Hortobágy National Park

Coordinates: 47°36′N 21°06′E / 47.600°N 21.100°E / 47.600; 21.100
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Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary
CriteriaCultural: iv, v
Reference474
Inscription1999 (23rd Session)
Area74,820 ha
Buffer zone199,380 ha
Websitehttp://www.hnp.hu/en
Coordinates47°35′40″N 21°9′24″E / 47.59444°N 21.15667°E / 47.59444; 21.15667
Official nameHortobágy
Designated11 April 1979
Reference no.189[1]
Hortobágy National Park is located in Hungary
Hortobágy National Park
Location in Hungary
Location of Hortobágy as one of microregions in physical geography of Hungary

Hortobágy (Hungarian pronunciation:

World Heritage Sites in 1999.[2] The Hortobágy is Hungary's largest protected area, and the largest semi-natural grassland in Europe.[3]

Until recently it was believed that this

World Heritage List in 1999 because of its long cultural history (stretching back more than four millennia), its scenery, and its testimony to traditional methods of pastoralism.[5]

One of its most iconic sites is the

dark sky preserve.[6]

Hortobágy has also had more negative connotations, as a site of forced labor under the

communist regime.[7]

Flora and fauna

Hortobágy is a

stone curlew, great bustard and European roller
are represented by breeding populations. The area is an important stopover site for migrating
dotterels, and lesser white-fronted geese.[8]

Hortobágy is also a center for the breeding of Taurus cattle, one of several attempts to re-create the extinct aurochs.[9][10]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hortobágy". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  3. ^ "A Világörökség Bizottság 26. Ülése". Archived from the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
  4. ^ "Hortobágy National Park, The Hungarian Puszta" (PDF). Nomination file for inscription of the Hortobágy National Park to the World Heritage List. Ministry for Environment and Regional Policy, Republic of Hungary. 1999. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Hortobágy National Park (Hungary)". darksky.org. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  7. ^ "Hortobágy Forced Labour Camps 1950-1953 (Excerpt)".
  8. ^ Lengyel S, Tar J, Rózsa L (2012). "Flock size measures of migrating Lesser White-fronted Geese Anser erythropus" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 58: 297–303.
  9. ^ Margret Bunzel-Drüke: ″Projekt Taurus – En økologisk erstatning for uroksen.″ Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Translated into Danish by Karsten Thomsen. Lohne: ABU 2004; Århus: Nepenthes, 2005. Retrieved 26 November 2013. (in Danish)
  10. ^ Waltraut Zimmermann, Lydia Kolter, Istvan Sandor: Naturschutzprojekt Hortobágy – Jahresbericht 2003. Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoo 2004. Retrieved 26 November 2013. (in German)

External links

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hortobágy National Park.
  • Gorman, Gerard (1996): The Birds of Hungary. Helm (A&C Black) London, UK.
    ISBN 0-7136-4235-1
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