Morten Gaustad Footpath Access The Archipelago Trail is a footpath that is marked by signposts along the whole route. When walking this trail please respect the following guidelines

The whole footpath is open to walkers from sunrise to sunset

Dogs must be kept on a lead

The path takes you over private land. Please respect private property and don’t drop litter.

Kong Renes Høj Overnight camping is only allowed in recogni- sed campsites Dolmens and Passage Graves Langeland has many passage graves and dolmens. The dolmens At certain times sections of the route may be date from the early neolithic stone age and either take the form closed due to hunting. Information on alterna- of a circle (round barrow) or a rectangle (long barrow) with one or tive routes will be provided on site. more chambers that were used as individual graves. Passage graves appeared in the late neolithic and are spacious stone built burial chambers with space for more than one body. The Archipelago Trail Transport passes a long barrow north of Kohave (15) and a passage grave near You can travel around Langeland with FynBus. See www.fynbus. Bukkeskov (15). dk for timetables or call +45 6311 2233. There are ferry connections between Spodsbjerg - Tårs, Rudkøbing - Strynø and Rudkøbing - The Archipelago Marstal Mette Johnsen Accommodation Trail If you would like information about accommodation please visit www.govisitlangeland.com or call +45 20 130 250 Lohals - Tranekær - Stengade Strand SHORES Langeland SHORES Langeland is developing the many hotspots for water-ba- 29 km sed activities that can be found on the coastlines of Langeland and Strynø. Langeland has 152km of coastline offering fishing, underwa- ter-hunting, kayaking, SUP boarding, surfing and diving. See more at www.shores-langeland.com Map 5 Geopark South Funen Archipelago Langeland is a part of Geopark: South Funen Archipelago. Geopark: Tranekær Castle South Funen Archipelago uses the regions distinctive geology, natu- re and cultural history to create a common identity and a framework Tranekær Castle for sustainable development. The South Funen Archipelago is a Known as a royal castle back in the 13th century this fortified manor flooded ice-age landscape of international significance. On Lan- house has it all: fortified earthworks, parklands, a castle lake, moats, geland you can see both the internationally recognised Geosite of watermill, ridning area, stables and a theatre. From its hill top, the ox- Ristinge Klint, and the island’s unique ‘hat hills’. blood coloured castle buildings tower over the surrounding castle town of Tranekær. More than half of Langeland once belonged Geopark:South Funen Archipelago tells the dramatic story of the to the castle, which has housed some of Denmark’s most power- rises in sea level around South Funen and the islands that have ful men. The public has access to the castle’s park, which houses occurred since the end of the last ice age over 11,000 years ago. The Tickon - a large assemblage of landscape art. Here, over 20 major rise in sea level has created the Archipelago’s 55 islands and holms Danish and international artists have created artworks from organic and a unique ecosystem, which provides the foundations of the materials, that harmonise beautifully with the surrounding nature. whole region existence, not to mention countless opportunities of See www.tickon.org. The castle’s park was originally laid out in the outdoors activities. See more at so-called open style with scattered groups of trees. Driveways ran www.geoparkdetsydfynskeohav.dk between the trees. In the early 1800s the Count, who was also know as “The General” would drive through the park and listen to his own orchestra play military music in the evenings. Mette Johnsen 1 Lohals 4 Village Pond (Gadekær) A feeling of peace, quiet and recreation has overtaken Lohals, which Langeland has circa. 50 was once a bustling maritime, ferry and fishing village. Steamships ponds. “Gadekær” is the once moored in the harbour, and around 1900, tourists flocked here original name for a pond to stay in the local beach hotels. The ferry to Korsør finally stopped (natural or artificial) ion a vil- running in 1998, but now new developments are again underway. In lages common land. On top recent years the harbour and its promenade have been renovated, of their natural and cultural and the towns new cultural centre, Banjen, has been built here. historic value, they often have a recreational function Mette Johnsen Leif Christensen and acted as a gathering place for the village.Nearly all villages on Langeland have one or more of these ponds. They are often the Plants in a village pond villages oldest feature and are the reason why a village is located in a particular spot as they Oehlenschlägers beech at Stengade were built where water pressure or springs could provide clean, fresh water all year round. Many village activities took place around The Archipelago Trail: Lohals-Tranekær - Stengade Strand – ca. 29 km them and they also provided water for fighting fires. The