Stevns Klint

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Stevns Klint
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Stevns Klint
National territory: DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Type: nature
Criteria : viii
Reference No .: 1416
UNESCO region : Europe and North America
History of enrollment
Enrollment: 2014  (session 38)

Coordinates: 55 ° 16 ′ 44.8 "  N , 12 ° 26 ′ 23.8"  E

Map: Sjælland
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Stevns Klint​
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Zealand

Stevns Klint is a steep coast in the southeast of the Danish Baltic Sea island of Zealand . The cliff is about 15 kilometers long and rises up to 41 meters above sea level. In 2014 UNESCO granted the cliff the status of a World Heritage Site .

geology

It is a chalk coast with formations from the Upper Chalk and from the Danium , the lowest level of the Tertiary . In this cliff, the geologically very distinctive Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (extinction of the dinosaurs) near Højerup is visible as a narrow, dark band in the chalk deposits. In Denmark, this tape is also known as "fish clay" or "fish clay" because of its fossil content. Fossils from the cliff are on display in the nearby Stevns Museum.

Access to the beach area under the cliff is next to Højerup Church. The church itself dates from the 12th century. When it was built, it was about 50 meters from the edge of the cliff. Due to the constant erosion of the cliff, the edge of the edge moved closer and closer, until the choir of the church collapsed in 1928. Since then, various coastal protection measures have been designed to prevent further cliff erosion.

Visitor center

Højerup Gammel Kirke

In 2015, the Danish government approved the construction of a visitor center in the former Boesdal limestone quarry, which is intended to convey the geological features of the place and to bundle existing tourist offers (e.g. the Stevns Klint Trampesti hiking trail ).

literature

  • Palle Gravesen: Collecting fossils in southern Scandinavia: geology and paleontology of Denmark, southern Sweden and northern Germany , Goldschneck-Verlag, Weinstadt 1993. ISBN 3-926129-14-X .

Web links

Commons : Stevns Klint  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Six new sites inscribed on the World Heritage List. World Heritage Committee , June 23, 2014, accessed July 21, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Besøgscenter Stevns Klint (Danish) PDF, accessed on October 30, 2015.