Jomsborg

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Jomsborg is the legendary Viking stronghold and base of the Jomsvikings, often associated with the area around modern Wolin in the Baltic Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Viking settlement
legendary Viking stronghold
legendary place
associatedWith Danish kings
Harald Bluetooth NERFINISHED
Jomsvikings NERFINISHED
King of Denmark NERFINISHED
Norwegian kings
Sweyn Forkbeard NERFINISHED
Viking mercenaries
connectedTo Wolin archaeological site NERFINISHED
countryCurrentlyLocatedIn Poland NERFINISHED
culture Norse
Viking Age
describedIn Gesta Danorum NERFINISHED
Heimskringla NERFINISHED
Jómsvíkinga saga NERFINISHED
Knýtlinga saga NERFINISHED
feature fortifications
harbor
stone walls
garrisonedBy Jomsvikings NERFINISHED
governedBy Jomsviking laws
historicity disputed
languageOfName Old Norse NERFINISHED
locatedIn Baltic Sea region NERFINISHED
locatedNear Oder River NERFINISHED
Pomerania NERFINISHED
mentionedAs Julin NERFINISHED
Jumne NERFINISHED
Vineta NERFINISHED
oftenIdentifiedWith Wolin NERFINISHED
island of Wolin NERFINISHED
partOf Viking Age Baltic network NERFINISHED
possibleArchaeologicalCounterpart Wolin stronghold NERFINISHED
region Southern Baltic coast
religion Norse paganism
role mercenary base
military stronghold
naval base
status legendary
strategicImportance base for raids in the Baltic
control of Baltic trade routes
timePeriod 10th century
11th century
topicOf archaeological debate
medieval Scandinavian scholarship

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Wolin hasHistoricalName Jomsborg