Hven

E121920

island populated place

Hven is a small Danish island in the Øresund Strait, historically renowned as the site of astronomer Tycho Brahe’s pioneering observatories and research center.

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Label	Occurrences
Hven canonical	4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island ⓘ populated place ⓘ
area	approximately 7.5 square kilometres ⓘ
associatedWith	Tycho Brahe ⓘ
bodyOfWater	Baltic Sea drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea basin
country	Sweden ⓘ
DanishName	Hven self-link ⓘ
economicActivity	small‑scale agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
grantPeriodEnd	1597 ⓘ
grantPeriodStart	1576 ⓘ
grantReceivedFrom	Frederick II of Denmark ⓘ surface form: King Frederick II of Denmark
highestPoint	about 45 metres above sea level ⓘ
historicalAffiliation	Denmark ⓘ Denmark–Norway ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
historicalSite	Stjerneborg observatory ⓘ Hven (Uraniborg observatory) ⓘ surface form: Uraniborg observatory
influenced	Johannes Kepler’s work via Tycho Brahe’s data ⓘ
knownFor	Renaissance astronomy ⓘ Hven (Uraniborg observatory) ⓘ surface form: Tycho Brahe’s observatories historical scientific research ⓘ rural landscape and agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
languageRegion	Danish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
locatedBetween	Denmark ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
locatedIn	Landskrona Municipality ⓘ Scania ⓘ Skåne County ⓘ southern Sweden ⓘ Øresund ⓘ surface form: Öresund Strait Øresund ⓘ
observatoryConstructionEnd	1580 ⓘ
observatoryConstructionStart	1576 ⓘ
observatoryName	Hven (Uraniborg observatory) ⓘ surface form: Uraniborg
population	around 350 inhabitants ⓘ
populationTrend	small permanent population with seasonal increase from tourism ⓘ
roleInScience	center of late 16th‑century astronomical observation ⓘ site of precise pre‑telescopic astronomical measurements ⓘ
secondObservatoryName	Stjerneborg ⓘ
shape	roughly triangular ⓘ
SwedishName	Ven ⓘ
touristAttraction	Tycho Brahe Museum ⓘ bicycle tourism ⓘ coastal scenery ⓘ historical ruins of Uraniborg and Stjerneborg ⓘ
transport	ferry connections from Landskrona ⓘ seasonal boat connections from Copenhagen region ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tycho Brahe → residence → Hven ⓘ

Hven → DanishName → Hven self-link ⓘ

Kirsten Jørgensdatter → residence → Hven ⓘ

Stjerneborg observatory → locatedOn → Hven ⓘ

subject surface form: Stjerneborg