Store Dyrehave
| Store Dyrehave | |
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 The 8-way junction of Stjernen (lit.: The Star) with the King's Stone at the centre. Store Dyrehave.
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| Official name: Store Dyrehave | |
| Name origin: Large Deer Park | |
| Country | Denmark |
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| Region | Capital Region of Denmark |
| District | North Zealand |
| Municipality | Hillerød |
| Part of | Scandinavia |
| City | Hillerød |
| Coordinates | 55°54′46″N 12°21′30″E / 55.91278°N 12.35833°ECoordinates: 55°54′46″N 12°21′30″E / 55.91278°N 12.35833°E |
| Area | 14.2 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Biomes | coniferous forest, mixed deciduous forest, meadow, bog |
| Geology | moraine, marsh, wetland |
| Plants | conifer, beech, larch, oak, maple, birch, willow and others |
| Animals | deer, fox, badger, raven, woodpecker, bats |
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| Royal game reserve | |
Store Dyrehave (literally Large Deer Park) is a forest immediately south of Hillerød, on both sides of Københavnsvej, in North Zealand, Denmark. Consisting of conifers and beech, it was enclosed with stone walls in 1619–28 as a royal deer park for hunting. In 1680, Christian V introduced a geometrical system of roads forming a star with eight branches for par force hunting. Although par force hunting was discontinued in 1777, the road system and numbered stone posts remain fully intact. Store Dyrehave is one of the three forests forming the Par force hunting landscape in North Zealand, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Store Dyrehave has an almost quadratic shape. Præstevang, an area on the northwestern side of the forest, is bounded by the town of Hillerød on three sides. The small town of Ny Hammersholt and Hillerød Golf Club are located on the southwest side while the northeastern margin of the forest is bounded by the Istedrødvej motorway. To the southeast is the small village of Kirkelte in Allerød Municipality. Its open surroundings, which were protected in 1972, partly separate Store Dyrehave from Tokkekøb Hegn.Kongevejen, a former royal road that is now part of secondary route 201, passes through the forest close to its southwestern margin, linking Hillerød with Copenhagen through the towns of Blovstrød, Birkerød and Kongens Lyngby.
The first enclosed deer park for hunting at Christian IV's new Frederiksborg Castle was Lille Dyrehave (Small Deer Park) immediately to the north of the castle (now the Romantic landscape section of the castle's park). Store Dyrehave, south of the castle, was enclosed with stone walls in 1619–28. In 1680, Christian V introduced a French-inspired geometrical system of roads forming a star with eight branches for par force hunting. Par force hunting took place in the forest until 1777.
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