Hortobágyi National Park
| Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park Hortobágy National Park - the "Puszta" |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| Typical draw well in the Puszta |
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 Hungary
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (iv) (v) |
| Reference No .: | 474 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1999 (session 23) |
| Extension: | since 1973 national park ( IUCN category II) since 1979 Ramsar area (32,037 ha) and biosphere reserve (52,000 ha) 2011 as International Dark Sky Park Hortobágyi Csillagoségbolt-park ( silver , DSAG category 2a) |
The Hortobágy National Park , in Hungarian Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park , is Hungary's first and largest contiguous national park . It was founded on January 1, 1973 on an area of 52,000 hectares and has been continuously expanded to 82,000 hectares. In 1979 the core with 32,037 hectares became the Ramsar area (wetland of international importance, No. 189 / 3HU008 ). In the same year it was also recognized as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (52,000 ha, HUN02 ). In 1999 the park was included in the world heritage . In 2011 it was recognized as an International Dark Sky Park (IDSP, in silver) as a light protection area by the International Dark Sky Association , and has since been called Hortobágyi Csillagoségbolt-park ( English Hortobágyi Starry-Sky Park ). This made it the first UNESCO World Heritage Site to also become a light protection area.
Location and landscape
The Puszta of Hortobágy is the largest and best known Central European steppe area . 90 percent of the native bird species are found here. Rare and strictly protected animal species can be found, such as bustards , red-footed falcons , bog ducks , various types of herons , cormorants , curlews , white-tailed eagles and, in autumn 2009, over 100,000 cranes .
Flock of sheep
The nine-arch bridge
The Tisza lake
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See also
Web links
- Nemzeti Park
- National Park Hortobágy - The Puszta (English)
- World Heritage Site - Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park (Hungarian)
- UNESCO:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Summary Description Hungary 3HU008 ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ramsar.wetlands.org → Database
- ↑ Hortobágy, Hungary , unesco.org → Biosphere Reserve Information
- ↑ Hortobagy rest area ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , kraniche.de
Cultural heritage: Budapest (bank of the Danube, Andrássy Street and Castle Palace ) (1987) | Traditional village of Hollókő (1987) | Benedectine Abbey of Pannonhalma (1996) | Hortobágyi National Park - the "Puszta" (1999) | Early Christian cemetery in Pécs (2000) | Fertő / Neusiedler See cultural landscape (2001) | Tokaj Wine Region Cultural Landscape (2002)
Natural heritage: caves in the Aggtelek and Slovak Karst (1995)