footpath starts in Lohals and for the first many kilometers is characterised by the sea and the coastline of west Langeland, with beautiful views over the sea from the top of the high coastal cliffs. From Kohave the path cuts across the island, passing through the village of Tranekar, to Langelands more low lying east coast and the Vestre Stigtehave The black squirrel beautiful beach of Stengade Strand. This folder, taking Lohals as its starting place, describes some of the sights worth seeing along the 2 “Vestre Stigtehave” and the black squirrels way. Although the harbour and the sea formed the basis for Lohal’s development over the years, the local forests were also of great A challenge for walkers significance as they provided Lohals with the timber it needed for The Archipelago Trail is a 220km long footpath that encircles and boat building and shipping. binds together the Geopark: South Funen Archipelago. The trail runs Nordstranden (“North Beach”) 500m nord for town is an attractive from Faldsted in the south west of Funen to Lundeborg in the east. bating beach with a good view of the Great Belt Bridge. Here you From Lohals, through Rudkøbing to Henninge Nor on Langeland and will also find Vestre Stigtehave, a beautiful forest with a nice view from Marstal to Søby on Ærø. over the sea and fine overnight shelters. On Langeland woodland is often called ”haver” (gardens). The woods of north Langeland were once owned by the church, over the years the name Fyns Stifts Haver (Funen Diocese’s gardens) chan- The Langeland’s Belt ged to Stiftets Haver, and finally to the current name: Stigtehaverne. Lohals 1 Sydfyn 3 Lundeborg Since 2012 the forests of North Langeland have been home to black 5 A vulnerable sea Faaborg 2 Svendborg squirrels. For many years Langeland did not have any squirrels, The waters between Langeland and the east coast of Funen is cal- 5 which made it the perfect place to release native black squirrels in led the Langelands Belts. It is a very vulnerable area of sea, as every Tranekær an attempt to conserve the Danish population. In other parts of Den- year it is threatened by oxygen deficiencies. This occurs when ma- mark red and black squirrels live in the same areas, over time the rine algae dies and falls to the sea floor. The bacteria and animals Tåsinge two colour variants will interbreed and the recessive black colour that “eat” the dead algae use oxygen. If there is a lot of algae in the variant will disappear. But the isolated population of black squirrels water, and thus many bacteria, all the oxygen close to the sea bed is 4 Søby 6 on North Langeland is thriving and hopefully the black sub-species used up. In the worst case, fish and other marine animals must flee Rudkøbing Spodsbjerg will survive. the area or die. Sometimes it is possible to see porpoises swimming Ærøskøbing close to shore. You can often spot these small whales when they 3 The Funen Atlantis break surface to breath. Ærø 7 Marstal Langeland In the sea west of Lohals it is possible to make out a sandbank that rises above sea level. This is known as ”Smørstakken” (the mound 6 Stones that can tell a story of butter), and it was once covered in grass. Further to the north are On the beach just south of Dageløkke you can see boulders known other such sandbanks, mostly underwater. They were all created as “erratics”. These rocks were brought here by glaciers during the Bagenkop during the last ice age when a glacier ran through the Great Belt ice age, they are often so characteristic that they can be traced back and sand and other material was deposited at the edge of this to their place of origin. ice-tongue. Nine km to the north lies the reef Vresen. It is becoming Overview of the Archipelago Trail and the 7 published route map folders smaller and smaller and is now so low that it can no longer be seen from the footpath. However fishermen once lived on this island. 13 The Medicine Gardens 3 The Medicine gardens in Tranekær houses Scandinavia’s largest 8 Teglværker ædt af havet 15 Vådområde Botofte Skovmose 2 Ser du godt efter langs Icollection foråret 2010 of medicinal er der etableret plants. The et nytMedicine vådområde, gardens på are ca run 70 com hek-- pletely by volunteers and consists of six circular themed gardens , 1 kysten, kan du – ca. 1 tar,each øst 800m2 for Tranekær. in size.. More Øhavsstien than 80 different går igennem types denof trees sydlige have delbeen km syd for den lille afplanted projektarealet. in the arboretum Området that ersurrounds privat the ejet, themed der er gardens. derfor ikke skov "Traunsvænge" – adgangDescriptions udenfor of the de medicinal etablerede properties, stier. Det uses er its muligtnatural range at vandre is gi- se rester af teglsten på videreven next langs to each stranden plant. The til “Children’s Østrig og medicine derfra garden” via offentlig is a recent vej stranden. Flere steder kommeaddition, rundt where om children området, can alsoDer earner flere about steder the plantsfantastisk here. udsigt blev den fede lerjord over14 vandfladerne. Wetland: