{{Short description|Danish peninsula}} [[File:Slipshavn.jpg|thumb|Slipshavn]] '''Slipshavn''' is a peninsula off the east coast of [[Funen]], [[Denmark]]. Together with [[Knudshoved]] to the north, it forms a natural harbor at [[Nyborg|Nyborg Fjord]].

==History==

A [[Sconce (fortification)|sconce]] was constructed at the site in 1556&ndash;57, which was used as a base by the naval ships guarding the traffic between Funen and [[Zealand]]. The fortification was expanded to its current state between 1801 and 1808. It was also used as a check point until the abolishment of the [[sound dues]] in 1857.<ref name=Skole>{{cite web|url=http://www3.hjv.dk/download/hvs/organisation/velkommen_til_slipshavn.pdf|title=Velkommen til Slipshavn|language=Danish|publisher=Hjemmeværnsskolen Slipshavn|accessdate=2014-06-23}}</ref> Following the outbreak of [[World War I]], a base for [[seaplane]]s and submarines opened on the peninsula in 1916. After the end of the war, it was only used sporadically by small naval vessels and aircraft. During [[World War II]], Slipshavn was used by the occupying German forces. Since the late 1940s, it has been used by the Danish Home Defense and since 1956 by the Danish Naval Home Defense.<ref name=Skole/>

==Today== The peninsula is now home to an educational facility operated by the Naval Home Defense. A wooden hangar from 1916 is still seen at the site.<ref name=Skole/>

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[[Category:Peninsulas of Funen]]

{{Nyborg Municipality}}

{{SouthernDK-stub}} [[Category:Geography of Nyborg Municipality]]