- Water area: Baltic Sea
- Location: Sweden, region Len Kalmar
- Area: 0,66 sq.m.
- Highest point: 86 m
In the south-west of Sweden, in the Kalmarsund Strait, there is a small but very interesting island called Blo-Jungfrun. It is wrapped in mysticism, which is why it is very popular with travelers.
History of the island of Blo-Jungfrun
Before the archipelago was visited by the naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1741, he was associated with the locals with the place of the witches' coven. The sailors bypassed the Bloch-Jungfrun side, fearing evil spirits. At his first visit, Karl Linney also called the island "frightening." Despite this, in 1896 the Swedish writer Werner von Heydenstam played a wedding here with Olga Viberg.
As a result of recent archaeological research, it was possible to find out that people's stay and active cult activities on the archipelago date back to the seventh millennium BC.
In 1926, the territory of the island of Blo-Jungfrun was designated as a national park . Currently, the area of the park is 198 hectares, with almost three quarters of it (132 hectares) accounted for by water.
Geography and Bio-Jungfrun biodiversity
The relief of this small archipelago is represented by boulders and bare rocks of reddish granite. Despite the fact that the diameter of the Bloch-Jungfrun hardly reaches 1 km, its northern and southern parts are strikingly different from each other. In the north you can see a large number of rocks pierced by depressions and deep crevices. The southern extremity is located below and covered with deciduous forest.
The flora of the island of Blo-Jungfrun consists mainly of lichens, represented in 200 species. The fauna also does not differ in variety and includes:
- rabbit hares;
- bats;
- white-tailed eagles;
- cleaners.
In the south-west of Blo-Jungfrun there is a beach called Stone Sliperiet.
Places of interest in the island of Blo-Jungfrun
According to the South Swedish legends, on this archipelago people never lived. Meanwhile, Karl Linnaeus, having arrived on the island of Blo-Jungfrun, discovered mysterious caves and a stone labyrinth of unknown origin. In the stone caves there is a man-made altar and a stage that could serve as a place for conducting magical and religious rituals.
Today on the island of Blo-Jungfrun there is a tourist route lined with billboards and wooden boards. Following it, you can visit the following sites:
- the highest point of the island;
- deciduous forest;
- stone maze Rock Sliperiet.
With the labyrinth, laid out of stones and stretched for tens of meters, it is precisely the ancient beliefs about the witches' coven. In the Middle Ages in Sweden, as in other European countries, there was a witch hunt. According to the same legends of South Sweden, one day at the banquet on Blo-Jungfrun, about three hundred women gathered, who were subjected to cruel reprisals for witchcraft and kidnapping.
One day a team of researchers from the team "Destination Truth" arrived to fix the paranormal phenomena. They managed to record on the tape floating lights and mysterious voices, which spoke in an unknown language language. The researchers did not understand the meaning of the messages.
How to get to Blo-Jungfrun?
The Swedish archipelago is located in the middle of the Baltic Sea between the southeastern coast of mainland Sweden and the island of Öland. From Stockholm, the island of Bloch-Jungfrun is separated by almost 245 km, which is easier to surmount by water transport. The closest to the archipelago city is Oskarsgamn, located 20 km. Here you can hire a boat or a boat, which will take you to Blo-Jungfrun.
From the island of Åland to the archipelago can be reached through the city of Bükselkruk, which is located 15 km from it.