Botofte Turen Skovmose er ca 5 km. på Langeland brugt til DeThis første wetland, arter, around. som indfinder 70 ha in size, sig liesi et eastnyetableret of Tranekær. vådområde The er mursten og helt tilbage fuglene,Archipelago idet Trail de hurtigtpasses throughspotter thede nyesouthern vandflader. part of it.Der The er area alle- Medicine Garden at Tranekær 4 km i middelalderen blev redeis privately i det tidlige owned forår os access 2010 is set confined mere end to established100 forskellige paths. arter. It is der 7 opført Brickworks teglovne swallowed der by the sea Bl.a.possible vibe, to rørhøg walk north og havørn.along the Husk beach kikkert. to Østrig, from where you If you keep your eyes open along the coast, youLedeblok can – afca. vanggranit 1 km south can walk along public roads around the lake, passing a number of i dagof the er small skredet woodland i havet. of Travens Vænge –find the remains of bricks spots that offer great views over the water. This walk is around 5km on the beach. In many places the fine clay found on Langeland 16in length.Bukkeskovens Syvsover 9wasEgeløkke used to make - et lillebricks. Paradis As far back as the middle ages brick kilns I skovens krat og skovbryn trives Danmarks eneste "Syvsover". Frawhere kysten built fører on the en island, vej til manyparken of whichved Egeløkke, have now hvorbeen du taken kan by få Den15 er Bukkeskov’s bedre kendt Sleepyheads som den lille bitte hasselmus - skønt den etthe kik sea. ind i den smukke arkitektoniske perle fra empire-tiden. ikkeIn the er undergrowth en mus. Denne and sjældnemargins ofart Bukkeskov har Danmark wood forpligtiget thrives Den sig- mark’s only species of dormouse - which despite its name isn’t a Park 8 og Egeløkke landsted - a er hidden privatejet paradise uden offentlig adgang. Den nuvæ- tiltrue at mouse.passe ekstra Denmark godt has på the via responsibility EU's såkaldte of takingHabitatdirektiv. good care of rendeFrom bygning the coast er a fraroad 1890. leads Det up tovar the her grounds den unge of Egeløkke digter og House. forfat- Detthis errare muligt species at astage part en of lille the afstikkerEU’s so called ved Habitatat gå til Directive. venstre, Itnår is 2 km terFrom N.F.S. here Grundtvig you can catch i 1805 a glimpse kom som of this huslærer. beautiful Han architectural blev vold- dupossible møder to den make offentlige a short detour vej. Efter here godt by turning 600 meter left when viser you et meetskilt somt,gem from men Imperial ulykkeligt times. forelsketThe stately ihouse godsejerens and its grounds hustru, are fru indthe tilpublic en 6000 road. Afterår gammel, some 600 dobbelt m a signpost jættestue. shows the was to a Constanceprivately owned Steensen-Leth and there ogis no skrev public kærlighedsdigtet access. The current "Strand hou- - 6000 year old double-passage grav.e. An alleyway of tall Douglas fir se dates from 1890. It was here that the young poet and author D trees was planted along the road in 1886 which helps make walking bakkenN.F.S. Grundtvig ved Egeløkke". arrived in 1805 as a private teacher. He feel deeply, 17here9000 a really spaniere special experience. but unhappily, in love with the estate owner’s wife, Mrs Constance Skansen inde i skoven er én af de mange der blev opført rundt 10Steensen-LethAmerikansk and indvandrer wrote his love poem ”Strandbakken ved Egeløk- om16 i landet 9000 Spaniardsunder Englandskrigene 1807-14. Her stod også en Serke” du (The godt hill efterby Egeløkke kan du beach).være kanon,This fortified der kunne earthwork, skyde or langt Sconce, ud overin the vandet forest ogwas dermed one of the beva- many heldig at se den lange kniv- rethat herredømmet were build during i bæltet. the Napoleonic Ingen ved Warsi hvor of stort1897 -14,omfang when skan- Den- 5 mark was at war with England. A canon was placed here that could musling. Den dukkede op i senshoot indgik far out i tokrigen, sea, to men help keepder berettes control overom densships inrolle the Greatden 21. danske farvande i 1979 fra augustBelt. No 1808, one know hvor how 9000 much spanske the Sconce soldater, here der was havde involved været in the på 2,5 km USA’s østkyst som larve i ski- Langelandwar, but its helerole wassommeren, reported skulleon the 21studskibes August fra 1808 Stengade when 9000 Skov benes ballasttanke. Den ame- ogSpanish Spodsbjerg soldiers, til who engelske had been krigsskibe. stationed on Langeland all summer, 4 rikanske knivmusling trives i Derwere var to be megen ferried tumult from Stengade og ståhej Skov i Stengade and Spodsbjerg Skov, og to English egnens warships offshore.There was much commotion and uproar Stengade dansk farvand og har nu bønderSkov, as skulle the local levere farmers 300 had køer, to deliver600 tønder 300 cows, rug og60 8.000tons of pundrye bredt sig til næsten alle saltetand 8,000lbs flæsk til of spaniernes salted pork forplejningto feed the Spanish under hjemrejsen.troops on their Vand jour- kyster. Udsigt fra Helletofte Dysse blevney home.hentet Water i Stengade was collected Sø. from the lake Stengade Sø.

