Stege

Stege is the most important metropolis at the island of Mon in south-eastern Denmark. In January 2015 its populace changed into 3,841. Stege is now part of Vordingborg Municipality and belongs to Region Zealand. Once a prosperous herring fishing port, tourism is now crucial to the local economy. The town obtained reputation as a merchant metropolis in 1268 under Eric V of Denmark but there have been already fortifications defensive the fishing network early within the twelfth century. As the city grew, a fortress changed into built on the coast simply south of the mouth of the inlet, in the 13th century.

Construction charges for the metropolis's citadel had been paid for by means of cash from the fishing of herring, the town's maximum critical supply of capital. Around 1430, a defensive wall turned into constructed enclosing the landward facet of the city which turned into in any other case bounded through the ocean to the north, and the lake to the south. The wall turned into built on top of a rampart, with a moat so that the metropolis became completely surrounded by using water.