Glimmingehus, Medieval fort in Simrishamn Municipality, Sweden

Glimmingehus is a rectangular stone keep of rough grey stone, 30 by 12 metres, with walls 2.4 metres thick at the base and 1.8 metres above. Its steep orange-tiled roof is edged by a stepped gable reaching 26 metres. The flat facade has scattered small openings and a row of loopholes below the roofline. It stands beside a low white house and a wooden footbridge.

Jens Holgersen Ulfstand, a Danish councillor and admiral, began building Glimmingehus in 1499 with the North German master Adam van Düren; the work was completed in 1506. The castle served as a residence for only a few generations before it was turned into a grain store. In 1676, King Charles XI ordered its demolition during the Scanian War, but the attempt failed when a Danish-Dutch fleet appeared off Ystad.

The name Stora Glimminge, "Grand Glimminge", was used by Jens Holgersen Ulfstand to mark the estate's standing in the district. Excavations have yielded Venetian glass, painted glass from the Rhine and Spanish ceramics, and the knight's family had hot-air ducts in the walls and bench seats in the window recesses. Summer events continue the local ghost-story tradition under the title "Bizarre stories and terrifying tales".

The site is easy to reach and a museum inside displays objects from earlier times along with a kitchen showing historical cooking methods. Visitors should plan for about two to three hours to explore the rooms and view the exhibition.

The castle's entrance is topped by a machicolation, an opening through which boiling liquid or stones could be dropped on intruders. Similar openings in the former shooting walkway just below the roof served the same purpose. The walkway and the outer wall that once surrounded the fortress were removed long ago.