Parforce hunting landscape North Zealand
Parforce hunting landscape in North Zealand | |
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UNESCO world heritage | |
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Deer pack in front of the Eremitageslottet north of Copenhagen |
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National territory: | Denmark |
Type: | Culture |
Criteria : | ii and iv |
Surface: | 4,543 ha |
Buffer zone: | 1,612.7 ha |
Reference No .: | 1469 |
UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
History of enrollment | |
Enrollment: | 2015 ( session 39 ) |
Coordinates: 55 ° 54 ′ 49 ″ N , 12 ° 21 ′ 28.1 ″ E
The Parforce Hunting Landscape North Zealand is a forest and cultural landscape north of the Danish capital Copenhagen on the island of Zealand . Consisting of the three areas Jægersborg Dyrehave , Gribskov and store Dyrehave existing area was on July 4, 2015 UNESCO - World Heritage appointed. The name of the world cultural heritage comes from the parforce hunt , a form of hunt down the nobility that was particularly popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Web links
- Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- Parforce hunting landscape in North Zealand. Official website of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Parforcejagtlandskabet i Nordsjælland, accessed June 22, 2017 .