Hesnæs is a little fishing village located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of Stubbekøbing on the Danish island of Falster.

[1] In 1801, Hesnæs was a small herring fishing community consisting of 18 families in clay-plastered, whitewashed houses set out in rows beside the shore with gardens in the rear.

It was also Gotfred who gave the houses a straw lining to protect the half-timbered stone walls from the wind and wet sea mist.

Exploitation of the surrounding Corselitz forest led to the opening of a sawmill in 1901 which operated until the mid-1980s, at times employing up to 25 workmen.

[3][4] In 1963, a small company "Hesnæs Fisk" was established with a filetting factory and a retail outlet for fresh fish but it closed again in 2008.

[6] Some 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) to the south of Hesnæs lies Pomle Nakke Traktørsted where a high mound along the shore provides views of the island of Møn.