Discover Roneklint

Roneklint combines historic buildings with visible traces of land re-parcelling, as well as a beach and water activities. For planning your trip, these themes can be distinguished: the lighthouse and the redoubt represent different historic buildings, the beach has its own character, and snorkelling and fishing each have a different focus. This lets you decide whether to focus more on local history, the shoreline and shallow water, or a specific water activity.

Lighthouse and redoubt: history in Roneklint

The Roneklint Fyr was built in 1808 in connection with the English Wars. The Roneklint Redoubt was built during the war with England from 1807 to 1814. The two structures can also be distinguished chronologically: a construction year is relevant for the Fyr, while a construction period applies to the redoubt.

The Roneklint lights were established in 1894. They have been extinguished but are still maintained as daymarks. The structure and the lights therefore belong to different stages of local history. The Fyr was converted into a Fjordpost, an exhibition space; inside the Fyr, a panorama depicts a battle from the wars shown there. There is also a car park at Roneklint Fyr.

Beach, snorkelling and fishing

Roneklint Beach is a small, child-friendly beach. The water is shallow up to the marked navigation channel. At the same time, the beach is a mix of sand and stones, with stones predominating. Together, these features give the beach a distinctive profile: the shallow-water zone extends to the marked navigation channel, while the shore is mostly stony. When assessing a beach by its water area and shoreline material, both aspects are relevant—not just the description as child-friendly.

At the snorkelling spot by Roneklint Fyr, sandbanks, seagrass meadows and stones alternate as you swim out from the coast. Roneklint is also an important nursery area for numerous fish species. At the fishing spot near Roneklint, you can wade from the car park at the end of Batterivej to the area between the first and second sandbanks and fish there. Fishing here centres on wading out to the area between the sandbanks; snorkelling focuses on the changing underwater terrain.

Land re-parcelling in the landscape

Around Roneklint, land re-parcelling is still evident in the distinctive patterns of hedgerows and fields. The historical perspective therefore extends beyond individual buildings: the landscape, too, bears visible traces of how it was organised.

For a cultural and historical overview, these represent two different scales: individual buildings with specific dates on the one hand, and hedgerow and field patterns on the other. The redoubt and the Fyr can be understood through their construction history; land re-parcelling is reflected in the landscape’s still recognisable forms. This means you can explore Roneklint through both its architectural history and its landscape features.

More destinations

Discover more destinations: Nyby, Vesterskov, Kostræde Banker, Mern, Præstø, Bogø By, Lundby, Næs.

For the broader travel overview: Vordingborg Municipality.