Cultural Routes

De Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark Foundation / Stichting De Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark

Cultural Route

• European Route of Megalithic Culture

Country

• Netherlands

Member Category

• Cultural Institution / NGO

Member Status

Individual

Year of Accession to Membership

2012

Contact Details

Hunebedstraat 4A
NL-9531 JV Borger

Tel: +31 0599 725 009
Website: www.dehondsrug.nl
Email: info[at]dehondsrug.nl

Contact Person

Cathrien POSTHUMUS (Manager) / Gabrielle KUSTER (Secretary) / Liesbeth SIMON (Marketing and communication, events coordinator)

Main Town/Region

Borger (Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe)

Site Town/Region

N/D

Main GPS Location

52.928189, 6.791789

Site GPS Location

N/D

UNESCO World Heritage List

N/D

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

UNESCO Global Geoparks: De Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark (2015) (www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/earth-sciences/unesco-global-geoparks/list-of-unesco-global-geoparks/netherlands/hondsrug)

Description

De Hondsrug area is a geological unique complex of linear till ridges of about 60 km in length, and a unique Ice Age landscape. The so-called “hunebed builders” built their burial monuments on these ridges and laid out the first routes across them (www.megalithicroutes.eu/en/members/geopark-de-hondsrug).
The Hondsrug Geopark is operational under the De Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark Foundation, thanks to the province of Drenthe and the local municipalities.

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