Elsinore

or ELSINEUR, (el'se-nor,) a Danish seaport, on the E. coast of the island of Zealand, 24 m. N. of Copenhagen, commanding the narrowest part of the Sound. On its N.E. side is the castle of Kronsborg, the alleged scene of Shakspeare's tragedy of Hamlet. The Sound Dues formerly levied here on all ve els pa ing E., except those of Denmark and Sweden, were rescinded by a treaty with the European maritime powers in 1857. [s. 326]