is a former
raised bogland separating
Vangede
Vangede is a suburb 8 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. This area is primarily made up of one and two family houses and two and three story apartment buildings.
History
The first known references to the village is from 1346 when it i ...
from
Kongens Lyngby
Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of ...
in the northern suburbs of
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
,
Denmark
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. It covers an area of approximately .
History
Gammelmose belonged to the
Bernstorff Estate and was used for harvesting of
peat
Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...
. These resources were almost depleted in the first half of the 19th century. King
Christian VIII
Christian VIII (18 September 1786 – 20 January 1848) was King of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, King of Norway in 1814.
Christian Frederick was the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick, a younger son of King Frederi ...
, who owned the estate, protected the site by royal decree in 1844. This was done to provide a locality for the scientific study of the natural formation of peat and the recovery of a depleted peat bog. It is the earliest example of a protection of a natural habitat for scientific reasons in Denmark.
In 1918, Gammelmose was the first locality to be included under the new Nature Protection Act, and is today listed as an
IUCN category IV protected area.
The area was reduced by three hectares in connection with an expansion of the
Ring 3 motorway. Only researchers were formerly allowed to enter the nature reserve. In 2008, it was opened to the public on designated paths in the periphery of the area.
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References
External links
The Old Bog at Copenhagen Green
Information
{{Gentofte Municipality
Protected areas established in the 19th century
Protected areas of Denmark
Protected areas in the Øresund Region
Parks and open spaces in Gentofte Municipality