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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