Holiday accommodation in Gotland

The island of Gotland has developed on a huge limestone plateau and is well known for its limestone cliff coasts as well as the rock formations which were built by erosion, here called "Raukar". You will find scenic landscapes, especially sheep-grazing, as well as the Hanseatic city of Visby with its ring wall, which was declared a world heritage by UNESCO in 1995. Gotland has an interesting history. The first proven settlement of the island is dated back to 2000 B.C., but scientists assume that Gotland was already populated 2000 years before this. Many different countries and cultures left their traces on Gotland. In the early medieval, the Vikings ruled Gotland and made it to a flourishing trade and fishing center in the Baltic Sea, yet before the Hanseatic city of Lübeck was founded. In 13943, the island was conquered by the Victual Brothers, a group of buccaneers, who raged rage on Gotland until they were driven away by the Teutonic Knights. Those Teutonic Knights rearranged peace on Gotland. In the late medieval, Gotland was characterized by the Hanseatic era. It was a great time of the trade, also with other Hanseatic cities as well as Lübeck.