Hasle Hills ( da, Hasle Bakker) is a landscape and recreational area of in
Aarhus, Denmark. It is located in the borderland between
Hasle and the neighbourhood of
Gellerup in the district of
Aarhus V
Aarhus Vest (lit.: Aarhus West) or Aarhus V, is a postal district in the city of Aarhus, consisting of Hasle, Herredsvang, Møllevangen and Frydenlund.
Quarters and neighborhoods
Møllevangen
Built primarily in the 1940s, Møllevangen has many ...
in the western parts of the city. Hasle Hills is part of the nature protection area of ''Naturen på Holmstrup Mark'', which also contains parts of the larger recreational area of
Skjoldhøjkilen, stretching west from Hasle Hills.
Construction and layout
Hasle Hills comprises three artificial mounds, which were created between 1967 and 2005 from more than 1 million cubic metres of surplus earth, left over from various construction sites in Aarhus (including The Gellerup Plan). Some of the area was turned into recreational sites very early on, but it was not until 2003, that the whole area was connected and redesigned for optimal recreational use by architectural and design company Transform. According to them, the budget was 7.3 million
kroner.
The project was financed by
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
funds and
Realdania
Realdania is a private association in Denmark which supports projects in architecture and planning. It was established in 2000 following the sale of Realkredit Danmark to Danske Bank, when a fund of approximately 20 billion kroner (EUR 2.7 billio ...
. Hasle Hills are now administered by the self-governing group 'Hasle Bakker', under the local sports-organization of 'Idrætssamvirket Aarhus'. The Hasle Bakker group also administers the larger Skjoldhøjkilen and this can be a source of geographical confusion of what exactly Hasle Hills means.
Hasle Hills has three established mountain bike routes, all marked to avoid conflict with other users of the area.
The three mounds are called, from south to north, ''Plateuet'', ''Bakkekammen'' and ''Spiralen'' (The Plateau, The Hill Crest and The Spiral). The highest point is the top of Bakkekammen, at above sea level. It is the second highest point in the Aarhus area, only surpassed by Jelshøj, reaching . Given the relatively flat landscape in
Jutland
Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...
(and all of Denmark), the top of Hasle Hills offers scenic views across the whole Aarhus area and beyond, in all directions. Bakkekammen is also known as ''Bjerget'' (The Mountain) in everyday conversations.
Gallery
File:Spiralen.jpg, Spiralen.
File:Sommer på Bakkekammen.jpg, Bakkekammen in full bloom.
File:Scenic vision from Hasle Hills.jpg, Plateauet seen from Bakkekammen.
Notes and references
* The highest natural point in Denmark is
Møllehøj
Møllehøj is the highest natural pointFor comparison, the tallest man-made structure in Denmark is the Tommerup Transmitter, which stands 321m or 1045ft high. in Denmark at .
Geography
Møllehøj is in the Ejerbjerge hills in Skanderborg ...
at , in
Skanderborg municipality
Skanderborg Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'')
in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark, just southwest of Aarhus. It has an area of 429.17 km², and has a population of 61,974 (1 January 2019).
...
just east of Aarhus municipality.
Sources
Hasle BakkerTransform
Hasle Bakker
External links
Hasle BakkerOfficial homepage of the institution.
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Geography of Aarhus
Hills of Denmark