Store Damme is a village in Fanefjord Parish on the western part of the Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 island of Møn

Møn

-Location:Møn is located just off the south-eastern tip of Zealand from which it is separated by the waters of the Hølen strait between Kalvehave and the island of Nyord, at the northern end of Møn. Further south is Stege Bugt...

, Vordingborg Municipality. With a population of 639 (1st January 2011) it is the second largest community on the island after Stege

Stege, Denmark

Stege is the largest town on the island of Møn in south-eastern Denmark. As of 2011, its population is 3,823. Stege is now part of Vordingborg Municipality and belongs to Region Zealand...

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The village was the site of a rytterskole

Rytterskoler

The Rytterskoler were 241 schools erected in Denmark in the years 1721-1727 for the education of common children. The schools were located in the 12 cavalry districts erected in 1715-1718 during the Great Nordic War , from which the schools got their name...

(English: rider school) from 1726.

Fanefjord Church

Fanefjord Church

Fanefjord Church, one of the Danish island of Møn's most famous attractions, is located in an open setting overlooking the Baltic Sea inlet of Fanefjord between Store Damme and Hårbølle. Standing majestically on the top of a small hill, the church's red-tiled roof and whitewashed walls can be seen...

 is located about 2 kilometres south of Store Damme at the shore of the inlet

Inlet

An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a sound, bay, lagoon or marsh. In sea coasts an inlet usually refers to the actual connection between a bay and the ocean and is often called an...

Fanefjord.