The oak at Hesselbanke View of Tranekær Castle 1817 Salten østerstrand 11 Fra bøg til klip TheSalten huge, 200 østerstrand year old beech Mette Johnsen Korsebølle9 Hills and Kohave, hazel treesder indtil sidste del af 1900-årene var én Dettree with store, multiple flerstammede, trunks, which 200 år gamle 2 km storWith bøgeskov, a height of illustrerer38m, Hesselbanke udviklingen is one of i the mange tallest privatejede “Hat Hills” on bøgetræstands right står next helt to nede the beach ved stranden.has Det skove.Langeland. Løvtræer From veg this pladsenhill you have for anjuletræer interesting og view,pyntegrønt. encompas Det- hedderbeen named”Oehlenschlägers "Oehlenschlägers Bøg", fordi det gavsing hurtige both the penge “back” tilof etthe trængtvillage of skovbrug Tranekær men and ødelagdethe large fields den siges,Beech”, at detbecause var her it has han been skrev said vor national- biologiskeowned by the mangfoldighed. estate to the west., Nu surrounded sikrer blandt by the andet green offentlig edge of sang.that it "Der was hereer et he yndigt wrote land,the det står med 6 the forest. Just to the south west of this hill stands one of the islands Danish National anthem: ”There støttemost atmajestic der igen oak tages trees. stigende The word hensyn ”hessel” til is naturenLangeland’s i skovene. name for bredeis a lovely bøge land, - nær with salten spreading, østerstrand". “hazel”, so presumably this hill got its name as it was once covered shady beech trees - Near the Oehlenschlägers beech 12withBakken hazel trees. med hassel 19saltyFredens eastern shore”.diger Hesselbanke er med sine 38 meter en af Langelands højeste Diget ved skovbrynet er 200 år gammelt. Efter 1805 sluttede hatbakker. Fra bakken har man en interessant udsigt dels mod fæstebøndernes18 Fredens dyke ret til at have husdyr i skoven. Danmark The dyke near the woodland’s edge is 200 years old.After 1805 tenant "bagsiden" af Tranekær by, dels mod de store herregårdsmar- manglede træ til kongens flåde, hvorfor Danmarks skove nu farmers no longer had the right to graze livestock in forests. Denmark 3,5 km ker vest for byen, kantet af grønne skovbryn. Lige sydvest for kunlacked skulle timber producere to build the træ. King’s Husdyrene navy, which meantblev holdt Denmark’s ude forestsaf diger- bakken står et af øens mægtigste egetræer. Ordet "hessel" er ne,must så produce de ikke more åd wood.de små Domestic træer. animalsSkovene were blev kept en out "fredsskov". of the forest 7 langelandsk for "hassel", og bakken har navn efter, at den Nogleby dykes, skovdiger so that they er woulddog sat no aflonger godsejerne be able to for eat at young holde trees. på Invildt- this engang fortrinsvis var bevokset med hassel. bestanden.way the forests Der were er således“protected”. diger Some af jordforest med dykes en however grøft eller were sten- built by landowners to keep in populations of game animals. This is why there 8 digerare earth rundt dykes, om ditches næsten or stonealle langelandske walls around almost skove. all of the forests.

