Bornholm
Bornholm's coastline
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Baltic Sea |
| Coordinates | 55°8′35″N 14°55′15″E / 55.14306°N 14.92083°ECoordinates: 55°8′35″N 14°55′15″E / 55.14306°N 14.92083°E |
| Area | 589.16 km2 (227.48 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 162 m (531 ft) |
| Highest point | Rytterknægten |
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| Region | Capital Region of Denmark |
| Municipality | Bornholm |
| Largest settlement | Rønne (pop. 13,639) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 39,684 (1 April 2016) |
| Pop. density | 67.47 /km2 (174.75 /sq mi) |
Bornholm ([bɒːnˈhʌlˀm]; Old Norse: Burgundaholmr) is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of the westernmost part of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, dairy farming, and arts and crafts such as glass production and pottery using locally worked clay. Tourism is important during the summer. There is an especially large number of Denmark's round churches on the island.
The island is called Solskinsøen (The Sunshine Island) because of its weather and Klippeøen (The Rock Island) because of its . The heat from the summer is stored in the rock formations and the weather is quite warm until October. The island's topography consists of dramatic rock formations in the north (unlike the rest of Denmark, which is mostly gentle rolling hills) sloping down towards pine and deciduous forests (greatly affected by storms in the 1950s), farmland in the middle and sandy beaches in the south.
Strategically located in the Baltic Sea, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by Denmark, but also by Lübeck and Sweden. The ruin of Hammershus, at the northwestern tip of the island, is the largest medieval fortress in northern Europe, testament to the importance of its location.
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