De Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark Foundation / Stichting De Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark
- Cultural Route
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- European Route of Megalithic Culture
- Country
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- Netherlands
- Member Category
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- 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
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- 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.
- Logos/Pictures
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Destek ile:
Abbaye de Neumünster, Lüksemburg
