Kongsgårde Bro

Description

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach to the unlit jetty is unproblematic during the day. From the west you enter the Begtrup Vig, keeping well clear of the shore of the Helgenaes peninsula (shallow 0.6 m). When the jetty is bearing SE, you walk directly towards it.

Berths

For guest boats there are only very few mooring possibilities on water depths of 2 - 3 m. Mostly the jetty is occupied with the boats of the locals. In westerly winds, mooring here is very rough.

Anchorage:
The anchorage about 1.5 nm north of the jetty, behind the shallow "Rønnen", is very popular. There are also two mooring buoys of the Danish Sailing Association.

Surroundings

In addition to sanitary facilities, you can still find limited supplies at the supermarket near the harbour.

NV Land Guide

While the prevailing westerly winds make the Kongsgårde jetty a choppy place to moor, the anchorages at Rønnen offer an alternative on the narrow land link between the Molsbergs and the Helgenæs peninsula.

On the narrow, 2 km long land link, called the "Lindwurm", lie the redoubts of the Danish general Olaf Rye, who fell in the battle for Fredericia in 1849. During the three-year war between Denmark and Germany, the Danish national hero managed to retreat with his troops almost unnoticed to behind the redoubts on Helgenæs. Then, under cover of darkness, he achieved a brilliant strategic feat. He shipped his forces and 40 nautical miles to the south suddenly appeared with his soldiers where the German general Eduard von Bonin had least expected him: in Fredericia. From the water side, he and his force came to the aid of his countrymen trapped in Fredericia at the last minute against the Schleswig-Holstein troops, who, after heavy fighting and great losses on both sides, finally gave up the siege. However, the general did not live to see his victory.

The hills of the small Helgenæs peninsula are not as high as the northern Molsberge, but "Ellemandsbjerg", at 99 metres, is an excellent vantage point. And a kilometre northeast of the Sletterhage lighthouse, the National Forestry Commission has converted an old World War II surveillance tower into a viewing platform. On a clear day you can see as far as Aarhus or the island of Samsø, and on some days even as far as Fyn or Zealand. However, the distance from the jetty to this southern vantage point is a good six kilometres.

It is definitely worth getting to know the peninsula more intensively, if only because of the varied landscape. More than 15 ponds, pools and small lakes lie in the lowlands of the landscape, which is characterised by juniper bushes and heather. Old half-timbered houses and modern holiday apartments form a harmonious coexistence.

As a shopping facility, a "Brugsen" is available near the harbour.

Marina Information

Contact

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Fuel

Grocery

Public Transport

Garbage