45 metres, raised approximately five metres above the surrounding land and encircled by a wide moat. The outline of the complex is still clearly visible in the landscape, and the site is a beautiful and peaceful location with wide views over the protected fjord landscape.