Archipelago Trail Flået south of Tranekær Path (Marked)

10 A stone age archipelago Distance markers 2 km 9,000 years ago the large areas of water meadow south of Trane- kær, known as Flådet, was a big, shallow lake. On islands and head- Attractions lands in and around the lake the stone-age hunters who lived in the 1-18

region built summer camps. Here, using weapons made from wood 3 km Viewpoint and bone they hunted roe deer, red deer, wild boar and possibly even moose, while in the lake they fished for pike. Archaeological Flådetfinds also show that their catch also included small mammals and Tourist Information birds. Bones from dogs have also be found here which suggests they used hunting dogs. Parking 13 Stenalderfolkets øhav DetAt certainstore fugtige times of engområde, the year Flådet Flådet can besyd very for wet Tranekær, and you varshould for Toilet 9.000wear good,år siden waterproof en stor boots.lavvandet It is also sø. possible På holme to takeog næsan alternative havde route through the town of Tranekær. jægerne sommerbopladser og med våben fremstillet af sten træ Bus stop og ben jagede de rådyr, krondyr, vildsvin og muligvis også 2,5 km elge. I søen fiskede de gedder og i de arkæologiske fund afslø- Picnic spot res også små pattedyr og fugle blandt byttet. Knogler fra hunde tyder på brug af jagthunde. På visse tidspunkter af året kan Shelter Flådet være vådt og kræve ekstra gode støvler. Der henvises på Separate leaflet published 14 stedet til en alternativ rute igennem Tranekær by. 9 13 14 Tranekær 11 Landsbyen Tranekær rummer et enestående kulturmiljø med 2 km enThe særpræget idyllic village natur, of kulturskove,Tranekær Tranekær Slot og de tilhøren- 2 km de marker med skovklædte hatbakker. Tranekær er samtidig 10 en11 af Danmarks Tranekær få velbevarede slotsbyer. Her boede funktio- The village of Tranekær offers an outstanding cultural environment 15 nærerand distinctive og håndværkere countryside, kulturmiljø med tilknytning med en særpræget til slottet. natur, Generalløjtnantforest plantations, Frederik Tranekær Ahlefeldt-Laurvig castle and its estate lod with i its 1800-tallet wooded nordtyske“Hat Hills”. arbejdereToday Tranekær opføre is one slotsbyen of Denmark’s med lærerseminarium,few well preserved maskinfabrikcastle towns. Here og landets the officials første and sukkerfabrik. craftsmen who Læs worked mere at omthe N castle would live. In the 1800s Lieutenant-General Frederik Ahle- Tranekær Slot på modsatte side.. 2 km feldt-Laurvig had workmen from North Germany build the castle

town and its teachers seminary, machine factory and the country’s 12 V Ø first sugar factory. Read more about Tranekær Castle and TICKON on the other side of this folder. 4 VinkældervejVinkVinkælderderrvejj S 12 Holms Mose – shelter at Pæregård Beach If you make a detour south along the coast, you can overnight at the beautifully situated shelters close to the coast in Pæregård Wood. 16 2 km You can book your stay at www.bookenshelter.dk. Close by you can find the wetland of Holms Mose, which is ca. 30 ha. In size. This area was once drained by a pump station, but the pumping has now stopped and water levels have risen. The area now drains natural- 17 ly into the sea and consists of marshes, with permanent standing 18 2000 m water, and an area with water- and dry meadows. Here you can 1,5 km see birds such as grebes, coots, greenshank, lapwings and marsh

Botofte vådområde. Rudkøbing 7 km Rudkøbing 15 km harriers. Kort 6 1 : 50.000