ELSINEUR. EISINOER, or, in Danish, GOER, is a town of Denmark, in the island of Z .land; and is situated on the west side of the Sound, almost opposite to Helsingburg on the Swedish side of the Sound, from which it is distant about 3 or 4 English miles. The town of Eisineur is well built, the houses being ebitfly of brick, and is regarded as the second town in the Danish islands. It LoTA.ains IWO a grammar school ; a custom-bouse, is a fine build ing; srverel handsome private building-, a sugar house. In the year 1753 an attempt was mane to form a harbour, but it was found to be impracticable. The road-stead, however, is admirable, and generally con tains great numbers of vessels lying at anchor. "Those ships, which draw only 8 feet of water, can come up to the quays.
The most interesting object at Elsineur is the fortress of Cronberg, which is situated on the edge of a penin sular promontory. The royal palace, within the lortifica tions, is a magnificent Gothic building of freestone, and of a square lorm. From an inscription over the gate, it appears to have been begun by Frederic 11. and repaired and augmented by succeeding sovereigns. Besides the royal apartments, which are insignificant, it contains the residence of the commandant, a church, a corn magazine, Sce. In one part of the castle is a plat form, loam which the view is magnificent. The Swe dish coast, towards the north; is seen for 40 or 50 miles, while the steeples of Copenhagen may be discerned to wards the south.
The Castle of Cronberg is strongly fortified towards the shore by bastions and regular entrenchments ; and towards the sea by several batteries mounted with 60 cannon, the largest of which are 48 pounders.
Every vessel that passes the port, lowers the topsail and pays a toll, amounting, exclusive of a small duty for the lighthouses, toll per cent. on their cargoes, ex cepting the English, French, Dutch, and Swedish, from whom only one per cent is levied. These tolls supply an annual revenue of 100,000/. according to Mr Coxe, or of 200,000/. according to Kuttner. It was in this castle that the late unfortunate Queen Matilda was imprisoned. The only other object of interest at El sineur, is the Palace of Marienlust, a new but not ex tensive building, belonging to the Crown Prince. It stands on a small steep hill. The garden is called Ham let's garden, which, according to tradition, is the place where the murder of his father was perpetrated. An account of the shipping of all nations, which paid toll at Elsineur between the years 1792 and 1804, will be found under our article Baunc. Population 5000. According to trigonometrical observations, Elsineur is situated in East Long. 1•° 38' 2", and North Lat. 56n 2' 17" See Coxe's Travels in Poland. Russia, Sweden. F.7c. vol. v. p. 85 ; Kuttncr's Travels through Denmark, Sweden. F..7c. letter iv ; Catteau Calleville's Tabltaa de la filer Baltiyue. Paris, 1812, tom. ii. p. 324; and Carr's Xorthern Summer. (j)