Ulvshale is a peninsula and small summer house locality in the north-western corner of the

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island of Møn. Its long sandy beach and natural forest attract tourists, particularly in the summer months.

The locality

The locality of Ulvshale (which literally means "Wolf's Tail") stretches from Hegnede Bakke in the south east to Ulvshalegård in the north west. It consists mainly of summer houses along the sandy beach lined with small sand dunes. The earliest summer houses date from 1918, but many more were built in the 1930s and especially towards the end of the 20th century. ''Østersøbadet'' was built in 1930 as a seaside hotel but has since been used as a training centre for adults. There is a large camping ground at the northern end of the community between the summer house area and the forest.

The forest

In the 17th century, the Ulvshave Forest consisted mainly of oak. Statistics from 1696 refer to 2,500 large oak trees. These were felled after a change in ownership in 1769 when the area began to be used as pasture for cattle and pigs. Despite complaints from local farmers, the forest was protected in 1839 under Danish regulations calling for the maintenance of all forests. New trees were planted in the middle of the 19th century, reviving the old forest."Ulvshale Møn"
''Naturstyrelsen''. Retrieved 23 April 2011. Now covering half the peninsula, the forest has since been allowed to grow freely for a considerable time. Narrow paths take visitors through all the most common Danish trees including beech,

birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains ...

elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North ...

aspen Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the '' Populus'' genus. Species These species are called aspens: *'' Populus adenopoda'' – Chinese aspen (Chin ...

ash Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...

alder Alders are trees comprising the genus ''Alnus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few sp ...

, rowan and above all

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

Pastures

The western side of the forested area is covered with extensive pastures offering excellent breeding grounds for a wide variety of birds including ducks, geese and herons as well as many migratory birds. The cattle and sheep grazing here improve conditions for the birds who feel safer when they can see all around thanks to the short grass.

Flint

Driven by sea currents, the flintstone pebbles in the Ulvshave area stem from

Møns Klint Møns Klint is a 6 km stretch of limestone and chalk cliffs along the eastern coast of the Danish island of Møn in the Baltic Sea. Some of the cliffs fall a sheer 120 m to the sea below. The highest cliff is , which is 128 m above sea le ...

. A number of firms have exploited the resource, especially Ulvshave Stenværk. Møn is one of the few places in the world where flint is available for industrial use. Interest in exporting the resource began at the beginning of the 20th century and expanded especially in the 1920s and 1930s. The flint industry provided jobs for the local population for over 50 years until Ulvshale's Stenværk finally ceased operations in 1974.Helle Jørgensen and Mette Nygaard Jensen, "Flintudvinding, Ulvshale"
Retrieved 23 April 2011.

Gallery

File:Ulvshale2.JPG, Summer houses on the sea front File:Ulvshale3.JPG, The camping site File:Ulvshale4.JPG, Ulvshale Center, once a hotel

References

External links

Ulvshale from Insula-moenia.dk
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