UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | North Zealand, Denmark |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
Reference | 1469 |
Inscription | 2015 (39th Session) |
Area | 4,543 ha (11,230 acres) |
Buffer zone | 1,612.7 ha (3,985 acres) |
Coordinates | 55°54′49″N 12°21′28″E / 55.9136°N 12.3578°E |
The Par force hunting landscape in North Zealand is a collection of hunting grounds and forests north of Copenhagen. The landscape was submitted for admission to the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites on 1 August 2010 and was inscribed on 4 July 2015.[1] The landscape comprises three main areas: Store Dyrehave, Gribskov and Jægersborg Dyrehave/Jægersborg Hegn, and contains the most significant hunting grounds for the medieval nobility in Denmark.[1] The central-star grid design of the landscape, with numbered roads and stone posts, fences, demonstrates the unique planning and design of hunting landscapes in the 17th and 18th centuries.[1]