Ladehammeren

View of Ladehammeren from the harbor

Ladehammeren is a small mountain on the Lade peninsula in the municipality of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is just south of the Korsvika area. The highest point of Ladehammeren, called Våttahaugen, is 71 metres (233 ft) above sea level. It was a cairn mountain back in the Viking Age. Some people believe that there was a small lighthouse at Ladehammeren in 1658.

In the 18th century, there were plans about building a fort at Ladehammeren, but that never happened. From 1848, the military used Ladehammern to store gunpowder. The Germans used these buildings during World War II, and built a fortification.[1]

In 2000, a monument of peace was built at Våttahaugen. The monument was made by the German artist Rolf Schaffner.

References

  1. ↑ Øverland, Per (2006). "Historieglimt fra Lade og Lademoen Første samling" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Trondheim.

Coordinates: 63°26′49″N 10°25′30″E / 63.4470°N 10.4250°E / 63.4470; 10.4250

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